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1 week ago | kcaw.org | Robert Woolsey

Senior Jasmine Wolfe’s remarks to the Sitka School Board were a welcome surprise, after another extraordinarily difficult budgeting cycle. “I was definitely one of the classes that was hit hardest between COVID and budget cuts,” she said, “and I just want to say thank you.” (SHS image)“I will be graduating, I think, in roughly 12 days, and so this is the last school board meeting before I graduate,” said Jasmine Wolfe, a senior at Sitka High.

1 week ago | kcaw.org | Robert Woolsey

The NEA told the Sitka Fine Arts Camp that its project no longer “aligned with the priorities of the President,” which include celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and “fostering AI competency.” The camp serves roughly 800 students from 43 communities around Alaska each summer. It has received NEA funding almost every year since 2004.

1 week ago | kcaw.org | Meredith Redick

Sitka Studio of Dance will present annual spring recitals this weekend, featuring senior solos and a variety of dance genres. Acting executive director Kincaid Parsons, dance instructor Jo DeBell, and senior dancer Jasmine Nellis joined KCAW’s Brooke Schafer to discuss the upcoming recital. Listen to the full interview here:Recitals are 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available at fineartscamp.org and at the door.

1 week ago | kcaw.org | Katherine Rose

The City of Sitka has settled another lawsuit against the Police Department – it’s the fourth in six years involving a complaint by a former member of the department. And like those suits, this latest was also costly. The settlement with former Sergeant Gary Cranford is for $320,000. Cranford worked for the Sitka Police Department just shy of a decade.

1 week ago | kcaw.org | Katherine Rose

There are SNOTELS all over Alaska, but you can’t book a room at any of them. That’s because “SNOTEL” isn’t shorthand for a ski resort. It’s a type of weather monitoring system. Daniel Fisher manages the small team of researchers that installs SNOTEL stations in Alaska. He’s been working with the snow survey and water supply forecasting program for the past 16 years.