Sitka
web-posted Wednesday, May 15, 2013
SITKA - The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus honored the Class of 2013 during its commencement ceremony on May 3, at the UAS Sitka Campus.
web-posted Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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 8, 2013
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 8, 2013
SITKA - The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Sitka Campus will offer a three-day workshop June 5-7 called "Educators and Scientists: Putting our heads together to get kids excited about science." The workshop takes place at the Sitka Sound Science Center.
web-posted Wednesday, May 8, 2013
JUNEAU - Alaska Native artist Peter Williams will present a public lecture on the Subsistence harvest and use of sea otters in Alaska on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. This lecture is part of the docent training series at the Alaska State Museum, but is open to the public.
web-posted Wednesday, May 8, 2013
It might still feel like winter but Alaska's 2013 salmon season will officially get underway on May 16, when the first runs of reds and kings are scheduled to arrive at Copper River.
web-posted Wednesday, May 8, 2013
SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Health Promotion department is hosting a new program, WELL-Balanced, which helps Elders improve their quality of life and remain independent.
web-posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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 1, 2013
SITKA - The SEARHC WISEWOMAN Women's Health Program and the Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska (BCDC) are happy to announce the schedule for the spring mobile mammogram clinics in Haines and Angoon.
web-posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wind Gang, a team of four high school students from Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka recently won first place for highest power output in the 2013 Alaska KidWind Design Challenge.
web-posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The Greater Sitka Arts Council announces the third all city calendaring meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. May 15 at Sweetland Hall. The intent is to invite all Sitka event planners, concert promoters, community event organizers, strategist, etc. to a session to work together to plan future events and avoid duplication when possible. By sitting down together and reviewing our future programs, activities, events and their dates/times our hope is to avoid stepping on toes as much as possible from June 2013 to Oct 2014. We recognize that there are many upcoming events that are unknown, or this is too far out to plan, but this will also allow others to see what dates are filled and possibly avoid those dates. If you cannot make the event please send your event/dates to Sitkaarts@yahoo.com. Questions please email jbudd3500@yahoo.com
web-posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Time to repeat their successful efforts of 8 years ago - the Sitka Fire Department is offering free house numbers to homeowners, merchants and property owners, especially warehouses and public buildings.
web-posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013
She was always the first one in the pool. After receiving chemotherapy for leukemia, which she was diagnosed with when she was 13, she broke state records.
web-posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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 24, 2013
Tommy Joseph worked at the Sitka National Historic Park (Totem Park) for 21 years. As the 200th anniversary for the 1884 battle against the Russians was coming up, he began doing a lot of research and created his first Tlingit war helm.
"I just kind of got into a streak into figuring out how these things were made," he said. "The more I learned, the more I wanted to know. The next thing you know I made 30 helmets. I set out to make just one."
web-posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013
SITKA - On April 15, 2013 SEARHC closed the tobacco cessation services portion of the SEARHC Tobacco Department. This program has served up to 400 patients a year with quit coaches based in Sitka, Juneau and Klawock. The reason is financial, due to the Federal budget cuts, primarily the sequestration that occurred earlier this year. While the tobacco cessation part of the program has closed, the remaining tobacco program focus on prevention and control is still in effect.
web-posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013
JUNEAU - The public is invited to join graduate students from the University of Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences on Saturday, April 27, 2013, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau as they present stories of their research in fisheries and marine biology, from Southeast Alaska to the Arctic. There is no admission fee for this presentation.
web-posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013
SITKA - Want to learn more about the genetics of Alaska yellow cedar or intertidal beetles, marine mammal bioacoustics, winter song bird hangouts, the effects of forest thinning on deer habitat, and stream chemistry?
web-posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Chinook salmon research money made it through the Alaska legislature this session but most other fish bills flopped.
web-posted Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A pair of talented Sitka brothers rocked and waltzed the stage at the Alaska Folk Festival.
web-posted Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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 10, 2013
Wednesday, April 10 • Centennial Hall
web-posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013
SITKA - The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus will offer a three-day workshop June 5-7 called "Educators and Scientists: Putting our heads together to get kids excited about science." It takes place at the Sitka Sound Science Center.
web-posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Absent from supermarket fliers this spring have been ads featuring the year's first fresh halibut, reflecting the anticipated push back by buyers to the high priced fish. "No ads in the papers. No excitement this year," said more than one major buyer.
