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John Lewis Day

Bitsy Mosher and Kathleen and Harvey Brandt pick out protest signs to hold during the “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action this afternoon at the roundabout. More than 60 Sitkans took part in the demonstration against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies including mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid. The nationwide event took place in more than 1,600 cities to honor the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. About nine counter demonstrators in Sitka held signs and flags in support of the president.
A map shows closed areas where construction crews will be working in front of the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport terminal entrance beginning Tuesday through the end of September. Travelers should use the airport parking lot to unload and load their vehicles during this time, the city said in an announcement.

Construction Limits Loading Zone at Airport

Beginning Tuesday, travelers at Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport are advised to load and unload passengers and their luggage from the parking lot, and not in front of the airport entrance where construction crews will be working. Airport Terminal...

Lights Go Out Briefly Today

Lights went out across Sitka at about 8 a.m. today, marking the second widespread electrical outage in about a week. The inadvertent shutdown of a hydropower unit at Blue Lake Hydroelectric Power Plant caused this morning's outage, the City...

Commission Approves Land Sale, Distillery

A land sale request for city-owned lots adjacent to 105 and 107 Bahovec Court and a conditional use permit for distillery manufacturing were approved unanimously at the Planning Commission's regular meeting Wednesday.   A conceptual...
Iris Pessey goes for a record on France’s Pointe Percée in the short film “Pointe Pessey,” one of six films to be presented at the Trail Running Film Festival 6 p.m. Friday at the Odyssey Dome theater at the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal. Proceeds go to Sitka Trail Works.

New Film Festival to Benefit Sitka Trail Works

Sitka’s first Trail Running Film Festival will share stories about athletic achievement and personal challenges in picturesque mountain settings around the globe. The show is 6 p.m. Friday at the Odyssey Dome, at the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal....

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Yup’ik Jeweler To Display Artistry at SJ Museum
The second artist in the summer’s Alaska Native Artist Residency Program, Shirley (Kiparalria) Hootch, will be at the Sheldon Jackson Museum through Aug. 3. She is a Yup’ik jeweler from Emmonak, a village in Western Alaska.  While in...
Fine Arts Camp Gets Juneau Grant
Sitka Fine Arts Camp was among 20 organizations recently awarded grants through Juneau Community Foundation. The amount was $7,000. Funding was made possible through the foundation’s Arts and Culture Community Impact Fund and individual...
‘Moo Moo in a Tutu' At Public Library
Sitka Babies and Books and Sitka Public Library invite babies, toddlers and preschoolers to a “Moo Moo in a Tutu” program at the library 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2. The event will be led by professional ballet dancer and teacher Juls Bicki....
‘Morning Mojo’ Talk On July 26
‘‘Morning Mojo – Kickstarting your Day the Healthy Way’’ will be presented 10-11 a.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Sitka Sound Science Center  classroom. Susan Chartier from Eastern Channel Acupuncture and Alicia Haseltine from Medicine by...
Community Calendar
July 17-19, 2025
THURSDAY 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon “Good Trouble Lives On” National Day of Action, Roundabout Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information Noon Alanon Zoom, sitkaalanon@gmail.com, for login...
Film Series To Benefit Trail Works
The Trail Running Film Festival featuring six short films highlighting the sport of trailrunning will take place 6 p.m. Friday, July 18, at the Odyssey Dome, at the cruise ship dock. All proceeds from the 2-hour, 15- minute, program will go...
Siginaka Way Road Closed
A section of Siginaka Way is closed through Aug. 4 to  through traffic as part of the Thomsen Lift Station Improvement Project. Motorists and pedestrians are advised to seek alternate routes and avoid the area, the City and Borough of Sitka...
Community Calendar
July 16, 2025
WEDNESDAY 4:30 p.m. Sitka Parkinson’s Support Group, 1212 Seward Ave. (the old BOQ) 907 747-3461 5:30 p.m. Scripture Walk, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church-sponsored, Sitka National Historical Park 6:30 p.m. Sitka Tribal Council, 204 Siginaka...
Sitka Businesses Finalists In Prosperity Competition
The Path to Prosperity Business Competition has announced the names of businesses advancing to the second round of its competition. Sitka has two finalists: Sea Fur Sewing, Robert Miller, sells handcrafted fur garments and decor made with ethical...
Dragon Keepers Scavenger Hunt At the Library
Sitka Public Library invites youths of all ages to become dragon keepers and participate in a self-directed scavenger hunt.  The library dragon masters have decided to let all the library baby dragons loose and dragon keepers must find their...

