More than 300 people gathered at Totem Square early Saturday afternoon to rally in coordination with at least 25 other Alaska communities and 3,000 cities in the U.S. that held “No Kings” protests condemning actions by the Trump...

The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery, launched Friday, continued this morning in Hayward Strait and the Magoun Islands on the eastern side of Kruzof Island, after weekend openings brought the total landed to 3,000 tons. That’s a fraction of...

Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery opened at noon today, with about 20 seiners fishing an area that includes Crescent Bay and Jamestown Bay east of town, the Department of Fish and Game said. Aaron Dupuis, area management biologist, estimated...

Contractors and city crews so far have removed 7,500 cubic yards of snow in berms along roadways, a city official said today. “We’re evaluating additional locations to continue stacking and managing snow as operations move forward,” Public Works...

During a public comment period that will close at 7:59 p.m. Monday, some 1,750 individuals and organizations have weighed in on the Trump administration’s ongoing review of Alaska’s Federal Subsistence Management Program. As of today, more than...

For the past ten weeks Greater Sitka Arts Council's Sitka Community Theater has been diligently rehearsing “Much Ado About Nothing,” a Shakespeare comedy to be staged at the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m....

The Assembly spent three hours at a special budget meeting Wednesday night, making a slew of budget reductions to partially close a $883,250 gap in the budget for 2027. By the end of the meeting the gap had been narrowed to $388,000 and the...

Emergency winter shelter operations at the United Methodist Church are continuing through the end of March, thanks to a recent $40,000 grant to the Sitka Homeless Coalition from the Alaska Mental Health Trust. The shelter is providing security...

Applications are open through March 31 for the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association Crew Training Program, which pairs young people with commercial fishing skippers who are eager to teach new crew members. Skippers serve as mentors and may...

Visiting seine boats are tied up at Crescent Harbor this morning, a reminder that the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is around the corner. Humpback whales also have been spotted in the sound. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

The Assembly spent two hours of its regular meeting Tuesday night debating the details of a proposed Historic Preservation Plan to replace the one in place since 1994, and then voted 4-1 to postpone action pending staff revisions to the section of...

City crews and private contractors are making progress on removing piled up snow on major routes, and improving access to schools and other priority routes, the city said today. “Removing snow helps prevent flooding, ice buildup and road damage...

Snow covers the benches at Crescent Park this morning as Sitkans stroll on a sunny spring day. The National Weather Service is forecasting a 30 percent chance of snow showers on Thursday.

City public works crews, with the help of private snow removal contractors, worked at clearing roads and removing snow piles on key routes today as schools reopened following the third snow day of the year on Monday. Today's sunny weather...

While checking their mail this month, some Sitka property owners found four copies of the property value assessment card that the city sends each year. City assessor Larry Reeder said the fluke originated with a Juneau-based company that the city...

With the city's snow plowing and removal efforts going around the clock --- and school canceled today for a third day this year--- the Assembly on Tuesday will consider a special supplemental budget ordinance allocating up to $250,000 for private...

BLESSING OF THE FLEET - Sitkans arrange flowers in baskets placed on the stage at Harrigan Centennial Hall Sunday during the annual Blessing of the Fleet event. More than fifty people braved the weather to attend the ceremony which, on normal years takes place outside at the Crescent Harbor shelter....

Mt. Edgecumbe Braves made history Saturday, winning their first-ever boys basketball state title by battling through three overtimes against the Barrow Whalers before the buzzer sounded with the Braves leading 98-97 in the 3A boys championship...

Sitka lost power for about two hours early this morning after a tree fell on the Green Lake transmission line, cutting off power from the Green Lake power plant to town, the city electric utility director reported. Following the initial outage...

State fishery managers are conducting vessel sonar and aerial surveys of herring returning to Sitka Sound and coordinating with the seiner fleet on test sets in preparation for the commercial sac roe herring fishery. Once they locate schools of...