An administrative law judge heard more than two hours of testimony and arguments at a hearing Thursday night on whether the Sitka Planning Commission made the right decision in denying a major variance for a 120-foot cell phone tower in a...

Four local artists are inviting Sitka partygoers to dive into the depths of electronic dance music at an underwater-themed EDM concert Saturday evening at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp's Odess Theater. The "Submersion Rave" is a first for Sitka, and...

As the summer winds down, Mt. Edgecumbe High School is gearing up to welcome some 420 students from across the state. The new superintendent, David Langford, said he's expecting the coming school year to be a mix of the old and the new. He was on...

A lineup of jazz concerts performed by professionals and students alike is planned for the third annual Sitka Jazz Week, coordinated and produced by professional bass player Christian Fabian. Starting Monday, August 25 and through the remainder...

The more than three dozen students at Sitka’s alternative high school, Pacific High, will spend the first week of school putting pieces in place for a successful year, before classes start Sept. 2. “That first week builds the relationships that...

For the third year running, Redoubt Lake is seeing record-breaking returns of sockeye salmon, as management of the meromictic lake and its important sockeye salmon harvest site is changing. The new U.S. Forest Service subsistence dashboard states...

Blatchley Middle School's principal says he's again looking forward to seeing the students coming back through the doors on the first day of school. “About this time of year, the thing that most staff and principals are looking forward to is,...

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter picked up two people in good condition Monday after their small plane hit a log while landing in Chilkoot Inlet near Haines, the Coast Guard said today. No serious injuries were reported, but the two on...

Anthropologist Sergei Kan is releasing a new book next week featuring a collection of 150 photographs made by Elbridge W. Merrill in Sitka between 1897 and 1929. The book provides a biography of Merrill, who was drawn to Sitka during the gold...

Sitka Police Department responded to three traffic accidents over the weekend, two of which resulted in injuries. Three-car collision on HPR A three-car accident in the 2100 block of Halibut Point Road was reported to police at around 2:30 p.m....

Hundreds of people crowded around Saturday as the first escalator ever installed in Sitka began operation during the city’s open house event for the new, two-story terminal building at Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport. People queued up before...

The city clerk’s office today has certified that sponsors of a ballot initiative have collected enough signatures to place a question on the October 7 ballot requiring all citizen initiative applications to include a professionally prepared...

Sitka High is poised to start its school year on Wednesday by welcoming its largest class of freshmen in 15 years, with 92 enrolled so far. The strong influx of new students is good news, Principal Laura Rogers said, although it will come with...

Four Russian expats stood with a group of Sitkans this afternoon to protest Russia's war on Ukraine at the same time that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks about the war at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in...

Last week’s enactment of a bill to allow the use of computers and tablets in prison will provide another tool to rehabilitate those incarcerated in Alaska prisons, and potentially improve their transition back into society, Rep. Rebecca Himschoot,...