Sitka
web-posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012
SITKA - Eleven Alaska Native/American Indian high school students from rural Alaska communities learned about health careers as they participated in the 2012 Ethel Lund Village Health Occupations Program (VHOP) on April 24-27 in Sitka.
web-posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Behavioral Health Division will host a 100th course celebration on Friday, May 25, for the Gunaanastí Bill Brady Healing Center adult residential substance abuse treatment program in Sitka.
web-posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Several Alaska towns are vying for the title of 'Ultimate Fishing Town' which comes with a $25,000 check for local fishing projects.
web-posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Board of Trustees of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council announces the award of 28 scholarships to local students and alumni:
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SITKA - For their ability to save lives and maintain the health of their patients, the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium is pleased to honor the work of its nurses during National Nurses Week in May.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SITKA - Alexei Desatoff, who heads the physical therapy program at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium S'áxt' Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, has been notified that he will be awarded the U.S. Public Health Service Therapist Junior Officer of the Year Award this June.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Soccer balls, motorcycles, reminders of the massive tsunami in Japan a year ago are now appearing along Alaska's coastlines.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Community Transformation Grant program is offering sub-award grants to community groups in Southeast Alaska interested in improving the health of their communities.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SITKA - The sixth annual Sitka Sound Ocean Adventure race has been scheduled for Aug. 11. The event is open to all human-powered crafts including kayaks, canoes, rowing shells and paddle boards. It includes 6-, 14- and 20-mile divisions.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Behavioral Health/Suicide Prevention Program is joining with 15 Southeast Alaska communities to host local "Walk For Life" suicide prevention events at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 12.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Diabetes program will host health and wellness expert Darryl Tonemah for a panel discussion about "Storytelling as a Tool to Heal." This free event is open and takes place from 2-5 p.m. on May 9, at the At Kaník Hít Community Health building first-floor conference room, 1212 Seward Ave.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I'm from Sitka, Alaska. If you know me, chances are this isn't news to you. If you don't know me, well, you already know I'm from Sitka because pretty often it's the first thing I tell people.
web-posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012
JUNEAU - On May 18, the Alaska State Museum presents its first-ever Alaska Museums Snapshot Day. Based on a concept Alaska libraries have been using for the past several years, on May 1, participating museums across the state snapped up to ten photos taken in and around their facilities and sent those images to the Alaska State Museum's Curator of Museum Services. The resulting slideshow which, in a matter of minutes, takes the viewer on a sneak-preview tour of every museum in Alaska, will play continually all day on the State Museum's Science on a Sphere projection system on May 18.
web-posted Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Please briefly describe your business.
web-posted Wednesday, May 2, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, May 2, 2012
JUNEAU - State Farm announces Juneau Agent Reuben Willis has been recognized as a national leader in insurance and financial services. He has been given a Good Neighbor award by State Farm for being one of the top 50 agencies in the country designated as a Presidents Club Member for leadership in the insurance industry; also for his commitment to Southeast communities and to business development in Alaska.
web-posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is joining with other health organizations in the United States and around the world on April 21-28 to celebrate National Infant Immunization Week and the inaugural World Immunization Week.
web-posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The episode with the U.S. Revenue Service detailed in a recent column was not Baronovich's closest brush with the law.
web-posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Four Southeast Alaska teachers were among more than 30 Alaska teachers honored as 2012 BP Teachers of Excellence. The statewide program attracted more than 1,400 nominations.
web-posted Wednesday, April 18, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health/Suicide Prevention Program is joining with at least 14 Southeast Alaska communities to host local "Walk For Life" suicide prevention events. All the events will occur on May 12 at 1 p.m., with the exception of the Klukawan/Haines event, which will begin at 8 a.m.
web-posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is joining with other health care organizations around the country to honor National Patient Advocacy Week April 9-15, an event organized by the Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy.
web-posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A resurgence of farmed fish and shifting world currencies could shake up salmon markets this year.
web-posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012
SITKA - Last month, 24 Sitka businesses, agencies and not-for-profit groups were awarded the 2012 Sitka Green Business Award for their green business practices by the Sitka Global Warming Group and Sustainable Sitka (SGWG/SS). This year, 21 Sitka businesses received the highest recognition, the Platinum level award. One business received a Gold level award. Baranof Island Housing Authority received the 2012 Special Recognition award for their construction of a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified office building on Katlian St.
