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Bulk water shipper seeks more time to develop Sitka export plan
At an industrial park board meeting last week (7-16-26), leadership from Arctic Blue Waters Alaska Inc. said climate change and geopolitics have made the prospect of selling Sitka’s water more possible than ever before. But they still need more money to develop a plan to collect and ship it.
Assembly proposes sales tax changes to address Sitka’s childcare needs
Lowering the winter sales tax rate, and upping the summer one. That was a popular proposal discussed at a Sitka Assembly work session on Tuesday (7-21-26) aimed at addressing the island’s childcare shortage.
Sitka Assembly Member Kevin Mosher first to file for mayor’s seat
Current Sitka Assembly Member Kevin Mosher has filed to run for mayor. Mosher, who is two years into serving his third term on the assembly, has served as an assembly member since 2018.
Sitka firefighters extinguish hidden fire in hotel wall
Firefighters tamped out a fire at the Sitka Hotel on Friday night.
Station Highlights
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One year out from federal defunding
An update and message of gratitude one year out from the loss of federal funding for Raven Radio.
The Morning Interview
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Researcher documents intersection of Indigenous beadwork, Russian Orthodoxy
Esmeralda Goncalves, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and former Fulbright Scholar, is in Sitka on a 2026 Craft Research Fund Grant.
SAIL Annual Picnic returns to Crescent Harbor on Friday
The annual picnic will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at the Crescent Harbor Net Shed.
Three Sopranos to perform benefit concert this weekend
The Three Sopranos -- Rhiannon Guevin, Karen Neal and Mina Brooks-Schmidt -- joined KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss their upcoming concert.
Southeast News
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Good, but not record breaking, deer harvest forecast
This year’s deer harvest isn’t expected to reach the record highs of the past two seasons but...
Cooling system issue causes small explosion in Klawock grocery store
The dairy section at the Klawock grocery store was cleared out after there was a reported issue in...
New superintendent of Ketchikan schools shares plans for leading the district
Kara Four Bear was hired earlier this year to lead the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District....
Alaska News
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A 7.1 quake hits Japan’s Kyushu, trapping people in a collapsed shopping mall
The quake shook Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon local time,...
A shootout that killed 3 at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle may have been gang-related
Police say the shooting may have been gang-related. Three people died, including one believed to...
As winter approaches, Southcentral Alaska utilities are worried about running short of gas
After a cold spring, they’re planning for a worst-case scenario next winter and doing their best...
NPR
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Leaders gather in Washington to pay their final tributes to Lindsey Graham
Lawmakers, foreign leaders and President Trump are gathering Tuesday for the first of two days of...
Photos: Spain and France’s battle record wildfires
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as powerful wildfires sweep...
‘Ricochet’ explores how the right to bear arms expands — while gun laws contract
The New York Times reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new brand of masculinity.
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