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KCAW Prize Drawings: click on the links for rules and winner info. Alaska Seaplanes Drawing – ended 10/8/23. Alaska Airlines Spring 2024– ended 3/24/24. Russell’s Kayak Giveaway – ended 6/30/24. Alaska Seaplanes Fall 2024 – ended 9/29/24
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Jan 16, 2025 · The Sitka Assembly won’t sell water rights to a company in Florida, yet. At its regular meeting on Tuesday (1-14-25), the assembly postponed a vote on a contract with Global Hydration LLC, in order to give another company with water rights time to …
Community Advisory Board - KCAW
KCAW is required by the Federal Communications Act to establish a Community Advisory Board (CAB). The Community Advisory Board meets every other month and meetings will be announced on air and on the website at least two weeks beforehand. The meetings are open to the public. The mission of KCAW’s Community Advisory Board is to […]
Public-sector workers wait months for retirement contributions …
1 day ago · Teachers at Sitka High School are among the thousands of public-sector employees across the state affected by the delay in processing retirement contributions. (KCAW photo) Thousands of Alaska’s public-sector employees have been waiting for their retirement contributions to be processed since a ...
Police arrest alleged driver in drug sting, car chase - KCAW
2 days ago · Police have arrested and charged a third Sitkan involved in last week’s drug bust. 47-year-old Casey Munro Douglas has been charged for vehicle theft, assault, and criminal mischief for allegedly driving his truck into a police cruiser and evading police in a high speed chase down Monastery Street.. Douglas was apprehended in a drug sting coordinated by multiple agencies, including ...
Evolving Education - KCAW
In many small Alaska towns, schools are the backbone of the community. They educate youth as well as bring residents together for events. But with changing times, comes changing needs in the way we approach learning. In CoastAlaska’s news series, “Evolving Education,” reporters take a …
Assembly signals plan to fund schools to the 'cap', but it won't …
2 days ago · The Sitka Assembly says it will continue to fund the Sitka School District to the cap, or the maximum allowed by state law. The group signaled its support for funding local schools when the assembly and school board met for a work session on Thursday (1-16-25).
Sitkans continue to struggle with food access, survey shows
Dec 13, 2024 · For many Sitkans, reliable access to food is not a given. In the past ten years, some of those challenges have worsened, according to a community food assessment released last month.
Sitkans file new petition to vote on cruise limits - KCAW
Jun 21, 2024 · Last fall, a group of Sitkans tried twice to get an ordinance to limit cruise traffic to 240,000 visitors annually before voters. Both failed to make it beyond the city’s legal review process. Since then the group has organized into a nonprofit, Small Town SOUL. On June 18, they submitted their third petition with a higher cruise visitor limit …
On fourth try, Sitka cruise limit ballot prop goes out for signatures
Dec 18, 2024 · After three previous failed attempts, a fourth application to put a cruise limit question before Sitka voters has passed the city’s initial legal review (on 12-16-24).