By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska foster youth are admitted to acute psychiatric facilities an average of 90 times per year, according to the state. Lawmakers want to …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Members of the Alaska Legislature said this week that they’re likely to use the state’s Constitutional Budget Reserve to fix a roughly …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer At a more than three-hour meeting Tuesday, the Assembly accepted the proposal of a Kodiak firm to run the Sitka marine haulout and boatyard. After hours of …
ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer After indicating last week that all commercial sac roe herring fishery harvest data would be confidential this year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled in favor of Alaska’s state-owned investment bank in a lawsuit that could clear the way for oil drilling in the Arctic …
GARLAND KENNEDY and ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writers Shorelines around town took on an aquamarine hue Monday and today as spawning herring continued their annual return to Sitka Sound. Commercial …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Assembly at tonight’s regular meeting will consider a proposal to accept the offer by a Kodiak company to operate the new …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer From costume designing to dancing, acting, singing, circus arts teaching, music playing, and backstage work, 18-year-old Rita Christianson wears many hats. And …
By Sentinel Staff A 65-year-old bicycle rider was injured late Monday morning when he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Edgecumbe Drive and Kashevaroff …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives is asking the Trump administration and Canadian government to step back from a brewing trade war. In a …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon The National Science Foundation has provided funding for the first year of activities in a four-year agreement concerning a research vessel …
By ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Seiners scooped up sets of maturing herring on Saturday and Sunday as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened this year’s …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer Dorothy “Brownie” Thomsen, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 27, recalls the days after World War II when she came to Sitka to engage in another war, …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Hundreds rallied at the Alaska State Capitol on Friday for a “People’s March” and to protest and condemn the recent actions of the …
GARLAND KENNEDY and ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writers Following two more days of surveys from the air and by sea, Fish and Game is reporting that schools of herring …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer During a day-long visit to Sitka Wednesday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski addressed topics of local, state and national significance, mostly as they related to …
By CORRINE SMITH Alaska Beacon Several dozen demonstrators arrived early to the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday ahead of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s annual address to the …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon In remarks to the Alaska Legislature on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan praised the work of President Donald Trump, saying the new president’s pro-mining and …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer On a visit to Sitka Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski at an invitation-only roundtable with some Sitkans criticized President Trump on his campaign of mass …
By Sentinel Staff More than 200 Sitkans marched down Lincoln Street Wednesday to protest actions of the Trump administration and encourage people to speak out to protect democracy. The March for …