After completing a three-day intensive cheer camp with a nationally recognized coach, the Sitka High cheer team will demonstrate their prowess at a showcase at 3:30 p.m. on Friday in the school gym. This  morning the cheerleaders practiced...

A film series Friday will give trail runners and the public a taste of the sport, whether it’s scaling the Alps, or hitting Dick’s burger stands in Seattle. The second annual Trail Running Film Festival is 5:30 p.m. at the Alaska Odyssey Dome,...

SOCKEYE SEINE - The Sitka seiner Lucy O makes a set in Redoubt Bay Tuesday morning. A large return of sockeye salmon to Redoubt Lake this year has allowed fishery managers to open the area to commercial fishermen on July 5 after the Department...

On Tuesday, members of the Parks and Rec Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the administrator the seasonal closure Villandre and Keet Gooshi Heen to off-leash dog usage due to continuous issues with dog faeces. One member of the public,...

Locally produced arts and goods filled Harrigan Centennial Hall Monday and today for the second summer session of the Made in Sitka Market, where local artists sell and showcase their work, including prints, ceramics, jewelry, tin prints, candles,...

The state budget recently signed by Gov. Dunleavy has a number of expected and a few unexpected items for Sitka, Sen. Bert Stedman says. “I think the community had a very, very successful year, more successful than the last several years,” said...

Sitka Rotary Club members sort through hundreds of plastic ducks at the Sitka Fire Hall Saturday in preparation for this weekend's annual Rotary Duck Race. This year's event, Rotary Club's main fundraiser, is taking place Saturday on Granite Creek.

The Assembly at its regular meeting Tuesday will consider appointing one of the two applicants to fill a vacancy on the Assembly until the October 6 regular election. The two who applied by the deadline are former Assembly member Chris Ystad and...

In a change of command ceremony this morning that also marked his retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard, Cmdr. Joseph R. Semke was relieved by Cmdr. Joseph P. Plunkett as commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Sitka. Semke was honored at...

It's the 10th day of the summer king salmon troll opening, and as of this morning, the catch was less than half of the harvest target of 83,700, fishery officials said. The opening, which was initially projected to last seven to ten days, will...

Today is Alaska's 99th annual Flag Day, which celebrates the first raising of the Alaska territorial flag -- later adopted as Alaska's state flag -- on July 9, 1927. The story about the creation of the flag's design by a boy named John Ben Benson...

Whether it’s building an endowment, taxing oil and gas or a implementing a payroll tax, states and cities across the U.S. are finding ways to fund childcare, consultants told a virtual audience Wednesday. The Chamber of Commerce is hosting two...

SOCKEYE RUN - KK Prussian paddleboards as a brown bear sniffs the air near Redoubt Falls Wednesday afternoon. Sockeye salmon have been spawning for weeks, heading for the fresh water of Redoubt Lake, while luring subsistence fishers and bears...

 Globe-spanning sailors Veronica Lysaght and Nigel Jollands regaled an audience at Sitka Public Library Tuesday night with the adventures of their recent sailboat crossing of the Northwest Passage. The New Zealand couple spoke of the...

Whether it’s stage combat, a short animated film or a classical strings piece, creations by students at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp will be ready for the public this weekend. Final performances will be 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Performing...

RAINE OR SHINE - Steady rain falls as Sitka Little League All-Star player Colby Haskins watches Ketchikan's pitcher warm up during the first day of the District 2 Minors tournament. The Sitka team, which lost 20-1, plays again at 3 and 6 p.m....

After a work session centered on brainstorming a plan to address childcare needs on Tuesday night, the Assembly plans to move forward with roughly one million dollar budget and a hybrid model of workforce incentives and operating grants. Their...

BOAT OVERBOARD - Rita Christianson, foreground, and other members of the Sitka Fire Department clean up a fuel spill caused when a 20-foot boat and trailer came off a truck hitch on Halibut Point Road near Swan Lake Saturday afternoon. Halibut...

Photo gallery of Sitkans Celebrating July Fourth, during the Independence Day Parade, Saturday.