web-posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health Prevention and Community Family Services programs will offer a free, two-day mental health first aid course in May in several Southeast communities. The course is designed to prepare people to provide mental health first aid to people experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, until appropriate professional treatment can be administered.
web-posted Wednesday, April 4, 2012
SITKA - The Sitka Monthly Grind producers are pleased to announce the Grown Up Grind. The event will be held April 7, at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi Tribal House. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Old Harbor Books for $5.00; you will be reimbursed if you bring a plate of homemade dessert (one per person, though you need to present your dessert with a purchased ticket). This is the adult show; the usual family-oriented and non political philosophies are put on hold. For more information call Jeff at 747-4821.
web-posted Wednesday, April 4, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Please briefly describe your business.
web-posted Wednesday, April 4, 2012
SITKA - The "1 is 2 Many" regional suicide prevention task force for Southeast Alaska has a new logo. The logo features The Watchman, which was designed by Tlingít artist and chemical dependency counselor Robert Hoffmann of Sitka, with input from the task force members. The task force is comprised of members from all over Southeast Alaska, with representatives from health organizations, schools, churches, tribes, law enforcement and other people concerned about suicide prevention in the region.
web-posted Wednesday, March 28, 2012
SITKA - The Island Institute is currently accepting applications for their Resident Fellows program, which provides opportunities for four writers to each spend a month in Sitka, pursuing their own work while getting to know Sitka's unique island community.
web-posted Wednesday, March 28, 2012
SITKA - Applications are available for the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Summer Internship Program, which provides work experience for Alaska Native/American Indian students pursuing careers in health care. The internship is awarded to six applicants. The program allows participants to explore career options in health care. At the end of the program, interns will receive a performance evaluation with valuable feedback from their mentor(s).
web-posted Wednesday, March 28, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, March 21, 2012
SITKA - Next week, a four-day gathering in Sitka will bring together Alaska Native tradition bearers, academics, artists, students and community members to share knowledge and stories of Tlingit, Haida and Timshian cultures. Organizers of the "Sharing Our Knowledge" conference welcome the public to attend the events March 29 to April 1 at Harrigan Centennial Hall. This year's theme is "Haa eetí káa yís," which means "for those who come after us" in the Tlingit language.
web-posted Wednesday, March 21, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum, referred to commonly as "D. vex", is established in Whiting Harbor, Sitka. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game requests that Whiting Harbor be avoided, unless in an emergency situation. This will reduce the possibility of spreading the invasive tunicate to areas outside of Whiting Harbor on anchors, lines, buoys, nets or other gear.
web-posted Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Greater Sitka Arts Council, in cooperation with the Bayview Pub, Up the Irons Tattoo and Trading Company, and Studio 907 Tattoo, presented the first ever Tattoo as Body Art Show on March 12 at the Bayview Pub.
web-posted Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) will host upcoming Denali KidCare pediatric dental clinics in Hoonah, Yakutat and Sitka. The clinics are open for children younger than 13 years old that are currently enrolled in the State of Alaska's Denali KidCare program or are on Medicaid. Dr. Lee Steinle will lead the pediatric dental team for this clinic. For more information about SEARHC's Denali KidCare special clinics, contact SEARHC Dental Case Coordinator Sydney Akagi in Juneau at 463-6698.
web-posted Wednesday, March 21, 2012
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health Division is pleased to announce the hiring of Jeff Arndt, LPC, CDC II, as a behavioral health clinician with the Gunaanastí Bill Brady Healing Center/Déilee Hít Safe Harbor House adult residential substance abuse treatment programs in Sitka.
