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First phase of Sitka land study identifies key locations for housing development
Osprey Street and Sitka High School: those are the top two areas for housing development identified in the first phase of the Sitka Land Suitability and Feasibility Study.
Sitka Grand Jury indicted five in December, January
The Sitka Grand Jury indicted four Sitkans and one non-resident in December and January, on charges ranging from assault to burglary. And some charges were dropped in an assault case we reported on last fall.
February 10, 2026: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?
At its meeting tonight (2-10-26), the Sitka Assembly will consider passing a resolution in support of maintaining Sitka’s rural designation ahead of an upcoming review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program.
Man rescued after jumping from Sitka bridge
A good Samaritan vessel rescued a man from the water Sunday (2-8-26) after he jumped from the O’Connell Bridge.
The Morning Interview
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Dual credit program brings exciting UAS courses to high schoolers
Mike Viera, Megan Reid, and Luke Gibes joins KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss the dual credit program with Sitka high schools and UAS
BANFF Film Fest returns to Sitka
The local committee selected six films to showcase at the event, ranging from two minutes to 45 minutes.
‘Octo-palooza’ celebrates reading, aquarium critters
Sitka's Imagination Library will host a family "Octopalooza" event this Valentine's Day, in partnership with the Sitka Sound Science Center and the Emblem Club.
Southeast News
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Pet food assistance program expands to Prince of Wales, Metlakatla
A recent donation to the Ketchikan Community Cats Program’s pet food pantry before making its way...
Fishermen raise cost and infrastructure concerns amid city development plans
Fishermen gathered at a roundtable Wrangell officials put on Feb. 3, 2026. (Colette...
School board selects next superintendent
The White Cliff building, where Ketchikan Gateway Borough and School Board meetings are held, is...
Alaska News
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Peer Support | Line One
For people experiencing addiction or mental illness, taking the first steps toward care can seem...
Alaska’s summer ferry schedule is open for booking
Amid ongoing funding problems, the schedule looks a lot like it has in other recent years. Just...
Alaska Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of campaign ad disclosure statements
The state requires ads to bear the names of the top three contributors to a campaign. The Alaska Policy Forum had challenged the constitutionality of that rule.
NPR
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Trump would like the government he leads to pay him billions
President Trump is asking the federal government for billions of dollars in damages, putting his...
Australia bans a citizen with alleged IS links from returning from Syria
The Australian is among a group of 34 women and children who had planned to fly from Damascus to Australia on Monday but were turned back by Syrian authorities to the Roj detention camp due to procedural problems.
Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand what they’ve created?
Anthropic is one of the world’s most powerful AI firms. New Yorker writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains how they’re trying to make chatbot Claude more ethical, and the implications of AI’s widening use.
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