WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon White Elephant Shop open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  Noon STA Tribal Council, via...

During a Sitka Assembly meeting on Tuesday evening, Planning Department Director Amy Ainslie gave an update on the city’s plan for managing visitor traffic downtown once large cruise ships begin mooring in Sitka at the end of this...

Members of the Sitka Assembly during a two-hour meeting Tuesday voted to approve on first reading the city’s FY26 budget and capital improvement plan, as well as a suite of public utility rate hikes, both of which have been in front of the...

SPRING PLANTING – Joe D’Arienzo, foreground, and other members of the Sitka Tree and Landscape Committee work with Sitka Public Works crew members Marissa Jaques and Connor Dunlap to plant flowers and ferns in the garden areas in front of Harrigan Centennial Hall today. Members include Deb Miller, D’Arienzo, Lisa Moore, Barbara Teepe, Thomas D’Uva, Joann Huff and Liz McKenzie. D’Arienzo and Moore, third from left, have been on the committee that helps create and maintain city green spaces, since it was founded in 2001. ( Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

Coast Guard Air Station Sitka conducted a 1.5 hour air search around midnight after being notified that a boater had left Eliason Harbor at around 8 p.m. and hadn't returned yet. The boater was later found safe. According to Air Station Sitka,...

Cruise tourism topics will feature in tonight's Sitka Assembly meeting at 6 p.m. in Harrigan Centennial Hall, as community members prepare for the first large cruise ships to arrive at the end of April. As an item of new business tonight,...

Following two weeks of consecutive fishery openings, the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is closed for the season, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is finalizing harvest data.   ADF&G announced late Friday that “broad...

A man who police said had pointed a pistol at people waiting at a bus stop Friday was arrested shortly afterward and charged with assault in the third degree, a class C felony. The man, Jonathan Gordon, 43, of Sitka, posted $500 bail and was released.

SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Visual art, music, food and fundraising will be on display Saturday night in the three-hour Art Walk downtown. “We’ve got some unique experiences this …

By ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium leadership and the Sitka Community Health Council will hold an annual listening session …

By ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer The F/V Christina Dawn pulled into Kake Thursday on a 115-mile return trip from Sitka with a fish hold full of herring eggs on hemlock branches to be distributed …

GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A new ballet program will open its doors today, with modest offerings this spring and plans for additional programming in the fall when the Southeast Ballet …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The Alaska Department of Health abruptly laid off 30 public health employees this week after the federal government canceled a series of …

By JAMES BROOKS  Alaska Beacon Rather than target Alaska in its response to a new round of tariffs levied by President Donald Trump, the Yukon government plans to pick on Trump adviser Elon …

By NAOMI JONES  Alaska Beacon I have been subsistence harvesting since I was born. Whether from being by the fish-cutting table or helping package moose for the freezer, I’ve always been right …

By ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer While reviewing a draft of the updated Sitka Historic Preservation Plan in a Tuesday meeting with the Sitka Planning Department, about a dozen Sitkans weighed in …

GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer After the successful rollout of the school district's pre-kindergarten program, the School Board voted at Wednesday's regular …

ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer The commercial sac roe herring fishery opened at 8 a.m. today and was to continue until 8 p.m. in waters south of town. While the commercial fishery targets female …

By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon A bill that advanced in the Alaska Senate on Wednesday would provide a $1,000 per-student boost to the state’s school funding formula. …

ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Southeast Alaska fishermen discovered Tuesday that harvest limits for chinook salmon in 2025 will be almost 40 percent less than last …