The 240-foot oceanographic research ship R/V Sikuliaq visited Sitka Sound this weekend collecting a deep sediment core sample from Nakwasina Inlet “to examine adaptations of microbes to low-energy environments,” Jeff Richardson,...

Sitka Parks and Recreation summer programs were off to a strong start in their first week, with a variety programs serving Sitkans from toddler ages to seniors, and a summer camp where demand is currently exceeding supply. “That group of kids is...

Liz Chikayaasix̂ Morrow, a relief print maker and acrylic painter of Unangax̂ descent, set up a workstation in the entryway of the Sheldon Jackson Museum this morning and began carving the image of a woman in a kelp forest into a linoleum...

The Sitka School Board at its regular meeting Wednesday will consider a resolution opposing the state school board’s proposed expanded definition of “local contributions,” among other business items. The board meets at 6 p.m. in the district...

Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association personnel have recovered about 1,100 empty, plastic fish feed bags from the waters of Chatham Strait since learning that a large quantity of bags, used to feed juvenile salmon at NSRAA’s Hidden...

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter medevacked two people who were in the same single vehicle ATV rollover accident early Saturday morning on Kruzof Island. The Coast Guard received a call from Alaska State Troopers around 1 a.m. Saturday,...

As the Trump administration hosted a multimillion dollar military parade in Washington, D.C., marking the Army’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s birthday, and amid escalating military and law enforcement force against immigrants and...

The Sitka Elks Lodge #1662 announced this evening that its Flag Day parade, scheduled for noon Saturday, has been cancelled. The Elks said on social media that the Flag Day event at Pioneers Home is still planned for 1 p.m. on the front...

A number of Sitka events are set for Flag Day on Saturday, which coincides this year with the U.S. Army 250th Birthday Parade and Festival slated for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as President Donald J. Trump’s 79th...

Sitka education advocates and elected officials said today they were disappointed but not particularly surprised by the governor’s vetoes Thursday, leaving the school district with a more than $400,000 budget gap for FY26. “This is the first time...

Almost 3,000 miles away from the heartland of American bluegrass music, Grammy-winning musicians Mark and Maggie O’Connor will play their unique blend of folk and classical styles to an almost sold-out audience at Centennial Hall tomorrow night,...

The Tourism Commission voted unanimously Thursday to keep Lincoln Street open until the end of the tourist season and to recommend that the City start exploring options to change its current memorandum of understanding (MOU) into a memorandum of...

Southeast Alaska crabbers are cutting loose from the docks ahead of the 2025/26 commercial Dungeness crab fishery opening this weekend. Waters throughout the region will open to the summer Dungeness fishery at 8 a.m. Sunday, the Alaska Department...

A vocal concert “Mina Keeps Singing,” featuring Mina Brooks-Schmidt, will be performed 7 p.m. tonight at Odess Theater on the SJ Campus. Born and raised in Sitka, Brooks-Schmidt just completed her junior year of vocal performance at Carnegie...

Creation of an assistant administrator position for the city government is part of an ordinance the Assembly passed 6-0 on first reading Tuesday night. The ordinance calls for the position to be funded by adding $148,950 to the FY26 city...

Local arcade game aficionado Scott Bowen performed surgery on multiple pinball machines this week ahead of the opening Friday morning of the new Flipside Arcade at 322 Lincoln Street that features 40 pinball and 25 other video game consoles...

The only bidder for the Visit Sitka contract, Orca // Killer Creative, told the city Tuesday that it is no longer interested in pursuing the three-year contract award, leaving the city without destination marketing and visitor services for Sitka...