In a 19-minute interview before boarding Flight 67 to Anchorage Thursday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski talked with local news reporters about the reorganization the U.S. Forest Service has announced, with plans to shut down regional offices and move...

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery remained open today in the south end of Sitka Sound, although fishing has slowed to a standstill, the Department of Fish and Game said today. Spawning activity also appear to have slowed, with 30.6 nautical...

Sitka Fire Department put a stop to a diesel fuel leak off the 700 block of Monastery Street Friday, possibly preventing the fuel from reaching Swan Lake. The leak was reported about 8 p.m., the fire department said, and was traced to a...

Most of the signs carried by the more than 65 Mt. Edgecumbe High School students taking part in an outdoor protest on the campus Sunday afternoon had the word “respect” on them. “Respect our time” and “Respect our opinions,” they read. A neon...

At the Easter Brass Concert tonight, a quintet of familiar friendly faces promises to take you seamlessly through centuries of beautiful brass music. The program "is really nimble, it’s like we’re zipping around in little sports cars with each...

Sitka Recreation Foundation is hosting a gear swap, silent auction and an open gym Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Blatchley Middle School — all to “celebrate recreation in the community,” said board member Barbara Morse.  “We hope to...

SNOW BEGONE - Jolene Bakkes hauls off a load of snow from Moller Field Wednesday afternoon. About a foot of snow covered the field earlier this week before volunteers began shoveling and hauling it off. The group had uncovered most of the infield...

Seiners in a 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. opening of the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery Thursday caught about 1,400 tons of herring from Hayward Strait and southern Krestof Sound, Alaska Department of Fish and Game said today. As of 2 p.m. today no...

In Ariel Starbuck’s 21 years of teaching at Sitka High she’s led students on 19 international trips. This March she took her last spring break trip – two weeks in Antigua, Guatemala with 23 students, which she ranked as one of the best three trips...

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, talks with Alaska Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, at the new $300 million SEARHC medical center this afternoon. Murkowski is in town visiting with constituents and touring sites during the spring congressional recess.

“No money. Staff cuts.” The Sitka School Board at a budget hearing and meeting Wednesday weighed options for covering next fiscal year’s budget gap through a combination of cuts, savings, and federal Secure Rural Schools funds. But members were...

HERRING BLESSING - Tammy Young pours sea water onto the Herring Rock during a blessing ceremony outside the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi Sunday afternoon. Scores of Sitkans turned out for a program that celebrates the return of spawning herring to Sitka Sound. The Herring Rock was originally located in nearby Sitka Channel where a Tlingit legend involves herring spawning on the hair of a woman sleeping on the rock. The rock was blasted apart to build the Sheffield Hotel on the site in the 1980s.

The 2026 regionwide harvest limits for chinook salmon announced Tuesday by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game represent a rebound from the rock bottom limits set in 2025. This year, all fishermen in Southeast Alaska can catch a total 205,300...

Singer-songwriter R.O. "Raph" Shapiro is hoping his concert Friday will be an opportunity for sharing, community and maybe some “magic.” “It means so much to be able to come back to a community where I know I’ll be supported,” the Americana-soul...

On Monday, residents will have their annual opportunity to meet with Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium officials about their concerns with how the Native-owned nonprofit is providing health care to the entire community. The public...

Fishery Continues Seiners on Tuesday added another 200 tons to the catch total in this year's Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery. The total is now over 4,000 tons, toward the 35,015 guidelinel harvest level. Spawning has started along the HPR...

Graphic novelist Tessa Hulls’ self-professed superpower is acquiring books wherever she goes — she somehow ended up with three new ones in her bag when she biked the Denali highway — though something also could be said for her ability to charm a...

Students, staff and special guests streamed into the cafeteria at Mt. Edgecumbe High School on Thursday evening for a "family night dinner" honoring the first-ever Braves boys varsity basketball team to claim a state title since the school opened...

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery opened for its fifth day in a row this morning, but with spawning already showing up close to town “the clock is ticking,” says fisheries biologist Aaron Dupuis. "The season’s gone as well as you could...

ROOF OUR ROOST - Mariana Robertson, KCAW-FM general manager, left, and Peter Apathy, KCAW local news host, look over a song play list this afternoon at the NPR-member station. The station is holding its spring fundraising drive "Roof Our Roost" to raise money to repair the Cable House this week. The fundraiser coincides with news of a federal judge ruling to block the Trump Administration's defunding of NPR, and PBS. (Sentinel Photo by JAMES POULSON)