At Tuesday night's regular meeting the Assembly approved an ordinance that will place a proposition on the October city election ballot on funding for a city recreational facility. Tha Assembly voted 4-2 to approve the ordinance on second...

Robert Woolsey’s first solo day on the air at Raven Radio was September 10, 2001.  “This is great, why didn’t I do this before?” he recalled thinking. The next day, the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center while he...

The pink Lyft emblem glowing in the dashboard of a black SUV has announced the entrance of rideshares into Sitka’s transportation market.  As of this month, just a few Sitka residents are contracting with global rideshare companies to offer...

An evening of Cuban salsa dancing, with space for novices and experienced dancers alike, will hit the floor Saturday in a gathering hosted by the Friends of Sitka Circus Arts for people of all ages, complete with dance lessons and dinner. The...

Coast Guard The Coast Guard Air Station Sitka performed five medevacks over the past several days: - on Friday, a 73-year-old man with heart problems was medevacked from a Nat Geo boat in Takatz Bay to Sitka. - on Saturday, a 62-year-old man in...

The Assembly at tonight’s meeting will consider putting an item on the fall election ballot that would allow the use of the Sitka Community Hospital Fund for “bond debt associated with athletic facilities.” Also on the agenda are a discussion to...

In a policy advocacy trip to Washington D.C. June 23–25, Sitka Conservation Society Deputy Director Katie Riley spoke with staff from the Alaskan Congressional Delegation to show support for sustainable community development and protecting public...

As rains soak Sitka this week, the risk of a landslide is “low” or unlikely, says the Sitka Landslide Risk dashboard at sitkalandslide.org.  The Southeast Alaska Landslide Information and Preparedness Partnership’s online dashboard shows...

Students will demonstrate their talents in a host of artistic fields, from drama and improv to hip hop, ballet, jazz and more at the final performances for high schoolers at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Of the 230 high...

Salmon trollers scraped up about 38,000 chinook from coastal Southeast Alaska waters during the July 1 opener of the general summer king season that lasted for just four days last week.  Managers with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game...

Three canoeists escaped serious injury Friday afternoon near town after their 17-foot canoe was struck by a 25-foot aluminum fishing boat whose driver apparently didn’t see them. Jennifer Nie, Jinghong Chen and Medar de la Cruz, all professional...

Good samaritans, city staff and first responders quenched a Thursday afternoon fire that broke out in the cabin of a 35-foot sailboat moored on float six of Eliason Harbor.  No one was injured in the blaze, which was mostly contained to the...

The state has appointed a new superintendent for Mt. Edgecumbe High School, the state-run boarding school on Japonski Island, following the resignation of former superintendent Suzzuk Huntington and a brief search for a new hire, the state...

Sitka’s senator Bert Stedman called the governor’s move encouraging House minority members not to attend the August 2 special session on education both “ridiculous” and “disgusting.” Stedman, a Republican and co-chair of Senate Finance, said he...

Chad Goeden, the former commander of the Alaska Public Safety Academy, was sworn in this afternoon as interim chief of the Sitka Police Department. The swearing in by Superior Court Judge Amanda Browning, and “pinning” of the badge onto his new...

Ahead of Fourth of July celebrations, Sitka’s chapter of the American Legion offered lawn signs to veterans who may be negatively affected by unexpected fireworks.  Commander Vince Winter, who served in the army from 1983 to 1992, said these...

A traditional celebration will anchor events downtown as Sitkans begin observances of the Fourth of July holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Sitka Historical Society’s Old-Time 4th of July event is...