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    The Flotsam Hour!
    The simplest beach debris often has a very complicated story, and has taken a very long journey. On Monday, July 26, Sitkan Tyler Orbison and Oceanographers Curt Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham joined host Ed Ronco for the annual Flotsam Hour! They took your questions and heard your stories about beachcombing. You can listen, below. Each part is about 20 minutes:

    Flotsam Hour - Part One
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    Alaska Airlines Raffle
    Raven Radio is raffling two tickets to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies! Roundtrip airfare, no blackout dates.

    Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from board members or by stopping by the station at 2 Lincoln Street.

    The drawing will be Sept. 19 at our annual Member Appreciation Dinner. Need not be present to win (though we'd love to see you)!
    KCAW Local News
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    Sow bear.
    SITKA, ALASKA (2010-07-28) Four brown bears were tagged and collared this morning at Sitka’s Fortress of the Bear. The collars will allow the bears to be tracked and studied in the future.
    Ed Ronco
    SITKA, ALASKA (2010-07-28) The Sitka Assembly has put the brakes on a plan to operate a rock quarry on Kasiana Island.
    Ed Ronco
    SITKA, ALASKA (2010-07-28) A ballot proposal to tax sugar-sweetened soft drinks went down to defeat at the Assembly table last night, with even its two sponsors voting against it.
    Ed Ronco and Alexandra Gutierrez
    SITKA and UNALASKA, ALASKA (2010-07-23) In rapidly expanding nations like India, Pakistan and China, disputes are heating up over a scarce and precious resource: water.
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    Local Newscasts
    Monday, July 26
    Fatal floatplane crash in Ketchikan; Sitka, Adak explore bulk water sales; Craig man charged with ramming whales.
    Tuesday, July 27
    Bear sightings along Herring Cove trail; Bear attack in Kake; USCG performs 2 Sitka-area medevacs; Assembly meeting agenda; Candidate filing update; House Dist. 2 Republican debate
    Wednesday, July 28
    Assembly defeats sugary beverage tax, denies Kasiana quarry permit; Bear family tagged and collared at Fortress of the Bear.
    Thursday, July 22
    Bear shot, killed on Sawmill Creek Road; Hatchery uses experimental program to recover from accident; Juneau building new cruise docks; Kake dog salmon festival; Kodiak salmon get 'green' label; Kenai NWR oil spill.
    Friday, July 23
    USCG Kodiak crew transports Sitkan to Anchorage; Alaska’s Congressional delegation wants new USCG helicopter; Hoonah explosion destroys sawmill; State DEC denies review of cruise wastewater; Documentary explores mental illness, stigma.

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    Morning Interviews
    Hear this week's Morning Edition Interviews:

    Monday, July 26 - Zia Brucaya, Sitka Conservation Society.
    Tuesday, July 27 - Molly Andrews, "Salmon Girl."
    Wednesday, July 28 - Susan Crockford, Ph.D., on “Dogs Across the Pacific.”
    Thursday, July 22 - Marilyn Durocher, 'About Face' film.
    Friday, July 23 - Shaleece Haas, filmmaker

    KCAW airs Morning Edition interviews weekdays at 8:18 AM.
    Links
    CG 6017 Coverage

    More than 1,000 people gathered on July 13 to remember three Sitka-based Coast Guard servicemen killed in a helicopter crash.

    Watch the video of the entire memorial service.

    Watch a video of the 21-gun salute and Taps.
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