Old Harbor News

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and the Sitka Local Foods Network will host Northwest garden guru and radio/TV personality Ciscoe Morris for his presentation on "Working With Nature For An Oh-la-la Garden." The presentation takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Mount Edgecumbe High School campus, 1330 Seward Drive.

Kodiak Island was hit by a swarm of earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 5.9. Richard Buckmaster, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., says the southeast region of the island was hit yesterday by 20 earthquakes with magnitudes of 2.6 or greater.

The quakes are centered southeast of Old Harbor, but there have been no reports that they've been felt.

The guest speaker for the third annual Sitka Health Summit will be Judd Allen, PhD, a nationally known expert on "building cultures of health and wellness." Dr.

WASHINGTIN: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 hit an area near Kodiak Island off the southern shore of US state of Alaska, US government said Monday.

It was more than a whim that inspired elementary school teacher Joe Montegna to walk through school halls last week in seven-inch heels, a glittery jacket and white clown makeup with a black star on one eye.

Alaska State Troopers have sent a ground crew to rescue four Kodiak workers stuck on a mountain after high winds blew away part of their camp.

Katherine Gottlieb, CEO of the state's largest Native health care organization, is one of the most influential and least-known people in Alaska.