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.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday released a close-up photo of the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed at about 1,500 feet on the south side of Harbor Mountain on June 22., and gave updates on the ongoing USCG response. The four crew members...

More than 120 passengers and crew members on a Princess Cruises ship that docked in San Francisco Thursday, July 2, were infected with a stomach virus while on their voyage through Southeast Alaska, federal health officials said. The Ruby...

Sitka Rep. Rebecca Himschoot says she was pleased with the items spared the veto pen that will help schools and Alaskans address higher costs. But she was disappointed to see vetoes on programs designed to help children and address invasive...

Sitka Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the 4th of July Parade, with the theme “America 250.” “What a great parade it was,” said organizer Rachel Roy, director of the Chamber. “We had a record number of floats and a wonderful turnout...

WRECKAGE AERIAL - The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter is pictured (circled) amid downed trees on the side of Harbor Mountain Wednesday. None of the four aboard was seriously injured in the crash that occurred during a...

Carcasses of two rare Ziphius cavirostris, or goose-beaked whales, were discovered June 5 on two Southeast Alaska beaches, one near Yakutat and the other near Sitka at Fred's Creek cabin on Kruzof Island. The remains of the whale found near...

The Sitka Planning Commission at an unusually short meeting Wednesday approved two side setbacks on a boundary line adjustment on Sawmill Creek Road. The meeting adjourned in less than 10 minutes after it started. “With that, our meeting’s...

Since starting up a kelp enterprise in Ketchikan in the spring of 2023, Pacific Kelp Co. founders Nick Stern and John Smet have held fast to their goal of bolstering Alaska's mariculture industry. Now three years into building their business,...

The Fourth of July parade route may have changed but Sitka will stick to tradition for most of the weekend, with fireworks, food and game booths and other festivities. Fireworks this year are 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The parade is 1 p.m. on Saturday,...

Commercial troll fishermen were out on the water today as the Southeast Alaska summer king salmon fishery opened. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will close the fishery by emergency order once the catch estimate approaches the harvest...

Sitkans watch as remains of a World War II serviceman are driven by in a hearse this morning over the O'Connell Bridge. Scores of Sitkans turned out to show their respect for the unidentified soldier as his remains were escorted from the Sitka...

Matt Potter and Kat Richards took their oaths of office via Zoom Tuesday night after the School Board appointed them to fill two vacant seats until the October municipal election.  The appointments came at the end of a regular board meeting...

The Sitka Police Department invites all interested parties to join them in the streets at 11:30 am on Wednesday, July 1st as they escort the remains of an unidentified WW2 soldier from the Sitka Police Department to the Rocky Gutierrez...

“It smells really good,” said Brenna Haakinson. “Do you want to touch it? It’s very moisturizing - fish are really oily.” Haakinson was showing the Sentinel a bucket of spent salmon dehydrated and ground into a fine brown powder last week. It...

The filing period for running for municipal office opens next month, with a combined total of six seats open for Assembly and School Board positions. The election is October 6. The filing period runs July 20 through August 7. The open seats on...

A driver crashed through the side of an Allen Marine building at 1512 Sawmill Creek Road late last night and landed well into a break room, police said today. The driver, a 31-year-old man from Indiana, was taken to the hospital to be checked for...

An American flag, an Alaska flag, and two rainbow flags led more than 200 cheering and dancing Sitkans down Lincoln Street Saturday afternoon for the Sitka Pride March.   The event was put on by Sitka Pride, a local organization that...