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LatestWith internet down, Sitka’s students go old-school
by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Sep 6, 2024
Sitka High's limited internet connectivity during the outage is causing some teachers to revert to past methods of instruction: Paper and pencil.
In internet-less Sitka, it’s both ‘mayhem’ and a ‘golden moment’
by Nat Herz, Northern Journal | Sep 6, 2024
Some surgeries are on hold. Businesses have gone cash-only. Starlink units are a precious commodity. But more people are talking, sharing stories and "doing what they used to do without the internet."
Sitka attorney candidate addresses questions about Alaska Bar license
by Katherine Rose | Sep 5, 2024
Although she stopped paying her professional membership dues for a while when she had a baby, municipal attorney candidate Rachel Jones has an unblemished record with the Alaska Bar Association.
The Morning Interview
LatestBiennial ‘Sharing Our Knowledge’ conference offers opportunity to listen and learn
Sep 9, 2024
Sharing Our Knowledge logo Sharing Our Knowledge is a biennial conference about Tlingit, Haida,...
Sitka’s daily paper looks to the reading public for insight into its future
Sep 6, 2024
The Daily Sitka Sentinel has been published by Thad and Sandy Poulson for the last 50 years. A new survey is intended to help guide its future.
Science adventures for middle schoolers available every ‘Fab Friday’ beginning Sep 20
Sep 5, 2024
Fab Friday is an after-school program for middle school-age students at the Sitka Sound Science Center (2:10 - 4 pm Fridays beginning September 20th, meet at the Blatchley Commons). There's a new topic every semester, from robotics to coding to marine biology.
Southeast News
LatestNew online tool for subsistence users in Southeast Alaska
by KSTK Wrangell | Sep 10, 2024
Youth with the Alaska Youth Stewards program fish for subsistence sockeye salmon near Angoon....
Peltola visits Ketchikan landslide, talks priorities
by KRBD Ketchikan | Sep 10, 2024
Rep. Mary Peltola and her aide stand with Ketchikan officials in front of the site of the Copper...
Wrangell Assembly preview: modifying Parks & Rec meeting requirements and sections of the municipal code; plus more
by KSTK Wrangell | Sep 10, 2024
Wrangell City Hall on June 26, 2024. (Colette Czarnecki/KSTK)View the full borough assembly agenda...
Alaska News
LatestTroopers plead not guilty in bloody Kenai arrest
by APRN | Sep 10, 2024
Alaska State Troopers Sgt. Joseph Miller (left) and Jason Woodruff (right) pleaded not guilty to...
Anchorage Daily News newsroom planning to form union
by APRN | Sep 10, 2024
The Anchorage Daily News print edition for Monday, July 8, 2024. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media)...
Vaccines for whooping cough and other diseases | Talk of Alaska
by APRN | Sep 10, 2024
A sign outside an Anchorage clinic advertises COVID vaccines on Sept. 29, 2022. (Katie...
NPR
Latest2 artists make flower altars for grieving communities after mass shootings
by NPR | Sep 11, 2024
Two California artists help grieving communities build floral alters in memory of mass shooting...
Fact-checking the Trump-Harris debate. And, food delivery could help the environment
by NPR | Sep 11, 2024
Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off last night on several hot topic...
‘The Bibi Files.’ Benjamin Netanyahu fails to block documentary from screening
by NPR | Sep 11, 2024
An Israeli court this week rejected a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block a...
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