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Experts share childcare funding ideas at Chamber meeting
Two childcare policy experts share information on successful funding models enacted across the country with the Sitka Chamber of Commerce.
Committee looks to improve communication at Mt. Edgecumbe High School
Communication is key. That’s what members of a committee dedicated to improving Mt. Edgecumbe High School said at their second meeting on Wednesday (7-8-26).
Sitka vet treats dogs for possible cannabis-laced waste exposure
A Sitka vet is asking Sitkans to leash their dogs when exploring some local beaches. That’s after her clinic treated several dogs that became seriously ill over the Fourth of July weekend.
Mt. Edgecumbe High School improvement committee to meet this week
A committee that will recommend improvements for Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka is meeting for the second time this week.
The Morning Interview
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Sitka Counseling offers overdose response training
Sitka Counseling has an upcoming Narcan pop-up training at AC Lakeside on Saturday, July 11, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., where Sitkans can learn about the opioid overdose reversal medicine.
SFAC final high school performances set for this weekend
Camp faculty member Medar de la Cruz and Executive Director Roger Schmidt joined KCAW for the Morning Interview to share highlights from this week's programming.
Sitka Conservation Society and local artist team up to protect public lands
Andrew Thoms, executive director of the Sitka Conservation Society, and local artist Rebecca Danon joined KCAW on the Morning Interview to discuss the upcoming comment period on the roadless rule, management of the Tongass National Forest, and an upcoming pop-up show at Harbor Mountan Brewery showcasing Danon's public lands advocacy artwork.
Southeast News
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Brief disruption in AMHS service for SE Alaska in November
Southeast would go a week without mainline ferry service at the end of November as the Alaska...
Three rescued from boat fire near Ketchikan
The Coast Guard Station Ketchikan received a report that a fishing vessel was adrift and engulfed...
Wrangell’s Freedom Rock supported by Marian Glenz Fund
The borough is assuming all costs for a Freedom Rock memorial to honor veterans, relying on an...
Alaska News
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New Alaska law will allow pharmacists to provide more healthcare
Lawmakers overrode a Gov. Dunleavy veto to pass a law that expands what pharmacists can do in the...
A new model could help predict rusting rivers in Alaska, researchers say
The phenomenon known as “rusting rivers” happens when once-clear streams release...
The long fight for independence in St. Paul, one of Alaska’s most remote communities
How the Pribilof community fought for centuries for their freedom.
NPR
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E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case
The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and...
Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act
By altering the definition of the word “harm” as used by the Endangered Species Act,...
Investigative journalist reports on the abuse inside ICE’s largest detention facility
The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer says thousands of people are being held in tents in the El Paso desert, where inhumane conditions have become a tool to pressure people to accept deportation.
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