Sitka School Superintendent Deidre Jenson earned an all-around positive rating Wednesday when the School Board held its annual review of the superintendent's performance. Board members said Jenson is excelling in her leadership and communication...
The aurora borealis illuminates Old Sitka early this morning. According to the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute, the northern lights are forecast to make another showing in Sitka on January 29 if clouds don't get in the way.
The Wild Fish Conservancy’s use of the Equal Access to Justice Act is alarming the small-boat fishermen who fought the conservancy’s lawsuit that sought to close the Southeast Alaska chinook troll fishery to preserve migratory chinook as prey for...
The Assembly passed on introduction an ordinance Tuesday authorizing a $25,000 child care needs study and framework for a "scalable" child care program. The ordinance, which passed 7-0, will be up for final reading January 27. The study, similar...
A Superior Court judge issued an order Wednesday dismissing two felony assault charges and maintaining a felony robbery charge against Pietr K. Dabaluz, a 19-year-old Juneau man involved in a fight during an Aug. 30, 2025, protest rally at the...
As wind as high as 76 mph and more than an inch of rain battered Southeast Alaska Tuesday evening, local emergency responders dealt with downed trees, a power outage, a sinking vessel and other damages. Sitka saw the high winds beginning Tuesday...
The Assembly Tuesday voted to award the Visit Sitka contract for providing visitor marketing and services to the statewide consulting firm Element Agency. The vote was 7-0 in favor of Element, which submitted a joint response with Agnew::Beck to...
Record rainfall and warm temperatures coincided with a Friday afternoon avalanche that left rock, wood and other debris across a stretch of Green Lake Road, about a half-mile past the Hidden Falls hatchery. The city-owned road has been closed to...
The difficulty recruiting dispatchers at the Sitka Police Department has prompted the chief to consider options for outsourcing to cover the graveyard shift. “We're exploring that,” Chief Chad Goeden said. “I want to be clear: in no way, shape or...
The Assembly at its regular meeting on Tuesday will consider a contract for a statewide consulting firm to provide Visit Sitka services for the city. The Assembly already approved a supplemental funding ordinance to cover the cost of the contract...
At a special budget meeting Thursday, the Assembly powered through a list of proposals from city staff to be included in the fiscal year 2027 budget. With a few exceptions, the six Assembly members present agreed with the recommendations of the...
Tradesmen are working around the clock at Sitka’s community boatyard to install a hybrid electric propulsion system on the F/V Mirage, and breathe life into research toward clean energy solutions and cost savings for Alaska's small boat...
An internationally known brass touring group will combine forces with the Sitka School District music programs Monday for a day of learning and “a frenetic” night of performance. “It’ll hopefully excite the students about playing these...
Though she doesn’t go around advertising it, Leslie Dupuis, owner of the craft store The Raven’s Hook, wouldn’t mind the title of Sitka’s “crafting mob boss.” If you were in the middle of a full-blown crafting emergency, you knew Dupuis had your...
Sen. Bert Stedman expects the upcoming legislative session to have “too many irons in the fire,” making completion of most legislative priorities unlikely. “The governor has got a suite of legislative bills he’s going to dump on us, the details...
Sitka School Board members finished regular business quickly Wednesday, approving the district Capital Improvement Project list for fiscal year 2027 and discussing the budget-planning season that the board launched Dec. 17 with the first of many...
