Ryan Wood shovels snow in front of the Franklin Building on Lincoln Street this morning. Staff at the waste water plant said about two inches of snow fell overnight with another inch falling between 8 and 11 a.m. today...

Flat funding from the state, overestimation of enrollment and the effects of inflation mean the Sitka School District is looking at a deficit as it starts its budget process for 2027, the Assembly was told Tuesday. “We don’t know what that number...

JUNEAU -- Alaska lawmakers are considering how the state funds nonprofits that provide free or low-cost legal assistance to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. On Wednesday, the Alaska House passed a bill that would direct more...

Chilkat Forever, a community organization in Klukwan, said it delivered letters from 300 Chilkat Valley residents to the Haines Assembly Tuesday, stating their opposition to the Palmer Project, a proposed copper mine in the Chilkat Valley. In a...

Sitka Rotary Club president Ed McFadden, left, and Darren LaDuke, Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School paraprofessional, help fourth graders find information in dictionaries given to the students by the club, today in the school assembly room. Each third and fourth grader received a dictionary this year, to use at the school and later take home with them. The dictionaries were gifts from Sitka Rotary and the nonprofit organization The Dictionary Project. Students pictured are, from left, Nathaniel Santos, Ava Lang, Ariviah Weis and Brianna Martin.

The magic of live performance takes center stage Friday as internationally recognized pianist Anna Kislitsyna presents “Echoes Through Time.” Over the course of her career, Kislitsyna has performed at major venues including the Kimmel Center...

City League volleyball action continued Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, Yellow Jersey beat Bubble Netters 2-0, winning the first set 25-17 and the second set 25-12. Bistro Bouncers defeated the Beak Bonkers 2-0 on Monday, winning the first set...

Sitkans will take the microphone Saturday to share their views on child care services, and help guide future child care offerings, in three town-hall-style meetings that the city is hosting at the Southeast Resort (Westmark Hotel). “This is our...

In a 7-0 vote, the Assembly Tuesday rejected an appeal from a company seeking a permit for a new bus depot off Oja Way. Members said Sitka Dock Company failed to successfully challenge any of the Findings of Fact approved Jan. 21 supporting the...

Stephanie Morris, Jesuit Volunteer at the Sitka Sound Science Center, at right, talks to youngsters about preserved octopuses in trays at the Science Center’s Mill Building, February 14. The display was part of the Octo-Palooza event organized by...

Audience members dance to the final number at the annual Fiddle Grind held in the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi Saturday night. The popular local variety show sponsored by the Greater Sitka Arts Council was sold out ...

The Assembly at its regular meeting tonight will consider an appeal of the Planning Commission’s decision denying the Sitka Dock Company’s request for a tourist bus depot on Oja Street. Assembly members will act as the Board of Adjustment in...

JUNEAU – The Alaska House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Monday to examine actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the wake of the ICE arrest and deportation of a Soldotna mother and her children last week. Committee Chair...

SWORN IN - Superior Court Judge Amanda Browning swears in Sitka police officers Mike Hall, left, and Dane NeSmith at the Sitka Courthouse Friday afternoon. NeSmith, who has ten years of experience ...

JUNEAU – Blatchley Middle School students wielded welding torches and pulled crab pots during courses offered through the school's Discover Your Potential program last week. And today, legislators held up the DYP program as a prime example of...

Less than 25 gallons of hydraulic fluid spilled on Katlian Street Friday morning when a city plow truck had a blown hydraulic line while clearing the street, the city Public Works Department said today. Sitka Fire Department deployed a boom to...

Skiers head down the Verstovia trail Sunday morning. Sunny skies and calm wind lured more than a dozen skiers and snowboarders to the popular mountain over the weekend. (Sentinel Photo by JAMES POULSON)

The Sitka Tourism Commission voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that the city keep Lincoln Street open for two-way vehicle traffic on all cruise ship days, regardless of the numbers of visitors. Also at the meeting the commission reviewed...

Volunteers are working with Mt. Edgecumbe High School students, staff and administrators to enrich the quality of life at the school and support students’ mental health by way of Alaska Native art forms, traditional foods and community...

James Sturm, 45, of Sitka was arrested Thursday and charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and felony assault in the deaths of two young men in a boat sinking near Sitka two years ago. An Alaska Troopers investigation determined...