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Whale of a Time

More than 100 participants take off from Whale Park on Sawmill Creek Road during the annual WhaleFest Run. The popular event includes a a 5K run, 10K run and a 2-mile walk. Race results will be printed later in the week. The three-day WhaleFest drew scientists and attendees from around the country for symposium talks related to the program's theme,"Entwined."
Democratic candidate for governor Tom Begich talks to Sitkans at the Unitarian Universalist Hall Tuesday night.

Tom Begich Campaigns for Governor in Sitka

Former state Sen. Tom Begich of Anchorage, the only Democrat in the race for governor in the 2026 election, visited Sitka this week in a campaign that he said would be focused on community conversations. Begich entered the governor's race in late...

American Legion to Host Veterans Day Celebration

The United States Marine Corps birthday is on November 10, commemorating the 1775 resolution by the Second Continental Congress that established the Continental Marines. Marines worldwide celebrate this date each year with traditions like...

SEARHC Office Helps With Insurance Signup

Enrollment is underway in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace for health insurance plans for the year starting January 1, 2026. Signup started Nov. 1, and a team of four specialists at SEARHC’s patient health benefits department in Sitka is...
A rough plan for a proposed shuttle dropoff for the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal buses, off Oja and Monastery streets. (In the online edition of the Sentinel, the yellow line marks the inbound direction for buses, and red is for outbound buses toward the cruise terminal.

Planning Panel Looks At Land Development

The Planning Commission discussed criteria for evaluating city lands for future housing development, Wednesday night at a regular meeting. In response to an identified need for more housing in Sitka, the city hired the consulting firm PND...

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STA Tribal Youth Celebration Set
Tribal children and their families are invited to the Tribal Youth Winter Solstice Celebration 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Blatchley Middle School. The event will include a catered meal, crafts and cultural activities, drumming performances,...
SHS Poinsettia Fundraiser On
Sitka High Music program is selling red poinsettias as a fundraiser for the music department.  The fundraiser will go toward sheet music, instruments, repairs and other essential supplies.  “Help our students learn, perform and share...
Community Calendar
November 10-12, 2025
MONDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool Noon Parks and Recreation Committee, Harrigan Centennial Hall Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  5 p.m. U.S....
Tribal Election Listed Nov. 11
Sitka Tribe of Alaska will hold tribal elections on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Election day polling locations and times are: -- 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi, 200 Katlian Street. -- 8 a.m.-1 p.m. SEARHC Island Skillet meeting room, 222 Tongass...
Sixth-grade students at Blatchley Middle School stand with teacher Sheldon Turner, left, and Michelle Kavouras, prevention director of Sitka Counseling and Prevention Services, right. (Photo provided)
Sitka Counseling Presents BMS With Grant
Sitka Counseling and Prevention Services has awarded $3,500 to Blatchley Middle School in recognition of the school’s ongoing participation in the annual Substance Use Survey of Youth.  Since 2019, Blatchley students and staff have helped...
Sitka Cancer Survivors Society receives a check from Sitka Emblem Club from proceeds from the Oct. 5 dinner and raffle, hosted by the Elks Lodge and Emblem Club. From left are  Bonnie Richards, Pam Samuelson and Jill Scheidt, SCSS; Emblem Club President Mindy Lowrance; Carolyn Fredrickson and Patti MacPike, SCSS; and Judi Blankenship, Emblem Club raffle liaison. (Photo provided to the Sentinel)
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Climate Connection: Green Shipping
International shipping is overseen by the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) that has 176 member states, nearly all the countries with coast lines. It provides guidance and technical assistance for safety, environmental...
STA Tribal Youth Celebration Set
Tribal children and their families are invited to the Tribal Youth Winter Solstice Celebration 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Blatchley Middle School. The event will include a catered meal, crafts and cultural activities, drumming performances,...
Emblem Club Meets Nov. 13
Sitka Emblem Club 142 will hold a combined business/social meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Sitka Elks Lodge. Agenda items includes the annual memorial service, new member initiation and regular business meeting. Dessert will follow....
4-H Woodworking Series for Youths
Sitka Spruce Tips 4-H Club invites youths ages 8 and older to a woodworking series. A planning session is to be held Friday, Nov. 14. The series runs Dec. 5, 12 and 19. It has limited space. Youths must be registered as 4-H members to participate...

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Police blotter

Police Blotter
November 10, 2025

Sitka Police Department logged the following calls over the weekend. November 7 A vehicle left parked on Beardslee Way was tagged as abandoned. A man reported a traffic accident that had occurred earlier in the year. A report was...

