Dusty Kidd thinks that Memorial Day is the most misunderstood holiday in the calendar.  Rather than buying mattresses at steep discounts or having cookouts, Kidd’s tradition every year is putting American flags on grave markers at the...

Assembly members at a swift regular meeting Tuesday accepted the resignation of Assembly member Tim Pike, saying they were sorry to see him go and thanking him for his nearly four years of service. The Assembly also passed the budget for fiscal...

Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman worked with his fellow Senate Finance Committee members at the capitol today in a special legislative session, called by Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week so state lawmakers can work on his proposed multibillion-dollar tax break...

Tim Eddy with K&E Excavating sets a stone at the foundation of the state-funded seawalk project under construction beside the McConnell Bridge embankment at Harbor Drive and Maksoutoff Street, Tuesday. Construction of the riprap is scheduled...

Under the American Flag in Totem Square, Sitka Emblem Club #142 and Elks Lodge #1662 members held a Memorial Day ceremony Monday honoring service members who died in the service of their country. “Today, and every day, we proudly stand behind our...

The Sitka Planning Commission gave a cool reception Wednesday to a proposal for a minor subdivision to build a new home above a land trust neighborhood in the 1300 block of Halibut Point Road. No vote was taken, since the proposal was a...

With the first Sitka Salmon Derby weekend in the rearview mirror, 11-year-old fisherman Lucas Kisaka holds the top spot on the leaderboard with the 31-pound king salmon he caught on Saturday. Ten-year-old Caleb Gray, a two-time derby winner, is...

A performance on Friday will showcase vocal music going back hundreds of years, sung in different languages and featuring a variety of composers. “The focus is variety,” said Mina Brooks-Schmidt, who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon...

Sitka’s senator Bert Stedman said the $37 million in capital improvements slated for Mt. Edgecumbe High School and additional funding for school operations should help get the state boarding school turned around and heading in the right...

Amber Blumer (alto saxophone): “I listened to it in the fifth grade band, and I especially listened to the saxophone, so I chose it because it sounds so good.” Sally Kyle (baritone): “It’s the only instrument I got a Plus on, which is the highest...

RITE OF PASSAGE - Blatchley Middle School Principal Ben White pauses with graduating eighth-grader Dalton Turner during presentation of certificates at today's Rites of Passage ceremony for 87 students who will be Sitka High freshmen in the fall...

DERBY SYMBIOSIS - Sitka Sportsman's Association president John McCrehin, left, joins F/V Cloud Nine skipper Mo Johnson at the Japonski Island work float in Sitka Channel this afternoon. The multi-purpose float is the site of the main weigh station...

Gary Paxton Industrial Park board members and city leaders are exploring ways the city could waive vessel insurance requirements for the city haulout and shipyard, which the Kodiak-based Highmark Marine Group operates under a five-year agreement...

Both Sitka High School metals/small engines teacher Tim Pike and Keet Gooshi Heen third grade teacher Terry Pike, newly retired, call their education style “hands on.”  One deals in saws and chisels and clamps and one in the core curriculum...

The city closed its portable public restrooms on Maksoutoff Street on Wednesday because the tanks on the units were full, and closed the restrooms today and Saturday for early-season maintenance, a city official said. Wednesday's closure came on...

Sitka Sportsman's Association leaders have the "Salmon Central" weigh-in barge moored at the Japonski Island work float as Sitka anglers ready their reels for the 7 a.m. Saturday start of the 71st Annual Sitka Salmon Derby. “I'm hoping everybody...

The first Sitka Public Art Subcommittee initiative is seeking artists by August 1 to submit proposals for murals to be placed on three downtown buildings, as the first step of its plan to celebrate Sitka’s community and history through...

Additional state funding for schools in this year's budget came as welcome news to the Sitka School District, but local officials noted that the district's spending decisions will be on hold until the budget is finalized. School Board President...

More than $1.4 million for the Sitka School District and funding for capital improvements at Mt. Edgecumbe High School are in next year’s state budget, Sitka Rep. Rebecca Himschoot said Tuesday. Himschoot spoke to the Sentinel a day before the...

CLEAN FUN - Members of the Blatchley Middle School fast pitch softball team keep thier spirits up as they wash a long line of cars in the Sitka Elks Lodge parking lot Saturday morning. The girls were raising money for the softball program with the...