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Police Blotter
July 17, 2025

Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls Wednesday. July 16 A caller said a resident on Cascade Street mows the lawn during the night. Officers were advised. At 10:37 a.m. a caller said a driver was swerving over the...

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Obituaries
 Thomas Williamson Dies; Sitka Resident Since 1976
Thomas Williamson, a resident of both Sitka and Sequim, Washington, died June 30 in Washington. Tom was born in 1954 in Ketchikan, the son of Tom and Paula Williamson. He grew up living and working at his parents' logging camp, and loved the...
Services to be July 19 For Katherine Anderson, 88
Katherine Walunga Anderson Ouulukluk, Katherine Walunga Anderson, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away in Sitka on July 6th. Katherine was born on November 10, 1936, in Gambell, Alaska, on St. Lawrence Island, to John...
Memorial to be Held Thursday For Richard D. Temple, Age 74
A memorial service for Richard Duane "Rick" Temple, a Sitka resident for more than 30 years, will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at the First Baptist Church, 514 Halibut Point Road. Rick died May 29 at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, at the age...
Service Set July 25 For Morris "Buzz" Brown Jr.
Morris Otto Brown, Jr. affectionately known as Buzz, passed away on May 12th, 2025, surrounded by love.  He was 77 years old. A lifelong Sitkan, Buzz was a man whose presence touched many.  Known for his steady kindness, his willingness...

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Sports

Mullin Earns National Sports Accolade

Sitka seniors Clare Mullin, right, and Marina Dill lead the pack in the girls 1600 meters during the 2025 ASAA/First Bank Alaska State Track & Field Championships in May in Anchorage. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
For the second consecutive year, Sitka High running ace Clare Mullin has been named Gatorade Player of the Year in recognition of her athletic, academic and community achievements.  Mullin has won numerous long distance track races at state...
More than 100 runners start the Medvejie Solstice Run Saturday at Herring Cove.

Medvejie Race Draws Out-of-Town Runners

More than a hundred runners made their way across Green Lake Road on Saturday’s 18th annual Medvejie Solstice Run, a fundraiser for Sitka High School’s track and cross country programs. KK Prussian, a co-organizer of the run, said she met at...

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Sitka Yesterday
July 17, 2025

20 YEARS AGO

July 2005

The Sawmill Cove Industrial Park Board has recommended to the Assembly that the city sell 13.74 acres of land at the park to a Florida entrepreneur if he meets a set of conditions. Wendell B. Adams of Sarasota, Fla., wants to buy the water bottling business that True Alaska Bottling Co. operates at the park.

50 YEARS AGO

July 1975

In Court: William Stelzenmuller for leaving keys in unattended vehicle forfeited $20. Greg Gouker, failure to have registered plates, forfeited $20. Phillip Speigle, Dennis Hicks and Bruce Dennis forfeited $10 each for no city sticker. 

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Around Alaska
This photo provided by Kanesia McGlashan-Price shows Lauren Adams, general manager of public radio station KUCB in Unalaska, Alaska, in the broadcast studio Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Kanesia McGlashan-Price via AP)

Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen. Lisa Murkowski …

A strong earthquake Wednesday off the Alaska coast triggered a tsunami warning. (AP Graphic)

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday's earthquake was notable

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years. Officials say they have …

Alaska K-3 students improve in reading, state assessment shows

Alaska students from kindergarten to third grade showed overall improvement in reading proficiency last year, according to preliminary data from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. DEED reported an overall increase in reading proficiency from the beginning to the end of the school year, for the second year in a row, “which was […]

Trump’s DOJ wants states to turn over voter lists, election info

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the voter registration lists of several states — representing data on millions of Americans — and other election information ahead of the 2026 midterms, raising fears about how the Trump administration plans to use the information. The DOJ is also demanding Colorado turn over all records related to […]

China’s path to world dominance is being laid by President Trump’s policies, including in Alaska

To understand why the role of the U.S. in the world is threatened, take climate change: China now is producing more solar and wind power capacity than the rest of the world combined and is exporting its green technology throughout the world by building electric vehicles and batteries.  Though congressional embrace of Trump’s budget bill, […]
FILE - A driver passes the small boat harbor in King Cove, Alaska, Sept. 23, 2013. (James Brooks/Kodiak Daily Mirror via AP)

A tsunami warning is in effect along parts of Alaska's southern coast after 7.3 magnitude earthquake

A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a strong earthquake was felt throughout the region, and officials in the Pacific Northwest were …

Trump administration freeze of millions for adult education prompts layoffs, cuts for Alaska