web-posted Wednesday, March 14, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
SITKA — Longtime commercial fisherman Eric Jordan says working the politics and business sides of the fishing industry can be a bit like tying fishing knots.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The U.S. Forest Service, in partnership with the National Forest Foundation, has announced the recipients of a new grant program designed to assist communities in creating forest-based jobs.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Discovery Southeast is currently enjoying our fourth year with an AmeriCorps member. As a small nonprofit, having a full-time AmeriCorps service member allows us to provide extended educational outreach efforts throughout our community and region.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
I would like to applaud eighth-grader Anna Ham for exercising her constitutional right to free speech and expressing her opinion about abortion in last week's Capital City Weekly. However, I am sorry to see that she has been so misled by anti-abortion rhetoric. Ms. Ham's portrayal of abortion is highly inaccurate and inflammatory. Over 90 percent of abortions take place in the first trimester, or within the first 12 weeks, and six in 10 abortions occur within the first eight weeks. It is well documented that the nervous system required to experience the feelings Ms. Ham describes is not developed until at least the 24th week of gestation.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
SITKA - The Greater Sitka Arts Council, in cooperation with the Bayview Pub, Up the Irons Tattoo and Trading Company and Studio 907 Tattoo, will present the first ever Tattoo as Body Art Show at 7 p.m. on March 12 at the Bayview Pub. The event will function as a fundraiser for the arts council.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
SITKA - A number of local galleries and businesses will participate in the annual Sitka Arti Gras Music and Arts Festival Art Walk from 4 to 8 p.m. on March 9.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Julie Hagelin remembers the day she hugged a rare New Zealand kakapo parrot to her chest. The soft, green bird emitted the scent of lavender, like dust and honey; it lingered upon Hagelin’s t-shirt for hours.
web-posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Alaska's current petroleum tax system, Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share (ACES), was an ill-conceived policy pushed through by then-Gov. Sarah Palin in 2007. When ACES was voted on in the Senate, I was one of only five Senators who voted against it. My reason was simple: I felt then and I still feel that ACES is anything but "equitable" and that under ACES the government take at high oil prices is excessive.
web-posted Wednesday, February 29, 2012
MONDAY, JAN. 23, 2012: There's one week left of deer season here in Sitka and it seemed only fitting that when an opportunity to go hunting arose, I should take it.
web-posted Wednesday, February 29, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, February 29, 2012
SITKA - The Greater Sitka Arts Council will present its fourth annual Sitka Wearable Art Show and Runway Extravaganza. Two shows will be held at 7 p.m. on March 2 and 3 at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Tickets are available for $15, and $5 for children under 12.
web-posted Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Our progress in the waist-deep snow would have been extremely slow and tiring if not for the supportive snowshoes affixed to our boots. Even with my weight displaced over a larger surface, I occasionally punched through the top with one leg and floundered about, grasping for the strength to pull myself up out of the loose, crumbling snow.
web-posted Wednesday, February 29, 2012
At this point in her career, Vivian Faith Prescott is likely a household name in Sitka, where she lives, as well as in Wrangell, where she was born and raised, if not among the literary-aware in Alaska in general. Prescott is in her own league; her accomplishments span the achievable of several lifetimes.
web-posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SITKA - The Sitka Arti Gras Music and Arts Festival begins Feb. 24 with a 7 p.m. concert with The Haunted Windchimes at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. A windchimes workshop will follow on Feb. 25 and the windchime weekend will wrap up with a noon concert on Feb. 26 at the Larkspur Cafe.
web-posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Based on the preliminary federal budget released this month, funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climbed from $4.7 billion to $5.5 billion, an increase of about $750 million.
web-posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SITKA - Few people get to see real emergency room doctors in action, be with operating room staff during surgery or even watch a dentist performing a root canal. Alaska Native and American Indian high school students from Southeast Alaska can experience these and other opportunities when they participate in the Ethel Lund Village Health Occupations Program (VHOP).
web-posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) WISEWOMAN Women's Health Program and Bartlett Regional Hospital have completed the Spring 2012 schedule for the mobile mammogram program. The mobile mammogram program provides women who live in communities without year-round access to mammography screening services.
web-posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18, 2012: In 1775, Don Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra first spotted Southeast Alaska's premier volcano from his ship Sonora and wrote that there was a mountain
web-posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The process of understanding mental illnesses is ever-developing and likely never-ending. Some classifications have been defined - schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression - but the pain the afflicted suffer is not quantifiable.
web-posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Friday morning, I woke early to blue-infused blackness--dawn in Sitka. Ravens called, snow unfurled across the campus walkways like a blanket, and I breathed deeply strolling down to the docks.