web-posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Prince of Wales Island students from the Southeast Island School District and Craig School District enjoyed a variety of educational and recreational activities while visiting Sitka last fall during the annual WhaleFest celebration.
web-posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Ever wondered about someone you pass on the sidewalk, see in the grocery store, or heard mentioned in stories? This is our attempt to track those people down, and grill them, lightly.
web-posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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 3, 2013
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 3, 2013
This year's schedule for the Alaska Folk Festival
web-posted Wednesday, April 3, 2013
SITKA - On April 30, 2013, SEARHC will be closing the doors of the Bill Brady Healing Center (BBHC) in Sitka. The reason is financial, due to the Federal budget cuts, primarily the sequestration that occurred earlier this month.
web-posted Wednesday, April 3, 2013
SITKA - In response to the Federal budget sequester, SEARHC has decided to suspend the Community Health Aide Training classes (CHAT) for the rest to the Fiscal Year. SEARHC operates a program that trains Community Health Aides throughout the State. Given the financial reality, our focus is on maintaining healthcare operations for our beneficiaries.
web-posted Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Classes begin with an exchange of greetings and a brief discussion of topics important to the students: basketball, favorite videos, future plans, hunting practices, perhaps an update on recent fish caught. Students in the small community of Hydaburg on Prince of Wales Island enjoy the informal banter and value the empathy shown by teacher Earl Jeffrey who likes to start class by catching up on his student's interests, listening carefully and developing a personal connection with each student, many of whom have special needs.
web-posted Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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 27, 2013
The U.S. Forest Service announced recently it would partner with Oregon State University and Sealaska to plant experimental plots in Southeast Alaska. Red and yellow cedar seedlings will be planted between Connell and Harriett Hunt Lake near Ketchikan. Some seedlings will also go to Prince of Wales Island. These four-inch to two-feet tall seedlings will be planted in areas recently harvested. The experiments are to determine how to prevent deer browsing from killing young trees.
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
There wasn't a scratch on Ryan's face, or a clump of hair missing from Sarah's head this past week, which was a fairly decent barometer that the joint project on which the two siblings are working together must be progressing rather smoothly.
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
When you're in the office of Buckwheat - the Buckwheat of Southeast Alaska, a regional celebrity of sorts, you don't decline a diet Mountain Dew. Why not? Clearly you haven't met the guy if you're asking.
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
SITKA - The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus is proud to honor four Health Information Management (HIM) students for making the dean's list during the Fall 2012 semester.
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
March is National Women's History Month, and the 2013 theme is Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination. The theme recognizes the outstanding contributions American women have made over the years in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A double feature adventure film fest is almost here in Sitka, with two new hot off the press movies: "Go Ganges" a film about two friends in a foreign land on a quest to travel the ultimate river and "The Last of the Great Unknown" a film shot deep within the Grand Canyon's vast wilderness. March 28 7-9 p.m. at UAS in the new multi media room 204. Cost $10 regular admission, $5 under 18 or a senior. Tickets at Old Harbor Books. Brought to you by: Greater Sitka Arts Council and No Limits in partnership with JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). For more information Dave at 752-0907 or Jeff 747-4821
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
SITKA - The SouthEast Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) supports thousands of youth across the country taking part in Kick Butts Day, a nationwide initiative that lead the effort to stop youth tobacco initiation. On March 20, elementary, middle and high school students will participate in a variety of Kick Butts Day activities, such as marching to state capitals and holding rallies; meeting with elected officials; and holding flash mobs in busy community spaces.
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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 20, 2013
Do you have a hard time seeing what is on your computer screen? Would you like to explore some assistive technologies to help you read? Do you have an Apple idevice and would like to learn more about VoiceOver?
web-posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
SITKA - Students at Sitka High School are building furniture that's truly Alaska grown. The wood in their furniture projects has come from red alder trees harvested in young-growth forest in the Tongass National Forest.
web-posted Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Cutting Packing Company, a San Francisco-based corporation, built one of the first two canneries in Alaska in 1878. Although two canneries were built and operated that season, the facility at Klawock is often called the first cannery in Alaska. It appears that the one at Klawock holds the honor of being the "first" because it put salmon in the cans before Cutting Packing did later in the season.
web-posted Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor skin-sewing workshops in six communities in an effort to revitalize a traditional art form and to create a cottage industry in Southeast Alaska.
