The crew was responding to a fishing boat that was taking on water near Farragut Bay when their helicopter crashed on Read Island.
KCAW - Sitka
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Sitka workshop discusses the future of invasive crabs in Alaska
European green crabs first reached the Pacific coast in 1989, but it wasn’t until 2022 that they showed up in Alaska.
A conversation with Alaska’s exorcist
Sitka’s new Catholic priest has an unusual skill set – he’s also the official exorcist for the Catholic Church in Alaska.
A co-creator of Alaska’s PFD program is calling for reinstating a personal income tax
State Rep. Cliff Groh was a 28-year old legislative aide in 1982 when he helped draft the legislation establishing the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend.
Alaska-raised composer makes music from the sounds of nature
Matthew Burtner, who was born in Naknek and grew up around Alaska, has built an award-winning career around turning nature into music, using both field recordings and scientific data that he transforms into sound.
Sitka dog, 13, comes home after 65 days lost in the woods
The same dog previously survived getting trapped in a truck that was crushed during Sitka’s deadly 2015 landslides.