web-posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012
SITKA - The following is a statement from Jolene Edenshaw, the chairperson of the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Board of Directors, regarding the Feb. 10 death of former SEARHC Board Member Dan Moreno Jr. in Sitka.
web-posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Friday morning, I woke early to blue-infused blackness--dawn in Sitka. Ravens called, snow unfurled across the campus walkways like a blanket, and I breathed deeply strolling down to the docks. Within an hour, the sky was lit from end to end, a crystal clear day with dry air that made the world feel cold enough to crack. This is my favorite kind of winter weather and, on my birthday, it felt like a gift.
web-posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012
web-posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012
More than half of all fishing fatalities occur due to vessels going down, and most of the boats sink because of flooding. The sinkings of the Alaska Ranger and Katmai in 2008, for example, both were the result of flooding through open hatches and claimed 12 lives.
web-posted Wednesday, February 15, 2012
web-posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012
SITKA - The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) will honor the achievements of Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich by observing Elizabeth Peratrovich Day on Thursday, Feb. 16.
web-posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012
SITKA - Thanks to a partnership with the Sitka Conservation Society, Pacific High School now serves local seafood in the cafeteria and joins the growing ranks of schools connecting to local foods. Pacific High students will have a choice of local seafood dishes twice a month.
web-posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Thirty-six Alaskan sites are set up for a free tax preparation service available until April 17 through the AARP Foundation.
web-posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012
When you hear folks say that Alaska is all light half the year and all dark the other half of the year, what you're hearing is an exaggeration of a basic astronomical fact: in winter, the sun is in the lower hemisphere and it does not light the north pole.
web-posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012
SITKA - It's easy to imagine rich landscapes of natural beauty when thinking about Southeast Alaska. The region hosts thousands of miles of coastline with hundreds of islands, abundant populations of aquatic and terrestrial wildlife and trees broader than a pickup truck.
web-posted Wednesday, February 8, 2012
What were we all doing before this deluge of snowfall? Like a child demanding attention, this year's winter weather claims a large portion of our time with seemingly endless plowing and shoveling. Our temperate rainforest is looking more and more like an intemperate snowforest and space is running out for places to store the white stuff. As the snow accumulates alternately with cold snaps, the effects are felt by all residents.
web-posted Wednesday, February 1, 2012
web-posted Wednesday, February 1, 2012
web-posted Wednesday, January 25, 2012
JUNEAU - Marlintini's Lounge will host the next Roughhouse Boxing event at 9 p.m. on Jan. 27. Those under the age of 21 will be admitted if accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
web-posted Wednesday, January 25, 2012
SITKA - Artists of all ages and abilities are invited to submit visual art pieces to the second annual Ode to Sitka Visual Arts Show, sponsored by Sitka Arti Gras and the Great Sitka Arts Council. Artists are asked to reflect upon their relationship with their town and its unique environment. Pieces will be on display only and not for sale. Artists are asked to register their work between 2 and 5 p.m. on March 8 at Harrigan Centennial Hall. The show will be on display March 9-10 during the Arti Gras festival. For more information, call Sanda Fontaine at 738-4014.
web-posted Wednesday, January 25, 2012
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, and the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is working to help people learn more about the eye disease.
web-posted Wednesday, January 25, 2012
SITKA - Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges will award a $1,000 scholarship for a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at a U.S. accredited college or university.
web-posted Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Over the course of a year, the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Yéil Jeeyáx Raven’s Way adolescent residential substance abuse treatment center receives support from several organizations and individuals in Sitka. Raven’s Way thanks those who have provided this support and helped our students be successful.
web-posted Wednesday, January 25, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012
ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. and Fri., Noon-1 p.m., Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun. 11 a.m.-Noon, CBJ Assembly Chambers.
web-posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012
SITKA - Jessica and Jason Dunn show off their daughter, Madelyn Mae Dunn, who was the first baby of 2012 born at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) S'áxt' Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka. Madelyn was born at 5:50 a.m. on Jan. 9. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long.
web-posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012
SITKA - SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) diabetes nurse case managers Lisa Schwartz, RN, of the Haines Health Center and Julie Sturtevant, RN, of the Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock recently earned Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) credentials from the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.
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