NETS UP - Seiners are rafted two deep at the sea wall off Katlian Street July 31 as crew members on the F/V Reality ready their nets. Fishing boats and tenders from ports across the region are in Sitka as salmon gather to spawn. As of Aug. 4...

Matt Potter filed to run for the Sitka School Board this morning, becoming the third candidate for three open board seats in the Oct. 6 municipal election. Two of the board seats have two-year terms, and one is for one year left open by a...

On Tuesday, the Assembly will consider an ordinance that would update Sitka's taxi regulations, which have not changed significantly since 1999. The ordinance, sponsored by City Administrator John Leach, has raised concerns among taxi drivers in...

Ahead of today's 5 p.m. filing deadline, Sitkans threw their names in the hat for seats on the Assembly as well as the position of mayor. This morning, Mary Ann Hall filed to run for Assembly, joining three others vying for the two three-year...

Stephen Lawrie, a local artist and former fisherman, won the People's Choice Award in the Adam Portraiture Award competition in New Zealand, Lawrie's native country. The winning painting, "Fisherman — the Painter and His Sons," is currently...

With one day left before the close of the filing period, the ballot for the October 6 municipal election is filling up with new candidates running for Assembly. The latest to file are Sherri Blankenship and Darrell Windsor, joining incumbent JJ...

Sitka Planning Commission unanimously approved a lot merger, a lot subdivision and a setback variance for a single property at its regular meeting Wednesday night. Three of five commission members, Darrell Windsor, Wendy Alderson and Margaret...

FILL BE GONE - K&E Alaska construction workers remove fill from the base of the Sea Walk recently. Project Superintendent Tim Eddy said the workers were clearing out extra rock that they had placed on the east end of the project area to create...

Child care advocates, businesses and various community leaders will puts their heads together to create a “sustainable funding system” for child care in Sitka. The Sitka Childcare Funding Summit is 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at University of Alaska...

With two days to Friday's deadline, Sherri Blankenship filed today to run for one of the two open seats on the Assembly in the October 6 municipal election. She joins incumbent JJ Carlson in the run for Assembly. Two of the Assembly members, Thor...

The last three months have been a time for “growth and change,” interim fire chief Brian McLaughlin told the Assembly at last week's meeting. McLaughlin, who has been filling in as chief since Craig Warren retired three months ago, was delivering...

The cruise ships Crystal Symphony and Silver Whisper and the seiners Magnus Martens and Obsession are pictured in Eastern Anchorage Monday as a motorboat zips by. Both fishing and tour seasons are in high gear this week.as evidenced by spawning...

An ACS technician continued working today on repairing a fiber optic cable break that interrupted ACS phone and internet service, including 911 emergency calls, the past four days. At 10 a.m. today ACS announced that it intends to have all...

Crew members aboard the seiner Cloud Nine haul in a net full of pink salmon Sunday near Jamestown Bay. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

As repairs continued on a fiber optic cable damaged in an accident Friday, the Sitka Police Department clarified today that the accident caused the "total outage" of the city's 911 emergency call system, and also the police department's...

Three Canadian naval training vessels carrying 69 sailors docked in Sitka over the weekend as part of a four-week training mission called Gold Rush. The unit departed Esquimalt, British Columbia, on July 20, stopped in Ketchikan last weekend and...

Thor Christianson became the second candidate for mayor in the Oct. 6 municipal election when he filed his nominating petition with the city clerk at 2 p.m. Friday. Both Christianson and Kevin Mosher, who filed for mayor July 21, are sitting...

CANADIAN VISITORS - Three Royal Canadian Navy ships from CFB Esquimalt refuel at the Petro Marine fuel dock near Katlian Street this morning. The 108-foot Orca class patrol vessels will be in town over the weekend as part of a four-week training...

With a week to go before the filing deadline in the October 6 municipal election, Kat Richards has filed to run for School Board. Richards is currently on the board, having been appointed June 30 to fill one of the two vacancies created when two...

Ron Vinson, the Electric Utility Director for the City and Borough of Sitka, reported to the Assembly on Tuesday night that the Department’s annual inspection with the federal government came back “squeaky clean.” After a long winter with many...