It’s herring time. The multi-million dollar Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery could open as early as the end of this week. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has announced that as of 8 a.m. Thursday, the fishery will be placed on two-hour notice.
Read More
Ira Snelling talks about his upcoming stage combat workshop, to be held March 23 and 24, for students in the 5th grade and older. The class will teach stage punches, grabs and throws, as well as sword play, with techniques "that from one angle looks really dangerous and really believable, but actually is very, very safe," Snelling said.
Read More
Gov. Parnell hopes to bring natural gas to Alaska's coastal communities. University of Alaska lands office offering two timber sales south of Petersburg. State drafting management plan for Southeast Alaska State Forest. Legislation passes Alaska House expanding tax credit to include herring. Ferry Aurora sailing again.
Read More
Sitka's historic Cable House, home of Raven Radio, is older than the medium it hosts...but just barely. The Cable House was built in 1907-8 as part of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System. Meanwhile, the first-ever public radio broadcast took place in 1910 (bonus points if you can tell us what was in that first radio transmission!). Help us stay ahead of our time, by contributing online to our Spring Drive!
Read More
Jerry Dzugan, director of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) talks about upcoming classes, including one on ergonomic injury prevention for commercial fishermen.
Read More
What happens when you combine a 3-D printer, some fancy footwork, and Sitka High School's new vocational training program. Southeast divers fishing for geoducks despite Chinese ban.
Read More
The proposed sale is about eight miles north of downtown. It includes 485 acres of land on the west side of Lisianski Peninsula, near Dog Point. The land is off Sitka’s road system, about three miles north of the Starrigavan ferry terminal by water.
Read More
During a work session on Tuesday night, the Sitka Assembly heard from contractors tasked with creating a top-to-bottom assessment of how the city handles trash and recycling. Representatives of the firm CB&I outlined the process that will, they hope, lead to a new master plan by September.
Read More
At its heart, the Affordable Care Act has a simple premise: Americans who lack health insurance should be able to go online and pick a plan, and if their income falls beneath a certain threshold, then the federal government will cover part of the cost. That is, unless you live in one of the states that has opted out of the federal Medicaid expansion -- like Alaska. Then, you can actually make too little money to qualify for help.
Read More
The deadline to enroll in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act is March 31, and that has prompted many Sitkans to bite the bullet and figure out what the act means for them. For some fishing families and other self-employed Sitkans, what they've found has been a pleasant surprise.
Read More