Federal funds for adult education services were among those blocked by the Trump administration on July 1, causing immediate cuts to Alaska adult education and workforce development programs and staff layoffs. The U.S. Department of Education has withheld more than $6 billion in congressionally approved grants for education, including over $629 million for adult education […]

Alaska Board of Game approves revived bear-culling program in caribou grounds

Alaska officials on Tuesday resurrected a controversial bear-killing program aimed at boosting caribou numbers. The Alaska Board of Game, convening in a special meeting in Anchorage on the subject, authorized the state Department of Fish and Game to restart the program that has already killed 186 brown bears, five black bears and 20 wolves. Board […]

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FILE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, file)

The rise of masked officers is controversial new ground in American life

Immigration enforcement agents are detaining people and taking them into custody, at times under public anger and outcry. What’s often not visible are the agents’ faces, covered by caps, …
A fan strikes a pose while waiting to attend the inaugural show of Bad Bunny's 30-date concert residency, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

July 11-17, 2025 Puerto Rico’s renowned rapper Bad Bunny launched his first concert on Friday night as part of the artist’s 30-show residency in the island. Drawn by faith, Chileans …
FILE - Stephen Colbert arrives at a screening of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," during PaleyFest, April 21, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026

CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with President Donald …
Children run through a water fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

The top photos of the week by AP's photojournalists

July 11-17, 2025 This photo gallery, curated by photo editors Patrick Sison and Courtney Dittmar, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the …
International

China issues safety warning for its nationals studying in the Philippines

China’s Education Ministry has issued a safety warning for Chinese students in the Philippines. The warning, announced Friday, follows what the ministry describes as a series of criminal incidents …
People board a Qatar Airways plane, with federal police vehicles in front of it, on the apron at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Friday, July 18, 2025, Saxony, Schkeuditz. (Jan Woitas/dpa/dpa via AP)

Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the 2nd flight since the Taliban's return

Germany has deported 81 male asylum-seekers back to Afghanistan, its second deportation since the Taliban regained power there. The Interior Ministry announced the flight on Friday, emphasizing that …
Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, Thursday July 17, 2025. (AP Photo)

5 immigrants deported by the US to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be …
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian shares mostly advance after Wall Street cruises to more records

Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies. Japan’s Nikkei 225 …
National Sports
Women on the Girls of Aries kickball team, part of Liberia's professional kickball league, talk together before a match at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in Monrovia, Liberia, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)

In Liberia's version of baseball, there are no bats and no men

Kickball is beloved among women in Liberia, where many sporting activities are male-dominated. The sport in Liberia has the rules of baseball but there are no bats, and players kick a soccer ball …

NBA Summer League Glance

All Times EDT California Classic At San Francisco Saturday, July 5 Miami 82, San Antonio 69 Golden State 89, L.A. Lakers 84 Sunday, July 6 L.A. Lakers 103, Miami 83 …
FILE - Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams cannot make a catch in the end zone during the second half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Nov. 8, 2020, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, file)

Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams decides to retire from NFL at age 30

Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams has retired from the NFL at age 30. His agent informed the team’s general manager on Wednesday night, just before training camp began. Williams had …
Entertainment
K-pop band 1VERSE members pose for photo at the dance practice room at their label in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Juwon Park)

K-pop band 1VERSE debuts with 2 North Korean defector members

The five-member K-pop group 1VERSE is debuting Friday, with two North Korean defectors alongside members from the United States and Japan. Rapper Hyuk, who was born in North Korea and lived there …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What's in the Republican bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid

The Republican-led Congress is testing the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts. GOP lawmakers are aiming this week to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back …
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid. A final vote to approve the spending cuts package is …
Health
The left foot and swollen ankle of President Donald Trump are pictured as he sits with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Here's what to know about chronic venous insufficiency

Swollen legs led to President Donald Trump being diagnosed with what’s called chronic venous insufficiency. It’s a fairly common condition among older adults but requires a thorough checkup to …

The home of Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan is seen on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Arcadia, Calif., where a number of children were removed from the couple's home after a child abuse allegation in May, according to Arcadia police. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Questions about surrogacy are raised in case of California couple with house brimming with kids

The removal of 21 children from a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on the practice of using surrogates to build a family. Surrogacy has no federal regulation, leaving it up to states to …
FILE - President Donald Trump, left, greets Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the White House, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump is checked for swelling in legs and was diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

The White House says President Donald Trump had a recent medical checkup after he noticed “mild swelling” in his legs. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says tests by the White House medical unit …
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