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In mid-April, Island Innovation hosted the first Island Finance Forum, a virtual event where members of island communities across the world could exchange solutions for sustainable economic recovery in the post-pandemic world. The event was attended by members of the Island Innovation Vineyard Ambassadors team. Island Innovation is a digital, global network of island community […]
Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews May 3, 2021 8:17 AM The National Association of Conservation Districts submitted a letter to the USDA in response to the agency’s request for comments on climate smart solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change. “Climate-smart agriculture and forestry need significantly more government investment and action to meet the need of oversubscribed programs,” says NACD President Michael Crowder. Among the suggestions, the NACD Climate Action Task Force reiterated its request for at least $1.2 billion in the Fiscal Year 2022 discretionary funding for conserv...
City fast tracks plan to sell hospital building Posted by Katherine Rose | Jan 15, 2021 Photo taken in the former Sitka Community Hospital hallway- the building is currently being leased by SEARHC to house long-term care. (KCAW/Kwong) The city is moving forward with plans to sell the former Sitka Community Hospital building. And the public may get a chance to weigh in during the municipal election next October. But in order for that to happen, the city has to move quickly. Last fall, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium approached the city, interested in purchasing the former Sitk...
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Jan 12, 2021 Sitka High School junior Darby Osborne stands on a beach between Totem Park and the Sitka Sound Science Center. Osborne thinks youth voices are an important part of climate change work, and she applied to sit on the newly formed Climate Action Task Force in Sitka. (KCAW/McKinstry) Alaskans are experiencing human-induced climate change at a more rapid rate than any other state in the country. Tackling the global crisis can be daunting, but in Sitka, the city assembly and a group of concerned citizens are taking action with the revival of a decade-o...
The Martha's Vineyard Times MVC calls on Warren, Markey, Keating for infrastructure aid Earmarks could be a boon for the Island. Even as a letter from the Martha's Vineyard Commission about climate change effects on the Island, another nor'easter was flooding Five Corners. -Rich Saltzberg As the country gears up for a new president and a new congress, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission is calling on federal legislators to include the Island in future infrastructure discussions. In letters to Rep. Bill Keating, D-Bourne, and senators Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, the commissi...