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Obituaries
Donald Lock
Sitkan Donald Lock Dies; Air Force Veteran was 70
Master Sgt. Donald B. Lock (retired) passed away in Sitka on Oct. 30, 2025, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 70. Don was born Nov. 30, 1954, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Alan B. Lock and Irene F. (Wurtak) Seixas. He grew up in Canada...
Fisherman, Former Sitkan Jack Ranweiler Dies at 79
John “Jack” Louis Ranweiler, 79, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died peacefully on October 16, 2025, at home in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. He was a former resident of Alaska, having lived in Ketchikan, Sitka, and Homer. Jack was born...
David Edgar Glazier Dies; Musician, Troller was 70
Musician, teacher and fisherman David Edgar Glazier died Oct. 16 aboard his boat, the F/V Ulla, in Thomsen Harbor. He was 70. David was born Sept. 13, 1955, in Salem, Oregon, the son of Hazel Wilma (Brockhoff) and Lyle Ambrose Glazier. He grew up...
Former Sitka Attorney Ed Stahla Dies in Neb.
Edward Alan Stahla, of Cozad, Nebraska, formerly of Sitka, died October 20 at Emerald Nursing & Rehab in Cozad. He was 82. Ed was born on February 17, 1943, to August and Sarah (Martin) Stahla, in Kimball, Nebraska, and grew up the family...

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Sports

Sports Calendar

Tuesday 11/11 5 p.m. weigh-ins, 6 p.m. matches begin in Sitka Wolves v. Mt. Edgecumbe Braves wrestling dual @ SHS Thursday 11/13 10 a.m. Sitka Wolves begin competing in 2025 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska 3A/4A Volleyball State Championships...

City league Harry Race sealed a 65-60 win over Allen Marine on Sunday following an intense five-minute overtime at the Blatchley Middle School gymnasium. In the first of the four city league games held Sunday, Ludvig’s seared Yuyo’s 87-46, with...

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Sitka Yesterday
November 10, 2025

20 YEARS AGO

November 2005

Former Sitkan Romaine Hardcastle will be honored at a reception at Sitka National Historical Park. Hardcastle was museum technician at the park from 1963 to 1967, and worked with Native elders to record their oral histories. She also helped revive the Alaska Day Festival.

50 YEARS AGO

November 1975

Sitkans attending the Alaska Heart Association state meeting were Edith Helm, who is president of the state association, and delegates Joyce Haavig, Dr. J. Paul Lunas and Paul Arvin, who is Southeast coordinator of the CPR program.

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Around Alaska
FILE - Two brown bears look for salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, July 4, 2013. (AP File Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

A lawsuit challenges an Alaska program that allows killing bears as a way to rebuild a caribou herd

Conservation groups are suing over a program that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to help grow the size of a southwest Alaska caribou herd. The groups allege the state program lacks …

Alaska Division of Elections begins reviewing petition to repeal election reform law

State elections officials have begun reviewing signatures gathered by people opposed to Alaska’s system of open primary elections and ranked-choice general elections to determine whether a repeal ballot measure will appear before voters in 2026. Alaskans enacted the state’s existing elections system via a ballot measure in 2020, and a repeal measure last year failed […]

Climate threats could cost Alaska billions. After October’s storm, advocates say it’s time to act.

After a remnant typhoon hammered Indigenous communities in Western Alaska last month, the state’s elected leaders have been fielding questions about how to protect the region that faces growing threats from storms as the climate warms. At a news conference last week, Gov. Mike Dunleavy answered the question with one of his own. “It’s a […]

Alaska Supreme Court bans disgraced federal judge from practicing law in the state

The Alaska Supreme Court has disbarred former U.S. District Court Judge Josh Kindred, banning him from practicing law in the state, “effective immediately.” The court’s decision was announced Friday, a little over three months after the Alaska Bar Association recommended the action. Kindred, recommended by Alaska Republican Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, was appointed […]

Alaska parole rates are among the lowest in the nation. Advocates want to know why.

The number of people approved for discretionary parole by the Alaska State Board of Parole has dropped significantly in recent years, and advocates are asking the board for explanations. Last year, the board denied 59% of applicants for discretionary parole. In 2023, it denied 58% of applicants. In 2022, it denied 70%. An analysis by […]

Alaska’s public schools serve as emergency shelters. Those buildings are also in crisis.

On a Sunday morning last month, James Taq’ac Amik was huddled on a small bridge with his girlfriend. At 4 a.m., they had scrambled into an 18-foot aluminum motor boat, fleeing floodwaters from a massive storm surge that inundated Kipnuk, a village of 700 in the heart of western Alaska’s sprawling Kuskokwim river delta. “I […]

Fairbanks judge and state prosecutor are in the running for Alaska Court of Appeals seat

Alaska’s six-person judge-nominating board has picked a state prosecutor and a Fairbanks Superior Court judge for possible appointment to the Alaska Court of Appeals. Following Wednesday’s vote by the Alaska Judicial Council, Gov. Mike Dunleavy will have 45 days to make the final choice between prosecutor RuthAnne Beach and Judge Patricia Haines. The council’s members […]
Harry Friend walks among debris caused by the remnants of Typhoon Halong hitting the village and region earlier in the month, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Kwigillingok, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Crews are working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?

