A federal grand jury in Juneau returned an indictment last month charging five experienced commercial fishermen with conspiring to illegally harvest halibut near Yakutat between 2019 and 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Alaska announced...

A group of Sitkans is seeking signatures on an initiative petition to amend the Sitka General Code to say that sponsors of any future citizen initiative must commission an independent, professional “economic impact study report” regarding their...

The smell of Sitka — a burst of freshness, seasoned with salt — was the first thing that struck Maddy Longhi as she stepped out of the airport 17 years after her time here with the AFS youth exchange program.  It’s been on her to-do list all...

Dozens of recommendations for the Sitka Police Department emerged from a community event that Interim Police Chief Chad Goeden held Friday evening at Harrigan Centennial Hall. About 30 …

Sitka business owner Tracie Castle filed today to run for Assembly in the October 7 municipal election. Castle has lived in Sitka since 2020, and is the owner of the Forget Me Not Gifts, Souvenirs and Stained Glass store at Lake and Lincoln...

A large cash infusion to the U.S. Coast Guard’s budget and recent comments by President Donald Trump are stoking optimism that the country’s limited icebreaker fleet might soon greatly expand.  That’s according to shipbuilders, other...

Sitka’s legislative representatives were pleased with the historic override of the governor's veto of education funding at Saturday's special session of the Legislature. It was the first time a budget veto by an Alaskan governor was overridden...

Sixty-five swimmers from Sitka and around the U.S. braved the cold water of Sitka Sound Sunday for the annual Change Your Latitude races. Courses were laid out for 1k, 3k, 6k and 10k courses in the waters just offshore from Sitka National...

Starting Saturday, Sitka High student Jasper Bastian, 16, will trade his Xtratufs for ski boots as he heads for the mountainous Guttet-Feschel municipality in Switzerland as a Rotary Youth Exchange student.  He's the first student from Sitka...

Thor Christianson, who currently serves on the Assembly, filed his paperwork today to run for another term in the Oct. 7 election. “My experience with five terms has given me something to offer,” Christianson said. “There’s some institutional...

Two dozen kids at an outer space-themed camp this week contemplated the future of life on Mars, and learned some of the skills that could support development of human colonies there.  “We’re thinking about food, energy, air, transportation...

From the water, this Kruzof Island beach resembles many others in Southeast Alaska — green, grassy, and lined with driftwood. But as you walk through the waist-high beach grass along the island's eastern shore, debris from human impact appears:...

Two more candidates have filed to run for local offices in the October 7 election, the municipal clerk’s office said today. Katie Riley filed Wednesday to run for Assembly, and Paul Rioux filed this morning for Sitka School Board. The filing...

Experienced music theater actor Kaden Traxler, 18, is used to putting on his pants one leg at a time, just like everybody else. For the next two days, though, he's doing it one tentacle at a time.  Traxler plays Squidward in “The SpongeBob...

Rep. Rebecca Himschoot says she'll be ready Saturday morning when the Legislature convenes in special session to address education reform and create a new state Department of Agriculture. Gov. Dunleavy called the special session, and the...

Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren spent hours Tuesday evening monitoring the ongoing reports of the possible effect on Sitka from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the sparsely populated Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far...

Austin Cranford on Tuesday became the first candidate to file for Assembly in the October 7 municipal election. This will be the third time in three years that he has been an candidate for Assembly. “When we have issues that continue to...

Sitka experienced two widespread electrical outages this month, each lasting about 30 minutes and affecting most homes and businesses, with the exception of the core downtown area. Causes of the two power outages are unrelated, and are being...