Three city workers in high-visibility overcoats monitor Harbor Drive Friday during a high-volume tourist day. The monitors blow whistles and point out crosswalks when tourists look like they might attempt to jaywalk across the...

Left, Democratic candidate for Alaska governor Tom Begich talks with Sitkans during a candidate meet-and-greet at the Alaska Pure Sea Salt Company store earlier this year. Right, Alaska Democratic governor candidate Jonathan...

Staff at Sitka National Historic Park said visitors got near a brown bear in the park on Wednesday, prompting a temporary closure at midday.  “Park management temporarily closed park trails today due to bear activity and the failure of park...

The first Sitka Pride interfaith service, hosted by the Sitka United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and Lutheran Church to affirm the co-existence of queer and religious identities, began with the question “What’s your...

Children play in a flurry of bubbles during Porch Fest Saturday on Lincoln Street. The annual day-long festival sponsored by the Greater Sitka Arts Council included art workshops, food vendors, street shows, dance, band performances...

Bill Hill, who’s running for a seat in U.S. House of Representatives, said during a stop in Sitka this week that he’s focused on representing Alaskans of all walks of life as sets out on a campaign to unseat incumbent Congressman Nick Begich...

The Assembly voted 6-0 Tuesday night to award three local nonprofits equal shares of the $46,893 in fish box tax revenue set aside this year for fisheries enhancement. Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, Sitka Sound Science Center and Sitka...

Two high school exchange students, from Moldova and Germany, are confirmed to arrive in Sitka  for the 2026-27 school year through the organization AFS Intercultural Programs, despite rollbacks of federal funding for some AFS programs. AFS...

TRAILS DAY - Laura Pollard, Sitka Trail Works crew leader, at right leads the way to downed trees on the Sitka Cross Trail Saturday morning on Kramer Avenue during a four-hour work party held in recognition of National Trails Day and organized by...

Among the natural abundance of bright pink salmonberry blossoms and the tender green of spruce tips, infusing the air with their citrusy fragrance, the 36 out of 45 occupied plots that comprise Sitka Community Garden at the end of Jarvis Street is...

Two of three Ketchikan-based U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters are on deployments to the U.S./Mexico border, a USCG official stated in an email to the Daily News on Thursday. The Coast Guard cutters John McCormick and Bailey Barco “are...

REEL 'EM IN - Rayann Collins, 7, calls out as she casts a line into Swan Lake Saturday during the annual Kids Fishing Day. The event, sponsored by Sitka Rotary Club, Rayann Collins, 7, calls out as she casts a line into Swan Lake Saturday during...

A locally written play performed to an empty house during Covid has been accepted for the prestigious Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Festival. Zeke Blackwell, 35, is the director of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s Young Performers Theater program for 12...

MAKING WAY FOR FISHING - Workers with K&E Alaska fill in trenches this afternoon along Lake Street. A major road and infrastructure project is taking a temporary pause for Saturday's annual Sitka Rotary Club Kids Fishing Day at Swan Lake Park....

Growing up, Razie Guillory would swim in the ocean with her dad and his friend every Sunday.  Now a recent Coast Guard Academy graduate, the first girl from Sitka to do so, Guillory is glad to continue living a lifestyle close to the ocean,...

Sitka Fine Arts Camp will open its busy season of summer camps with a record- breaking 253 elementary-age students ready to dance, sing, act, paint and sculpt starting Monday. “I’m really excited about this summer,” said SFAC director Roger...

Downtown Sitka will come alive with music, dance, storytelling and visual arts on Saturday as the Greater Sitka Arts Council presents the sixth annual Sitka Porch Fest. The free event runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., with 10 straight hours of music,...

The 55th Summer Music Festival opens this week, bringing some of the world's best classical musicians to Sitka for the festival's signature mix of concerts and community events.  Throughout June, concerts are scheduled 7 p.m. Fridays and...

Both Sam Miller and Mike Glazer are sober comics who will be headlining Harbor Mountain Brewery’s sold-out comedy show on Friday.  In light of this contradiction, Miller hopes that “people will get even drunker.” “If you’re going to have a...

The U.S. Forest Service announced this spring that Blue Lake Road will be closed to motorized vehicles this summer because the road is thought to be unsafe for vehicles. USFS owns Blue Lake Road, and determines whether to open it to vehicular...