Purse seine fishermen are anticipating the peak of the salmon season as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game expands seine fishing opportunities across Southeast this month. It’s still too early to tell how Sitka-area runs of pink and chum...

Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren reported to Tuesday night's Assembly meeting with soot on his hands and a story to tell about an emergency fire call at 4:12 p.m. that afternoon. Warren told the Assembly a fire had broken out on the front...

At tonight's regular meeting, the Assembly will vote on final approval of an ordinance placing a proposition on the city election ballot to amend the Sitka charter, expanding the allowed uses of tax funds and other revenues that currently are...

The filing period opened Monday for candidates in the October 7 municipal election. Two seats are open on both the School Board and the city Assembly. All terms are three years, except for one two-year term on the School Board. The filing...

Leaders of Sealaska Corp. and Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Tribe/Sitka Tribe of Alaska signed an agreement last week to continue working toward cooperative management of Kunáa/Redoubt Lake now that Sealaska owns 10.5 acres of land at the important sockeye...

Students at Outer Coast’s summer seminar dove into their stint in Sitka with a weekend trip to an outlying cabin earlier this month, and now are engaged in service projects around town. At the same time they're studying in a writing class meant...

While cleaning up after a successful fishing trip near Biroka Island Sunday morning, Vern Culp and Brian Neal felt their 22-foot boat being lifted from underneath. Neal thought they had hit some rocks until he looked over the side and saw a giant...

Sitka Police Department officers on Friday shot and killed three bears – a sow and two cubs – that have been frequenting Sitka neighborhoods in recent weeks. Authorities decided to dispatch the trio late last week after they were seen often in...

A 35-year-old woman was taken for emergency medical care Sunday evening after her boat reportedly overturned near Calming Island, and she was found unresponsive in the water. No information was available about her identity or whether she...

Summery conditions arrived in time for the Alpine Adventure Run, and many familiar faces, as well as a large crowd of runners from out of town, gathered Saturday for Sitka's traditional mountain race. At the head of the pack again was Chris...

The decision by Congress to cut $9 billion from funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid will mean a loss of $178,595 for each of the next two years in previously approved federal support for Sitka’s community radio station, KCAW-FM (Raven...

A Sitka Police Department officer shot a bear cub near the city shops on Jarvis Street at about 2 a.m. today, as authorities are working to dispatch a group of bears that has been frequenting neighborhoods near Indian River. "We’ve determined...

Commercial salmon trollers must register by noon on Aug. 1 to participate in a non-competitive chinook fishery that will  open for ten days in early August in place of a competitive August opening, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game...

The Assembly in a work session Thursday evening discussed city capital projects and whether there are ways to move the upgrade of Lincoln Street to a higher priority. Five of the seven Assembly members attended, and since it was a work session,...

The abundance of wild food in Southeast Alaska has long inspired Kaa,laa Mary Goddard, who is now spending 90 days filling up only on customary and traditional Native foods, most of which she has harvested, processed and prepared.  Today...

Sitka’s first Trail Running Film Festival will share stories about athletic achievement and personal challenges in picturesque mountain settings around the globe. The show is 6 p.m. Friday at the Odyssey Dome, at the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal....

A land sale request for city-owned lots adjacent to 105 and 107 Bahovec Court and a conditional use permit for distillery manufacturing were approved unanimously at the Planning Commission's regular meeting Wednesday.   A conceptual...

Lights went out across Sitka at about 8 a.m. today, marking the second widespread electrical outage in about a week. The inadvertent shutdown of a hydropower unit at Blue Lake Hydroelectric Power Plant caused this morning's outage, the City...

Beginning Tuesday, travelers at Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport are advised to load and unload passengers and their luggage from the parking lot, and not in front of the airport entrance where construction crews will be working. Airport Terminal...