Local News
Latest
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.
‘The Kool-Aid is very strong’: How one class sparked a 20-year career for archeologist in Sitka
This summer, Sitka’s downtown pedestrian seawalk is growing longer, extending from the library to the O’Connell Bridge. But before excavators and dump trucks can get to work, one expert needs to examine what’s underground.
The Morning Interview
Latest
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
Latest
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...
AML & Wrangell Borough move forward with property lease
The borough assembly last week unanimously approved a 40-year property lease for a new marine...
Alaska News
Latest
Mat-Su landfill fire likely caused by exploding lithium battery
The fire sent a plume of black smoke towering into the air above the landfill.
State reports Sterling wildfire is 90% contained
The so-called Grandview Fire broke out last week and grew from eight to almost 90 acres in one...
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, June 22, 2026
Wildfires across the Interior prompt evacuations for the community of Anderson.
NPR
Latest
Portugal’s Ronaldo shakes off World Cup doubters, scores 2 after sluggish start
At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the oldest players in the World Cup. Against the Democratic...
A Revolutionary War soldier’s DNA links him to living relatives
Continental Army soldier John Pumphrey enlisted as a teenager in 1777 and fought at significant...
Afghan Taliban hold first, closed-door talks with EU on deportations
Rights groups criticized the meeting, saying it undermines the EU’s human rights...
latest_newscast
