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March 24, 2026: What’s on the agenda at the Sitka Assembly meeting?
Sitka’s historic preservation plan may get its first update in over three decades. When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight (3-24-26) it will consider approving an updated plan.
Air Station Sitka assists Alaska State Troopers in evacuating injured Tenakee Springs resident
The Coast Guard was called upon to assist in bringing an injured man to Sitka to receive medical treatment after falling off a ladder.
Alaska’s human rights commission ushers in resolutions in support of blind and visually impaired Alaskans
Sitkan and State Commissioner of Human Rights William Craig introduced the two resolutions, focusing on improving education and voting access.
Crewmembers in fatal barge incident identified
The U.S. Coast Guard has identified two people who died Sunday while working in a confined space on a freight barge near Ketchikan.
The Morning Interview
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Career and Technical Education program aims to help high schoolers feel more confident in their professional futures
Mike Vieira and Alina Lebahn from Sitka High School join KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss the learning outcomes for the program and how it can help students better understand what they want to professionally pursue in the future.
Annual food web cruise celebrates springtime fauna of Sitka Sound
This Saturday, March 28, the Sitka Sound Science Center will host its annual Food Web Cruise.
Sitka’s new police chief discusses future of department
Sitka's new police chief, Mike Hall, joined KCAW to discuss his background and goals for the future of the Sitka Police Department.
Southeast News
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One year later, Ketchikan remembers rockslide that bisected island’s main road
2025’s Wolfe Point landslide near Ketchikan seen from above. (Jason Baldwin/KPU) Ketchikan’s Jeff...
Coast Guard temporarily relieves commanding officer of Ketchikan-based cutter
Crewmembers file towards the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Douglas Denman shortly after its...
Ketchikan not selected for underwater tunnel project
A deckhand aboard Ketchikan’s airport ferry watches as tugs maneuver the Inter-Island Ferry...
Alaska News
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Property tax appeals skyrocketed this year in Anchorage
About 10% of property owners saw a sizable increase in their taxes after the city changed the way...
How much will Alaska have to spend? Volatile oil prices make it difficult to predict.
The COVID pandemic, when oil prices went negative for a day, is the only time in the index’s nearly 20-year history when prices were more volatile than they are right now.
Alaska Senate pushes for increase in oil tax revenue, amid war-driven oil boom
Lawmakers in support of a measure to strengthen the state’s corporate income tax on the oil and gas industry said it was essential for boosting state revenues
NPR
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DOJ admits ICE courthouse arrests relied on erroneous information
Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested at immigration courthouses. It is unclear whether the...
America’s first AI-fueled war is unfolding right now in Iran. This is how we got here
Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson discusses the Pentagon’s secretive campaign to build America’s AI warfare capabilities and the obsessive Marine colonel behind it. Her new book is Project Maven.
Suit asks court to force Trump administration to use ‘The Kennedy Center’ name
The motion is part of a lawsuit challenging President Trump and the Center’s board, who now...
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