A new lab in Sitka tests regularly for shellfish toxins and now is teaching more than a dozen tribes in the region to do the same. Global warming could increase the level of toxins, so tribes are working fast to take the mystery out of what’s blooming on their shores.
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Athletes to Adults: MEHS wrestlers learn about healthy relationships
Mt. Edgecumbe High School’s wrestling team was recognized for completing a program meant to curb sexual abuse and assault.
Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman from Pybus Bay
An injured fisherman was medevaced from Pybus Bay, 50 miles east of Sitka.
Kake rebuilds community library, one book at a time
The Shirly Jackson Community Library, the former Kake Library, has been open for more than a year and seeks book donations to keep its collection fresh.
Bear unfazed by rubber bullets near Indian River in Sitka
A caller on Andrew P Hope Street requested an escort to a visitor’s car. After helping the woman safely to her vehicle, the responding officer located the bear nearby and shot at it with rubber bullets.
Innovative Tlingit weaver was internationally renowned for baskets, textiles
Tlingit weaver Teri Rofkar died Dec. 2, 2016. She was 60. The Sitka resident was internationally renowned for her baskets and textiles, made from cedar, spruce tree roots and mountain goat wool collected along Sitka’s shores.