After 15 years of offering small-ship cruises in Southeast Alaska, Alaskan Dream Cruises has closed, as of February 4. “This decision was intentional and necessary,” said Jamey Cagle, one of the owners, in today’s announcement. “After careful...

At the School Board meeting Wednesday night, Superintendent Deidre Jenson spoke on the district's plans for its combined pre-kindergarten and child care program as it relates to the upcoming city-financed study on the need for more child care...

Residents in several areas of Sitka lost power for about half an hour last night. Police fielded calls about the power outage between 9:13 and 9:43 p.m. from areas including Halibut Point Road, Sawmill Creek Road and Indian River Road. Downtown...

Mt. Edgecumbe High School freshman Rihonna Arnariak from Togiak demonstrates a Native Youth Olympic event for third-grader Charlie Karsunky, 9, Wednesday in the B.J. McGills Gym. The entire third-grade class visited the state boarding school to learn about NYO events in the event sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Raven Writes.

Citing his ability to bring people together to solve problems, regardless of political party, former state legislator Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka launched his campaign for governor today at the Sheet'ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi. “It’s that spirit of...

The Assembly has approved one memorandum of agreement with the nonprofit Sitka Recreation Foundation to continue developing a master plan for parks and recreation, but rejected a second one calling for the foundation to conduct a feasibility study...

Following the Legislature’s decision not to override Senate Bill 113, the Sitka School District will continue to look for other funding sources to pay for the “underfunded mandates” including the Alaska Reads Act and technical education programs,...

Sitka organizations are celebrating local young-growth timber production while giving rise to an outdoor education shelter at Pacific High School that’s being built with Southeast second-growth timber. The wood is primarily Sitka spruce harvested...

Jirdes Baxter Winther, the last survivor of the Nome diphtheria epidemic that prompted the serum run by dogsled that later inspired the Iditarod, died in Juneau earlier this month. She was 101.  Her death made statewide and national news....

The Alaska Board of Education is supporting a recommendation by the state education commissioner to form an ad-hoc committee to address student well-being at Mt. Edgecumbe High School. At its meeting on Jan. 23, board members backed the idea of...

Sitka’s Flipside Arcade played host here this month to the largest local pinball tournament in Alaska state history, drawing some 51 competitors for a single-day tournament on dozens of games. “It was all ages, and a good mix of ages and men and...

City Administrator John Leach highlighted new public infrastructure, steady growth in tourism, and progress on the city’s strategic plan during 2025 in his annual “State of the City” address Wednesday. Leach's presentation was hosted by the Sitka...

The mother of a man missing since December filed a petition in Sitka Superior Court this week to have her son officially presumed dead. Quinn Whitten, 50, subject of the presumptive death petition, was accompanied by Josiah Bracken, 31, when the...

The Assembly approved most items on its lengthy agenda in short order Tuesday night, but the regular meeting ran over three and a half hours and concluded with lengthier discussions related to recreation planning and disposal of city land for...

Friends and neighbors will gather Friday for Broadway Night, Sitka Community Theater's annual fundraiser that features favorite show tunes. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the Odess Theater on the SJ campus. Andrew Hames, Sitka...

Senator Lisa Murkowski has included $10 million for Sitka’s wastewater disinfection project in the FY 26 Interior, Environment and related agencies appropriations bill, the Assembly was told Tuesday. “So her support is definitely going to reduce...