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LatestAirport project on budget and ahead of schedule, says airport manager
by Katherine Rose | Jul 11, 2024
Sitka’s airport improvement project is slightly ahead of schedule and on budget. That’s according to airport terminal manager Joseph Bea, who shared an update on the project with the Sitka Assembly on July 9. Bea said they’ve spent around $4 million so far, around one third of the money needed to complete the first phase of the project. That includes the purchase of Sitka’s only escalator.
Assembly rejects proposal to vote on future of tobacco tax fund
by Katherine Rose | Jul 11, 2024
Voters could see two propositions to update the city’s charter on the municipal election ballot this October. At its regular meeting on July 9, the assembly approved the draft propositions on first reading. But a third, dealing with how funds from the former Sitka Community Hospital fund should be spent, failed to gain the assembly’s support.
Body found near Sitka trail early Thursday
by Meredith Redick | Jul 11, 2024
The Sitka Police are investigating after a person was found dead Thursday morning near a popular trail in Sitka.
The Morning Interview
LatestEvents focus on building Sitka’s energy future
Jul 11, 2024
The Sitka Community Renewable Energy Strategy is hosting public outreach events this week to engage community members in a vision for Sitka's energy future.
Sitka Americorps volunteers leading summer programs with Parks and Rec
Jul 11, 2024
Vance Balovich (Parks & Rec) and three AmeriCorps members: Laura Cebulski, Alan Doulphus and Emilie Vidrine joined KCAW to discuss their experience with the national volunteer organization and the city's Parks and Recreation department this year. Listen to their conversation here:
Soup’s on! Brave Heart Volunteers bowl fundraiser is this Saturday
Jul 3, 2024
Brave Heart Volunteers annual bowls fundraiser is 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. 300 hand-crafted ceramic bowls and Ruth Culp's cookies are available for a suggested donation along with a free cup of soup and bread to go. Michele Friedman and Liz Zacher joined KCAW on the morning interview to discuss the event. Listen to their conversation here
Southeast News
LatestPetersburg Borough Assembly to temporarily fill vacant seat on Public Safety Advisory Board
by KFSK Petersburg | Jul 15, 2024
Petersburg’s Borough Assembly has a long agenda ahead of their meeting tonight — but exactly who...
New Alaska crime law raises penalties for drug dealers
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 12, 2024
Governor Mike Dunleavy signing House Bill 66 in Anchorage on Thursday. (Courtesy of the Office of...
Two members of a Washington family sentenced for selling fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan
by KRBD Ketchikan | Jul 11, 2024
Alaska Stone Arts, one of the Rodrigo family’s stores, on Front Street in Ketchikan. (KRBD File...
Alaska News
LatestBrian Smith sentenced to 226 years for killing 2 Alaska Native women
by APRN | Jul 15, 2024
Brian Smith walks out of the courtroom after receiving what amounts to two separate life...
After serving time, this cook now serves the night owls of Anchorage | INDIE ALASKA
by APRN | Jul 15, 2024
Ricky Vazquez is a proud Puerto Rican who rarely slows down. After spending almost a decade in...
1 man dead, 1 wounded in downtown Anchorage shooting
by APRN | Jul 15, 2024
The Anchorage Police Department’s headquarters in downtown Anchorage on a sunny day in late May....
NPR
LatestThe Consequential Meeting in China Being Held in Secret
by NPR | Jul 15, 2024
Every five years China’s Communist Party holds a meeting in secret called the “third...
Soccer’s diversity unites a divided Europe, sort of
by NPR | Jul 15, 2024
Four weeks of chanting and shouting on the streets were not expressions of anger about politics —...
Trump names Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as vice presidential running mate
by NPR | Jul 15, 2024
Sen. Vance’s selection as Trump’s VP comes as the Republican Party leans into the former...
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