All of Harbor Mountain Road is now open to pedestrians, and the road remains closed to vehicle traffic after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed on Harbor Mountain Monday, the U.S. Forest Service said today. USFS announced Thursday that an area...

Sitka Fine Arts Camp middle school students dance on stage at the Performing Arts Center Thursday night during the two-week camp's final performance series. The camp will host another night of performances 7 p.m. tonight. Jazz, drums, orchestra,...

The Sitka Farmers Market opens its season Saturday at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founder's Hall, bringing vegetables, eggs, honey, chocolate, sourdough and ceramics to Sitka residents. The market, organized by the Sitka Local Foods Network,...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Thursday that, beginning July 1, the agency will bump up the annual limit for nonresident anglers fishing king salmon in Southeast Alaska. Nonresidents will be allowed to keep two king salmon each...

The secret to making a chamber orchestra sound Tlingit, says composer and musician Shaaḵindustoow Ed Littlefield, lies in the percussion parts supplemented with different rattles, hand drums and a box drum.  The secret to producing the...

The U.S. Forest Service said today that Gavan Hill Trail and portions of Harbor Mountain Road are back open after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed on Harbor Mountain during a training flight Monday. USFS Forest Supervisor Janelle Crocker...

Pickleball players Cindy Edwards, Blaine Weiss, Roslyn Dailey and Charlie Morgan touch rackets after finishing a game on the Crescent Harbor pickleball and tennis courts Saturday. Sitka Parks and Recreation hosted the gathering to try out new...

In the 2023 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 43.2% of traditional high school students statewide said they “felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities (during the past 12...

Harbor Mountain Road, Gavan Hill Trail and thousands of surrounding acres of land are closed as the U.S. Coast Guard investigates why a helicopter crashed on Harbor Mountain during a training flight Monday, the U.S. Forest Service said...

In a two-day multimedia experience, you can get your fill of performing and visual arts at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s final performances Thursday and Friday. The more than 200 young artists at Middle School Camp started June 7 learning and making...

Every other Friday afternoon, the Unitarian Hall belongs to the dancers in Sitka's new salsa and bachata class. Spanish, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican and Cuban music comes out of a large black speaker in the middle of the room, and a group of...

Christian Litten and Grace Ivers, left, look over goods offered by Sarina Bowens, right, during the Queer Makers Market at Harbor Mountain Brewery Tuesday night. Scores turned out for the event which is part of the Sitka Pride calendar of events...

Sitka Assembly members entered a series of unanimous “yes” votes Tuesday on items including the first reading of an ordinance requiring business owners to assume personal liability for sales tax remittances, and on dedicating 100% of Secure Rural...

Two applicants with solid experience in Sitka schools have submitted letters of interest to fill the two vacant seats on the Sitka School Board. Kat Richards and Matt Potter submitted letters of interest by the xx deadline, and will be up for...

Four Coast Guard crew members who were aboard a helicopter that crashed on Harbor Mountain Monday morning were “safe, with non-serious injuries,” the Coast Guard said Monday evening. A Coast Guard spokeswoman today from Arctic District in Juneau...

Brave Heart Volunteers is on course for its annual fundraiser: the Bowls event. The charitable nonprofit will be serving soup and bread from noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Proceeds will support the work of Brave...

On Tuesday, local queer artists will gather to sell their art at Sitka Pride's annual Queer Maker's Market. The event runs from 5-8 p.m. at Harbor Mountain Brewing. Nine vendors will sell prints, earrings, ceramics and more. Sienna Reid, 27, will...

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crashed during a training flight this morning on Harbor Mountain, the Coast Guard said. The four crew members aboard the MH-60 Jayhawk were picked up by Sitka...

After more than an hour hearing arguments for and against a zoning map amendment on Halibut Point Road and Kimsham Street, applicants decided to withdraw their request to rezone their properties from Residential to Commercial. “I don’t hear that...

BIKING AROUND - Dozens of cyclists leave the Thimbleberry Creek Heart Lake trailhead Wednesday afternoon as they tour Sawmill Creek Road. As many as 6,508 cruise ship passengers were in town Wednesday taking in the sights by bus, boat and bicycle.