As rains soak Sitka this week, the risk of a landslide is “low” or unlikely, says the Sitka Landslide Risk dashboard at sitkalandslide.org.  The Southeast Alaska Landslide Information and Preparedness Partnership’s online dashboard shows...

Coast Guard The Coast Guard Air Station Sitka performed five medevacks over the past several days: - on Friday, a 73-year-old man with heart problems was medevacked from a Nat Geo boat in Takatz Bay to Sitka. - on Saturday, a 62-year-old man in...

The Assembly at tonight’s meeting will consider putting an item on the fall election ballot that would allow the use of the Sitka Community Hospital Fund for “bond debt associated with athletic facilities.” Also on the agenda are a discussion to...

In a policy advocacy trip to Washington D.C. June 23–25, Sitka Conservation Society Deputy Director Katie Riley spoke with staff from the Alaskan Congressional Delegation to show support for sustainable community development and protecting public...

Students will demonstrate their talents in a host of artistic fields, from drama and improv to hip hop, ballet, jazz and more at the final performances for high schoolers at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Of the 230 high...

Salmon trollers scraped up about 38,000 chinook from coastal Southeast Alaska waters during the July 1 opener of the general summer king season that lasted for just four days last week.  Managers with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game...

Three canoeists escaped serious injury Friday afternoon near town after their 17-foot canoe was struck by a 25-foot aluminum fishing boat whose driver apparently didn’t see them. Jennifer Nie, Jinghong Chen and Medar de la Cruz, all professional...

Good samaritans, city staff and first responders quenched a Thursday afternoon fire that broke out in the cabin of a 35-foot sailboat moored on float six of Eliason Harbor.  No one was injured in the blaze, which was mostly contained to the...

The state has appointed a new superintendent for Mt. Edgecumbe High School, the state-run boarding school on Japonski Island, following the resignation of former superintendent Suzzuk Huntington and a brief search for a new hire, the state...

Sitka’s senator Bert Stedman called the governor’s move encouraging House minority members not to attend the August 2 special session on education both “ridiculous” and “disgusting.” Stedman, a Republican and co-chair of Senate Finance, said he...

Chad Goeden, the former commander of the Alaska Public Safety Academy, was sworn in this afternoon as interim chief of the Sitka Police Department. The swearing in by Superior Court Judge Amanda Browning, and “pinning” of the badge onto his new...

Ahead of Fourth of July celebrations, Sitka’s chapter of the American Legion offered lawn signs to veterans who may be negatively affected by unexpected fireworks.  Commander Vince Winter, who served in the army from 1983 to 1992, said these...

A traditional celebration will anchor events downtown as Sitkans begin observances of the Fourth of July holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Sitka Historical Society’s Old-Time 4th of July event is...

A beloved annual fundraiser on Saturday combines food, art and your chance to make a difference to a nonprofit organization that provides free social, emotional and educational support services to Sitkans experiencing loneliness, grief and end of...

As sockeye returns to Redoubt Lake track with recent, record-setting years, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that Alaska resident harvesters can possess 25 fish at one time, take 100 fish per year, and – for the first time --...

Over 2,500 University of Alaska permanent staff members filed to form a union yesterday called the Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity / United Auto Workers, or CAUSE-UAW.  The approval of CAUSE-UAW would put staff among the...