web-posted Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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 13, 2013
The Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council announce the state finals for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. The competition, presented in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, is part of a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. On March 19, at 5 p.m., 10 high school students from around the state, will participate in the Poetry Out Loud state finals at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center.
web-posted Wednesday, March 6, 2013
More wild salmon from Alaska will make its way to world markets this year if forecasts hold true for the 2013 season.
web-posted Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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, February 27, 2013
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, February 27, 2013
Roller Derby is taking off in Southeast Alaska - so don't be surprised if there's a run on booty shorts, crazy socks and stockings, and wild make up in your town.
web-posted Wednesday, February 27, 2013
SITKA - This spring, the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Sitka Campus is offering a Humanities S120 course called "A Sense of Place: Alaska and Beyond." The class is team taught by Associate Professor of Marine Biology Jan Straley and former Alaska Writer Laureate and author John Straley.
web-posted Wednesday, February 27, 2013
March 1 - Singer Song Writers performance - 7 p.m. PAC
web-posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013
In almost every patch of boreal forest in Interior Alaska that Glenn Juday has studied since the 1980s, at least one quarter (and as many as one-half) of the aspen, white spruce and birch trees are dead.
web-posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013
My fellow Wrangellites who like to garden usually grow potatoes. Despite the cold and wet weather last summer, we grew red, white and Yukon gold potatoes. However, potatoes are nothing new in Southeast Alaska. It is said that Tlingit and Haida people had gardens more than 200 years ago, and potatoes were one of their most important crops.
web-posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Author Pam Houston gravitates towards wildness and challenges. Which is why she is returning to Alaska, after the publication of her recent book, a collection of 132 vignettes, "Contents May Have Shifted."
web-posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Western culture tends to think of arts in segregated groups - storytelling, cooking, gathering, painting. Roby Littlefield, of Sitka, will show people that art is a whole in the University of Alaska Southeast's Art of Place Series.
web-posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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, February 20, 2013
A traveling exhibition has been created by the Sitka Historical Society in collaboration with the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood camps of Sitka to honor the one-hundred year anniversary of the founding of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and the Alaska Native Sisterhood, the oldest indigenous civil rights organizations in the nation.
web-posted Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Dilution is the solution for pollution sums up Gov. Sean Parnell's policy when it comes to cruise ship discharges in Alaska waters.
web-posted Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thirteen-year-old Mackenzie H. Howard loved to read and was a straight A student. She loved to play basketball, and always had a smile on her face.
web-posted Wednesday, February 13, 2013
New in Southeast Alaska, the Sitka Chess Club is now affiliated with the United States Chess Federation (USCF) and will begin hosting nationally rated chess tournaments.
web-posted Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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, February 13, 2013
SITKA - It's time to quit putting cancer in your mouth. Join millions of Americans as they raise awareness on the dangers of smokeless tobacco during "Through with Chew Week" this February 17-23. Tobacco users are encouraged to quit with the support of their peers on Feb. 21, the official day to "quit." The SouthEast Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is proud to support this annual national event, and encourages people to take charge of their health by making better choices.
web-posted Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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, February 6, 2013
The Sitka Maritime Heritage Society's first project was to salvage a sunken schooner that had been built in the 1880s, and its projects since its 1999 inception have been similar.
web-posted Wednesday, February 6, 2013
I was standing next to my front window in Thorne Bay, looking for a book on a shelf when the shaking began. At first I thought it might be a huge wind gust, but it wasn't windy so when the china began jumping around as the whole house shook, it soon became clear that an earthquake was underway. It seemed to last forever in a slow motion sort of way, but finally ceased its underground adjustment in about 20 seconds, leaving me with mixed feelings of relief and apprehension.
web-posted Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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, January 30, 2013
The 7.5 earthquake on Jan. 5 of this year caused quite a commotion, with people waking in moving beds and sounds of things falling, rooms seeming to sway. Although Craig was the nearest to the quake off-shore, in Southeast it was Wrangell that took the brunt of the damage. People who subscribe to GCI's services lost their internet, telephone and television. The fiber optic cables, that made those services possible, had broken. Rumors flew around town. GCI funded free videos at City Market. What about all those football fans and the playoff games? Bars opened to provide coverage. Friends joined friends with alternate TV providers for the collegiate playoffs.
web-posted Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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.
