The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the award of a $50 million contract for design and construction of homeport facilities in Sitka for the fast response cutter Douglas Denman, and to upgrade facilities for the Cutter Kukui. The contract for up to...

The federal government last week moved to end the Roadless Rule on the country’s national forests, and a short public comment period on the action is now open. “The proposed rule would rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (2001...

A proposition calling for an amendment to city code that would provide funding for community sports facilities will be on the Oct. 7 city election ballot. Proposition 1 follows the City and Borough Assembly's unanimous vote on July 22 in favor of...

Sitka AmeriCorps this week welcomed eight volunteers who will be serving in Sitka this year, including four who will pilot the ArtistYear program in Sitka. They are Sam White and Raven Waltmyer, serving at Pacific High School; Sam Edinberg and...

Xóots Elementary School sets the stage for a successful year by creating a welcoming environment in the first few days of school. “In pre-K and kindergarten we have a third come in Wednesday, a different third Thursday and Friday, and all kids...

Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game this month launched the first-ever state study into brown bear population dynamics on Baranof Island.  Stephanie Sell, a brown bear research biologist who’s worked with Fish & Game...

Southeast Alaska trollers are sweeping up their remaining chinook allocation in the second non-competitive “limited harvest fishery” that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has opened this month.  Each troll fishery permit-holder is...

Didendum vexillium, or D.vex, looks rather unassuming. This marine invertebrate spreads like a carpet over underwater surfaces, appearing in patches ranging from beige to brown to dull orange. Sometimes referred to as “marine vomit,” D.vex is an...

The Assembly wrapped up its regular meeting in about a half-hour Tuesday night after a unanimous vote approving a union contract granting 2.5% to 3% raises each of the next three years to the 60 or so city workers represented by the Alaska State...

The Assembly at tonight’s meeting will consider a new collective bargaining agreement with the union representing most city employees, calling for a 3 percent pay increase the fiscal year that started July 1, and 2.5% increases each of the next...

Transition Sitka announced today that it won a $345,000 grant funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support development of the Jarvis Street Community Garden. The community garden is a joint project of Transition Sitka and the...

The Gary Paxton Industrial Park board Thursday reviewed a proposed request for proposals for lease of property next to the haulout and shipyard. The property has been identified as prime real estate for marine trade operators working on hauled...

Sitka Fire Department dispatched a search and rescue team to Bear Mountain Sunday after three hikers, one of them ailing, called for help from the 1,200 foot elevation of the mountainside. SFD engineer Karl Muench said the hikers called 911 at...

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter picked up a pilot Sunday after his single-engine plane flipped over while landing 35 miles south of Haines. He had no reported injuries and was flown to the Juneau airport around noon, the Coast Guard...