Sitka Tourism Commission last week reviewed proposed graphics and other publicity details for Sitka’s Tourism Best Management Practices program. Element Agency, which holds the city Visit Sitka contract for tourism promotion, asked the six...

Sitkans can expect the sight and sound of more than the usual number of helicopters flying over Sitka Sound and more activity on the water over the next few days during the multiagency search and rescue exercise “SAREX,” hosted by U.S. Coast Guard...

The 2026 Sitka Sound sac roe herring commercial fishery closed at 7 p.m. Friday, and the Department of Fish and Game started the post-season survey in the management area on Saturday. Aaron Dupuis, area management biologist, said in a news...

The Assembly at its regular meeting Tuesday will once again take up adoption of the historic preservation plan and hear a final reading of an appropriations ordinance to cover extra snow removal costs this year, among other business. Other agenda...

Workers with Absolute Tree Care LLC give rides to youngsters in the cherry picker truck during the 3 to 5 Preschool Big Rig fundraiser in front of Mt. Edgecumbe High School Saturday. Hundreds turned out for the event on a sunny spring day to see heavy equipment and interesting autos on display. (Sentinel Photo by James Paulson)

In the annual public meeting with SEARHC officials Monday, Sitka residents listed what they see as systemic issues with the Native-owned health care nonprofit that provides medical and hospital services for all of Sitka and serves 25 other...

Sitka’s Spring Art Walk combines art and music, a bit of history and, best of all, community social activity. “It’s for the public and it’s for artists,” said organizer Bette Gray, a board member for the Greater Sitka Arts Council, which...

After interviewing two candidates for city administrator by Zoom Thursday, the Assembly agreed to forward both on for a second round of longer interviews in two weeks. The decision came following short interviews with the entire Assembly, and a...

Regina Johnson and her daughter Kennedy, both of Bethel, pose as Jennifer Young takes a photo in St. Michael's Cathedral this morning after they helped decorate for Easter. Both the Johnsons are Mt. Edgecumbe High School alumnae who flew to Sitka...

Palmer Republican Shelley Hughes, who left her seat in the Alaska Senate in November to launch a campaign for governor, is in Sitka this week holding meet-and-greet events and visiting leaders of local organizations.  Hughes represented...

The new executive director of the Alaska Raptor Center, Richard Cole, is a third generation Sitkan whose enthusiasm for birds of prey goes back to the early days of the nonprofit organization in the 1990s. “When I was in college I volunteered at...

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery opened again today in an area south of town as biologists and fishermen continued searching for suitable fish to harvest in areas where herring have yet to spawn. No fishing has occurred this week but...

One of the candidates for Sitka city administrator, Matthew Jackson of Wisconsin, has withdrawn his application so the Assembly will be interviewing only two candidates tonight via Zoom, city staff said this afternoon. The meeting starts at 5...

Assembly members will have remote interviews Thursday with three applicants for the position of Sitka City Administrator. Interviews are to be conducted over the internet because alt three applicants are from out of town. The first interview...

Nearly 100 music students from Mt. Edgecumbe and Sitka high schools will spend the next three days fine tuning performances and learning from experts at the Southeast Spring Music Festival in Ketchikan. Kids, teachers and chaperones loaded up on...

State Sen. Matt Claman (D-West Anchorage), one of three Democrats in the race for governor in the fall election, visited Sitka last week before making stops around Anchorage over the long Easter weekend. Claman has served in the state House since...

The Sitka Planning Commission at last week's meeting took a close look at Sitka's short-term rental trends, noting strengths, challenges and possibly a role for the city to play in incentivizing long-term rentals. The short term rental report by...

From left, Sitka Tribe of Alaska's Callie Simmons, Claire O’Halloran Hill, and Alex Tugaw process herring eggs on hemlock branches this afternoon on Katlian Street. The eggs were gathered in Eastern Channel. STA is providing large bags of eggs to...

A decade of work on a hybrid electric boat propulsion project culminated Thursday as U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski shattered a bottle of champagne on the bow of the F/V Mirage, and saw it move under electric power along the dock at Sitka's Gary...