Yakutat Public Safety conducted a search and rescue operation, and a diver recovered 31-year-old Washington state resident Franklyn Fox at approximately 2:10 a.m. Paramedics and clinic workers were unable to revive Fox.
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Coast Guard crews from Air Station Sitka assisted a fishing vessel taking on water near the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island Tuesday, Aug. 11.
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Angoon Mayor Joshua Bowen issued an emergency order on Monday, August 10, requiring face coverings or masks in public buildings, businesses and churches as well as public outdoor spaces where social distancing is difficult to maintain. That includes the ferry terminal and the Alaska Seaplanes base, which provide the only links to the rest of the state.
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In a light berry year, Area Wildlife Management Biologist Stephen Bethune said following best practices is all the more important. KCAW's Morning Host Erin Fulton talked with Bethune on the Morning Interview about what Sitkans can do to keep from having fed bears become dead bears.
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that the Tribe will receive $900,000 as part of the Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat program. Congress allocated an additional $100 million to the program this spring as part of the federal coronavirus relief funding package.
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Food insecurity among students is a concern during a normal summer. But this summer, because of economic hardship brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, that concern is even greater. The USDA Summer Food Service Program has existed for some time to help fill that gap, but this is the first time it's operating in Southeast Alaska.
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A global pandemic may not be the best time to open a craft brewery -- or maybe it is? In Sitka, a defunct brewery is once again bubbling with the sounds and smells of malt and barley. New owners hope that a professional brewer will rekindle the town’s thirst for local beer.
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Talk of Southeast Alaska is a call-in radio program about regional issues faced by folks in all...
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SEARHC kicked off a month-long challenge called Start Stepping Southeast on Monday to get Sitkans and other Southeast Alaska residents outside and moving. Participants who record their their steps and log them online will be entered into a weekly drawing for $50 prizes.
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The coronavirus pandemic has many academic institutions scrambling to figure out how to conduct classes once the fall semester starts. The University of Alaska's Sitka campus will hold classes mostly online, but as Student Services Manager David Felts explains, that's not out of the ordinary.
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