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June 23, 2026: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?
At their regular meeting tonight (6-23-26), Sitka Assembly members will consider a new ordinance that clarifies the sales tax responsibilities of local business owners.
Sitka Fire Department rescues lost hiker on Mount Verstovia
According to a Fire Department Facebook post, the visitor lost sight of Verstovia Trail and wandered off the maintained path on Saturday (6-20-26)
As bear season kicks off in Sitka, ADF&G biologist lays out management protocol
Law enforcement euthanized two more bears in Sitka, bringing the total to five this season. KCAW’s Lauren Salemo sat down with Steve Bethune, a wildlife management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, to discuss bear season so far and how the decision to dispatch a bear is made.
Assembly suggests $1M plan to tackle Sitka’s childcare shortage
The City of Sitka is continuing to brainstorm solutions to the island’s childcare shortage. In a special work session Tuesday night (6-16-26), the assembly decided to move forward with an option from a recently completed childcare study. It’s estimated to cost about $1 million a year. But assembly members still need to refine what they want in the plan before figuring out how to pay for it.
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Casting for Recovery invites Alaska Native women with breast cancer to fly fishing retreat
Carol Butler, a volunteer with Casting for Recovery, joins KCAW to talk about the upcoming Alaska Native Women’s Retreat that seeks to create community and foster emotional healing.
Sitka Fine Arts Camp to commemorate Motown with sold-out fundraiser
Sitka Fine Arts Camp will host Jazz on the Waterfront on June 27. The sold-out event looks to fundraise for the restoration of North Pacific Hall where campers stay on the Sheldon Jackson campus.
ALFA’s first hybrid electric boat is no illusion. Sitkans invited to see The Mirage for themselves this weekend.
Lauren Howard, a policy coordinator at ALFA, and Ben Matthys, a marine electrician at Southeast Sparks, join KCAW to discuss how the hybrid engine came to be and the changes it's already making.
Southeast News
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Team ‘Northbound Nutters’ claims first place and $10,000 in 2026 Race to Alaska
The “Northbound Nutters” approach a dock in Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin boat harbor on Monday...
Ketchikan City Council hires former fire chief as city manager
Ketchikan City Council chambers sign shown in 2025. (Hunter Morrison/KRBD) The City of Ketchikan...
Local Ketchikan jeweler to pay for misrepresenting products
Gold Rush, located in downtown Ketchikan, is one of the few locally owned and operated jewelry...
Alaska News
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High PSP toxin levels mean it’s ‘not a good time’ to harvest shellfish in parts of Southeast Alaska
In Haines, there are active advisories for all shellfish species in Viking Cove, Portage Cove and...
Alaska charities can now host snowfall betting pools
A new state law enacted Monday loosens a restriction on “snow classics.”
Alaska Supreme Court denies emergency petition to force officials to open Fairbanks charter school
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District’s board president says that means Pearl...
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A judge says the Kennedy Center must update him on its plans — and address that tarp
A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to update him on programming and operational plans....
Postal Service says its cash crisis is delayed until at least 2031, but problems loom
The U.S. Postal Service is no longer set to be out of cash in 2027, the agency’s head says....
Will Texas’ new top voting official be a ‘disruptor’? Locals are preparing for it
Just ahead of closely contested midterms, Texas is about to get a new top voting official. Many...
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