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Chinook harvest limit down nearly 40 percent from last year
The harvest allocation for king salmon in Southeast Alaska is lower than the region’s commercial trollers expected.
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As world TB cases rise, a former Sitka nurse recalls Alaska epidemic
Like many infectious diseases, tuberculosis was never eradicated, just suppressed – by a global public health effort that ...
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Sitka’s ‘place-based tourism’ conference hits the road — in Fairbanks
Heritage & Cultural Tourism Conference has wrapped up this week (3/27) – not in Sitka, but in Fairbanks. To celebrate the ...
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Over 6000 tons of herring harvested so far in Sitka’s commercial fishery
Over 6000 tons of herring have been harvested so far in the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery. The commercial fishery ...
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After five decades, Sitka’s pro bono veterinary practice closes its doors
Sitka’s oldest veterinary practice has closed its doors. Dr. Burgess Bauder retired on January 1, after 51 years serving ...
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Resident scientist’s research focuses on Greenland’s tidewater glaciers
Amy Jenson is the new Scientist in Residency at the Sitka Sound Science Center. A PhD candidate at the University of Alaska ...
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In congressional testimony, NPR chief cites KCAW’s role during internet outage
Sitka’s community radio station KCAW got a shoutout during a tense congressional hearing in Washington D.C. on Wednesday ...
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Body found on Japonski Island beach prompts police investigation
Sitka Police are investigating after a person was found dead Thursday afternoon on a Japonski Island beach, off Seward Avenue. Around 3:30 on Thursday, police received a report of an unresponsive male ...