In accordance with a directive by President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a law that prohibits the construction of new roads in certain inventoried national forest...

HEALTHY START - Mt. Edgecumbe High School sophomore Yokova Hoover, of Anchorage, puts on a survival suit with the help of Suz Oriel, youth program coordinator at Alaska Marine Safety Association, this morning in the B.J. McGillis Gym. The school,...

After an hourlong Zoom interview with administrator candidate Gerrie Cotter, the Assembly decided to a prospective new city administrator, the Assembly agreed to schedule a second round interview, also by Zoom. All seven members of the Assembly...

DOME DANCE - Gajáa Héen and Noow Tlein Dancers perform at the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal's Odyssey Dome Stage under red lights Saturday afternoon during the Sitka Sound SummerFest event. The new day-long community celebration was hosted by the...

BED BURN - Firefighters view a burnt bed in a yard Thursday after responding to a fire at 708 Indian River Road. A caller reported smoke pouring from the house at 8:30 a.m. Firefighters, nearly blinded by the grey smoke which filled the building,...

Sitka-area seiners have broken two single-day pink salmon harvest records back to back, a "once in a blue moon" event, says Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sitka Area Management Biologist Aaron Dupuis. Seiners harvested 1.23 million pinks on...

The first Sitka Sound SummerFest, a free celebration of what organizers call "the summer, the community and a successful season," is set for Saturday at the cruise ship terminal. Live music, local food and artisan demonstrations will be offered...

The Sitka Planning Commission continued fine-tuning rules on accessory dwelling units in hopes of increasing the housing supply in Sitka. Around 9 p.m., the commission agreed they had more work ahead, and agreed to set a special meeting for...

FIRST DAY - First graders and kindergartners arrive at Xóots Elementary School this morning. This is the first week of school in the district. Kindergartners at Xóots have been separated into three groups for a staggered start to the school year...

There'll be no lassos at the Bike Rodeo this Saturday, but there will be helmets, an obstacle course, and some greased-up bike mechanics. The Bike Rodeo for kids will be the first in Sitka since 2019. Sponsored by a coalition of local...

BUS PARADE - School buses pass through the roundabout and onto Sawmill Creek Road Tuesday evening, an annual parade held the day before school starts. Drivers honked horns and bus passengers waved to passersby to remind everyone to be aware of the...

The Assembly will continue its search for a new administrator on Friday, with a Zoom videoconference interview of Geraldine Cotter, a city administrator from Ohio. The meeting starts at 5 p.m., and the interview, with the Assembly participating...

Free jazz performances will be held all around Sitka next week, presented by professional and student musicians participating in an intensive workshop called Sitka Jazz Week. Twelve music students from Mt. Edgecumbe High School, professional...

PRIMARY VOTING - Steffi Rusk votes with her daughter, Celeste, 4, this morning during regular state primary election at Harrigan Centennial Hall. By 2:30 this afternoon 375 Sitkans had cast ballots in Precinct 2. At 2 p.m. 337 Sitkans had voted in...

Sitka will dance Saturday. With booming speakers and an epic laser show at the Odessa Theater, Sitka EDM is gonna make the whole city dance. Ethan Vastola, founder of Sitka EDM, has spent the past year throwing parties and building the company's...

Sitkans will have no shortage of choices when they go to the polls in Tuesday’s statewide primary to pick candidates for U.S. House and Senate, governor, and state House and Senate. There's also one question, Ballot Measure 1, an act limiting...

BLUES FEST - Concert goers spread out on the Sitka Fine Arts Camp lawn to listen to music during the Sitka Blues Fest Saturday. The weather cooperated for the one-day festival that included food vendors, kids games and music by Belly Meat, The...

CHIEF CHAT - Sitka Interim Fire Department Chief Brian McLaughlin, right, talks with Bonnie Richards Thursday night in the fire hall during a fire chief candidate meet-and-greet. McLaughlin has been serving as interim chief since April and has now...

Seine fishermen in Sitka-area District 13 broke a record last week by harvesting roughly 1.1 million pink salmon in one day. The single-day Aug. 6 seine harvest topped the previous record of 975,000 pinks harvested from District 13 in one day in...

Scores of Southeast troll fishermen are in Sitka this month weaving at 1.5 knots through the rocks and reefs of Eastern Channel, and dragging dozens of hooks with purple lures made to catch chum salmon.  With processors paying troll...