In recognition of Sitka Trail Works’ extensive volunteer-based trail maintenance efforts, the small nonprofit last week received a national award for its volunteer-driven projects on the Tongass. Sitka’s trail network traverses forests and...

Wade Lyons, one of two candidates remaining in the city’s search for a new police chief, spoke formally and thoughtfully to a group of about 25 Sitkans that gathered for a public “meet and greet” event at Harrigan Centennial Hall on Monday...

Dinners, trips, artwork, clothing and services are on the auction block in a Sitka Fine Arts Camp fundraiser to “raise the roof” - or rather replace the roof - of Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, the home of Odess Theater. The auction closes at 11...

Sitka Fire Department staff and volunteers extinguished a vehicle fire near 1401 Halibut Point Road early this morning. The cause of the fire is unknown. The fire department received the report of the vehicle fire at 1:51 a.m., according to a...

The Planning Commission discussed potential code changes regarding cruise-related docks and telecommunications towers last Wednesday. It also heard a report from the Sitka Community Land Trust.  All members were...

The Assembly on Tuesday will consider a ballot question to change the Home Rule Charter to allow the use of Sitka Community Hospital Dedicated Fund money on “new and revitalized athletic facilities approved by voters and the Assembly.” The ballot...

Hearty fundraising, meticulous auditing, raceway engineering and planning is leading up to the moment on the afternoon of July 4 when a raft of yellow rubber ducks will launch down Granite Creek and into the ocean. Sitka Rotary Club’s 41st annual...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced during a meeting in New Mexico today. The USDA said in a press release today that it’s rolling back the nationwide rule,...

Two men were arrested early Sunday morning after leading police in a downtown pursuit. Elliot Torres Monreal, 36, of El Centro, California, was charged with driving under the influence and vehicle theft in the first degree; and Andre Barnes, 34,...

Former Juneau Empire managing editor Mark Sabbatini launched the Juneau Independent news website this morning after ending his term with the Empire earlier this week. His new, nonprofit news venture is billed as “the true local newspaper of...

On a 4-1 vote Wednesday, the Sitka School Board decided to draw down reserves to close the funding gap caused by Gov. Dunleavy’s veto on per-student funding. The agenda item to consider budget revisions to the 2025-26 budget at the regular Board...

Henry Dehlinger’s “To an Alaskan Glacier,” a composition inspired by a Charles Augustus Keeler poem of the same name, will make its world premiere tonight at the sixth concert of the Sitka Music Festival.  The piece features soprano Danielle...

Inspired by Sitka's steadfast fishing community, artist Stephen Lawrie and curator Maite Lorente are preparing for a Saturday afternoon debut of their new exhibit in the Pioneer Bar, a nostalgic venue for a collection of Lawrie's large,...

Two men, ages 61 and 31, were rescued early this morning from a small boat foundering off Eagle Beach, police and fire officials said. The two were treated for hypothermia. Police received calls around midnight that cries for help were being...

Michael Hall, one of two finalists in the city’s search for a new police chief, gave a jovial speech before about 40 Sitkans during a public meet-and-greet event on Tuesday evening at Harrigan Centennial Hall. City leaders interviewed candidates...

Local and regional community radio advocates are asking for listenrs’ help in fighting President Trump’s proposed rescissions which KCAW-FM says is “the most serious threat” to federal funding the station has faced. “Our ask to the public is to...

Sitka residents are mounting a strong response to a draft provision of the U.S. Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill that would mandate the sale of roughly 2 to 3 million acres of federal public lands in 11 western states, including...

On the salmonberry-covered hill of Marine Street, where the Holy Trinity Church used to be, Reverend Herman Belt of St. Michael’s Cathedral and Bob Sam, longtime cemetery caretaker, are hoping to have discovered the gravesite of Saint Yakov...