KCAW Staff, Author at KCAW

Seiners catch close to 7000 tons of herring in first week of commercial openers

Commercial seining continued on Thursday (3-28-24) with another opener of the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery.

KCAW Spring Drive 2024 Thank You Gifts

Take a look at our special edition swag for the Spring membership drive. Emergency Tool Your gift...

Sitka’s schools face potential loss of ‘a teaching position at every grade level’

Even if Gov. Dunleavy doesn't veto half of the legislature's increase in education funding (as he did last year), Sitka Schools will lose up to eight teaching positions. If he repeats, however, Sitka could lose 12 jobs.

Rarely-seen canvases on display during Historical Society’s Wine Tasting, art show

The Sitka History Museum has a surprising -- and seldom seen -- collection of artwork, some of it pre-dating the establishment of the museum, some contemporary. Tickets $40, 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Harrigan Centennial Hall.

‘Pre-conception’ next topic in Sitka Public Library’s Doc Talks series

Sitka Public Library's "Doc Talks" series continues 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, with a discussion of "pre-conception" health. On Thursday, March 21, the topic will be post-pregnancy health for families.

Home heating the focus of this year’s Electrification Expo

Kay Kreiss, with Transition Sitka, discusses this Saturday's (2-17-24) Electrification Expo at Harrigan Centennial Hall 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (free admission). There will be 14 exhibitors available to share information on heat pumps and financing, along with with half-hour presentations on topics from home heating assessments to solar power and weatherization.

Commentary: The numbers are too high

My name is Martina Kurzer. I have lived in Sitka since 1995. We have heard a lot recently about the question what number of cruise ship passengers would be appropriate to maintain a robust economy in our home town. I presented my thoughts at the tourism task force town hall meeting and was asked to let more people know about them.

Sitka Tribe of Alaska announces new wave of COVID relief funding for Tribal Citizens

The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is kicking off a new COVID relief program. STA Tribal Council Chairman Woody Widmark and Outreach caseworker Jean Swanson joined KCAW's Erin Fulton to announce that all Tribal Citizens will qualify for a one-time $1000 payment this spring.

A post-Christmas spa date with Santa

Catch a rare glimpse of Santa as he unwinds from a night of delivering millions of toys around the globe. KCAW's Robert Woolsey finds the hardest-working-elf at the North Pole Spa on Christmas Day, where he was enjoying a well-deserved shiatsu massage, full body blows, and a garra rufa treatment (the tiny fish that nibble dead skin off the feet). Bonus: Listen as Santa sings the hits his eight flying reindeer love to relax to!