Author: Ed Ronco

Hatchery field trip offers hands-on science

Medvejie Hatchery in Sitka just finished hosting five classes of third graders for their fall field trip. The students got to handle some fish and see how the hatchery works. But teachers say this is more than just sight-seeing – it’s a way to let their students DO science while learning about it.

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Fortress cubs fly to new home back east

Three brown bear cubs captured this summer in Sitka after their mother disappeared are bound for a new home on the East Coast. Officials with Sitka’s Fortress of the Bear loaded the cubs on a cargo flight to Anchorage this morning (Tue 10-6-09), where they were transferred to a Fedex plane and flown to Newark, New Jersey.

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Voters will decide future of road repairs

Voters in Sitka head to the polls Tuesday and among the questions they'll decide is whether to approve bonds for road repair. Some of those roads look like they're in pretty decent shape, but as Ed Ronco explains, city leaders say it's important to act now.

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FORUM: School Board, Part 1

School board candidates Cass Pook and Tom Conley took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 30. This is the first half of that conversation.

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FORUM: School Board, Part 2

School board candidates Cass Pook and Tom Conley took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 30. This is the second half of that conversation.

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FORUM: Sitka Assembly, Part 1

Assembly candidates Cheryl Westover and Mim McConnell took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 29. This is the first half of that conversation.

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FORUM: Sitka Assembly, Part 2

Assembly candidates Cheryl Westover and Mim McConnell took listener calls and answered questions in a live call-in forum on Sept. 29. This is the second half of that conversation.

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FORUM: Ballot Questions

Sitka public works director Michael Harmon, finance director Dave Wolff and operations manager Scott Brylinski participated in a Raven Radio forum on two ballot questions: (1) whether to authorize $7 million in bonds for road repairs and (2) whether to raise the sales tax a half-percentage point to pay for those bonds. This is that conversation in its entirety, as it aired on Oct. 1.

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Interview: More to Edwards than "Sunshine"

Jonathan Edwards' hit "Sunshine" went gold in 1971. Since that heady time the journeyman artist's career has followed a unique arc through the early folk movement, to country, and back to contemporary singer/songwriter. Edwards performs at 7 PM Friday, October 2, 2009 in the Sitka Performing Arts Center. Interview with KCAW's Robert Woolsey.

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Money, bullying, recruitment discussed by board candidates

Sitka’s municipal elections are just around the corner and the two school board candidates met at Raven Radio on Wednesday (9/30) to discuss a variety of issues facing the school district. Cass Pook and Tom Conley are both long-time board members and unopposed in their bids for re-election.

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