Crews are working to repair remote Alaska Native villages that were devastated by the remnants of a typhoon last month. But it's unclear how many of the 1,600 displaced residents will return. Some …

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President Donald Trump talks with reporters upon his arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

The Latest: Trump proclaims pardons for Giuliani and others who tried to overturn 2020 election

President Donald Trump has proclaimed a “full, complete, and unconditional” pardon for his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused in state …
FILE - This undated photo released by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Harold Nichols in Tennessee. (Tennessee Department of Corrections via the Chattanooga Free Press via AP, File)

Tennessee death row inmate declines to chose between the electric chair and lethal injection

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols has declined to chose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will default to lethal injection. …
FILE - Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase during a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, in San Francisco, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

MLB, sportsbooks cap bets on individual pitches in response to pitch rigging scandal

Major League Baseball said its authorized gaming operators will cap bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude them from parlays, a day after two Cleveland Guardians were indicted and accused of …

19 taken to the hospital after bus overturns on a California highway

Officials in California say 19 people were taken to the hospital after a bus overturned on a California highway. It happened Sunday night near Running Springs, which is about 70 miles east of Los …
International
FILE - An armed policeman patrols the grounds at the Al Noor mosque March 23, 2019, in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the previous week's mass shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

New Zealand will remove police from gun licensing but near-total semiautomatics ban to remain

New Zealand's government has announced changes to firearms laws Tuesday which include ending police officer involvement in gun regulation. The move aims to ease tensions between the licensing …
The 6 shortlisted authors pose for photographs during a photocall for the Booker Prize, in London, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Andrew Miller and Kiran Desai are favorites to win the Booker Prize for fiction

British novelist Andrew Miller and Indian author Kiran Desai are the favorites to win the Booker Prize for fiction at a ceremony in London. They are among six finalists for the prestigious award to …
Evacuees were taking shelter on Sunday as Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country’s northeastern coast ahead of landfall.

Typhoon Fung-wong blows away from the Philippines, leaving 2 dead and 1.4 million displaced

Typhoon Fung-wong has blown out of the northwestern Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least two people and displacing more than …
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference after the South Korea Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Japan and China exchange barbs after PM Takaichi's remarks over Taiwan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent comments on a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan that could constitute “a survival-threatening situation” for Japan requiring her country’s …
National Sports

Cameron Corhen, Omari Witherspoon spur Pittsburgh to 78-66 victory over Eastern Michigan

Cameron Corhen had 16 points, Omari Witherspoon scored 15 and Pittsburgh beat Eastern Michigan 78-66. Roman Siulepa and Nojus Indrusaitis both scored seven to help Pittsburgh (3-0) jump out to a …

No. 19 Vanderbilt women have six scorers in double digits in 96-48 win over Furman

Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda scored 16 and Mikayla Blakes added 15 for No. 19 Vanderbilt in a 96-48 win over Furman on Monday night.

Athletics 1B Nick Kurtz wins AL Rookie of the Year award, Braves C Drake Baldwin wins NL honor

Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz is a unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year, and Atlanta Braves catcher Drake Baldwin is the winner of the National League honor. The 22-year-old Kurtz …
Entertainment
FILE - Beatrice Venezi poses for photographers on the red carpet for the film 'The Smashing Machine' during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/Invision/AP, File)

Venice's storied La Fenice opera house protests appointment of musical director with ties to Meloni

La Fenice opera house in Venice faces a dispute over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi as musical director. Critics argue Venezi lacks experience for such a prestigious role and suggest her ties to …

Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay wins the Booker Prize for fiction with his novel “Flesh”

Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay wins the Booker Prize for fiction with his novel “Flesh.”
Irving Locker, a 101-year-old veteran of World War II, D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, listens as Jesse Wayne Taylor, left, records a song based on Locker's military experience on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

At 101, WWII veteran Irving Locker has become a songwriter

Irving Locker, a World War II veteran, has become a published songwriter at 101. Just before his birthday, his song “If Freedom Was Free” was released by Big Machine Label Group and CreatiVets. …
Health
FILE - Las Vegas Raiders guard Jackson Powers-Johnson (58) is carted off the field after being injured while playing against the Denver Broncos in the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Raiders' Jackson Powers-Johnson could miss season with ankle injury, AP source says

Las Vegas Raiders right guard Jackson Powers-Johnson will go on injured reserve because of an ankle injury. That's according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The …

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Preliminary tests find germ that causes botulism in ByHeart baby formula

California health officials say tests show that ByHeart baby formula linked to a botulism outbreak contained the type of bacteria that produces the toxin that has sickened at least 13 infants in 10 …
Volunteer Bruce Toben packs groceries durning an emergency food distribution at the at The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's Mitzvah Food Program in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food payments

States are facing uncertainty about providing full monthly benefits for a federal food program serving 42 million Americans. A legal battle linked to the U.S. government shutdown has cast doubt over …
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