WHALE OF A TIME - Abigail Kokai, right, of Homer, sells handmade plush toys at her booth in the Market at Whalefest in Harrigan Centennial Hall this afternoon. The annual three-day science symposium and related events began today. This year’s...
BOO AND BOOKS - Ione Woolsey, 4, looks up while working a ball of home-made play dough at Sitka Public Library Saturday morning during the Babies and Books Trick or Read event. Costumed children played at several activities stations set up around...
Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who launched his moonshot campaign for Alaska governor at home in Sitka nine months ago, held a commanding lead today over his three Republican opponents in Tuesday's general election. With around 100,000 ballots left to be counted, JKT this...
Despite the large number of District 2 voters casting absentee ballots and in early voting, Sitka's two precincts at Centennial Halll were busy in today's general election.
Teamwork has been a trademark of the Sitka High School and Mt. Edgecumbe High School volleyball teams all season and the first match of the 2026 Alaska Airlines Region V 3A/4A Volleyball Championships was no different as the Wolves held off the...
Climate modelers have assumed that capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from smoke stacks, fossil gas extraction, and the atmosphere and storing it underground will work at scale to turn around our now inevitable overshoot of keeping global average...
Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls Thursday. Thursday, November 5 A resident reported getting a scam call, but said no information was given to the caller. At 10:41 a.m. a caller said an elderly neighbor had...
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20 YEARS AGO
November 2006
Sitka Historical Society will host a wine-tasting party to kick off its 50th anniversary in 2007. Tickets are $30. Over-40 Knot Winds will play and a silent auction of framed photos from the Photo Shop Studio featuring Sitka in the 1950s is planned.
50 YEARS AGO
November 1976
Advertisement: The Veterans Day Banquet will be held Friday, Nov. 12, at the American Legion Hall. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. will be cocktails. Dinner will be at 7:30 p.m. All Veterans and Wives invited. Guest Speaker: Dept. Adj. Bill Kelm
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