KCAW News
Ship en route to repair Sitka’s damaged fiber optic cable
The cable repair ship bound for Southeast waters is currently in Canada, and should arrive by the end of the week.
Murkowski calls proposed endangered listing for Alaska king salmon ‘wrongheaded’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the Wild Fish Conservancy's proposal, like its lawsuit over Southeast king fishing, is meant "to basically stop our wild fisheries."
2 dead, 3 rescued after boat capsizes north of Sitka
The capsize occurred Tuesday night about 25 miles north of Sitka, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, with bodies found inside the vessel Wednesday.
Alaska labor forecast calls for continuing shortages as Boomers age
With roughly two jobs open for every job seeker, a state economist says Alaska's workforce may not stabilize until Baby Boomers have aged out of it.
Staffing shortages, shipping delays leave Sitkans fed up with FedEx
Residents say a week-long backlog of undelivered packages last month was only broken when FedEx brought in staff from out of town.
1 dead, 3 rescued after rogue wave capsizes skiff near Yakutat
Yakutat police haven't named the person killed in the Sunday incident, which took place as the boaters were fishing near Khantaak Island.
Search suspended for 4 missing people after charter boat accident near Sitka
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for four people after recovering one body from the wreck of a fishing charter near Sitka.
‘A guilty mind’: Sitka woman gets 4 years in cyclist’s hit-and-run death
Brooke Mulligan, 21, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in Terry Carlson, Jr.'s death — which the judge called closer to manslaughter.
Woman’s body recovered from Sitka harbor
Police officers, firefighters and a dive team helped recover 37-year-old Amanda Oktoyak's body from Eliason Harbor on Wednesday morning.
Teen kills brown bear outside Sitka home
Alaska Wildlife Troopers have concluded their investigation into the shooting of a brown bear killed by a 16-year-old in a Sitka neighborhood early Wednesday.
Coast Guard recovers body of missing hunter near Sitka
A Coast Guard helicopter crew Tuesday found the body of 46-year-old Ryan Ruesch at the foot of a 300-foot cliff Tuesday.