By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The government of British Columbia filed legislation Thursday that would permit the province to levy tolls on vehicles between the Lower 48 and Alaska. The bill, …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Increases in anticipated property tax revenues, reduced legal fees, and increased income from the Blatchley pool helped turn a deficit into a surplus in …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A month after the mass firing of probationary workers with the U.S. Forest Service, the Department of Agriculture issued a temporary stay on the terminations …
By CORRINE SMITH Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that is aimed at adding $275 million to fund public schools starting this summer. The House spent long …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The state of Alaska is still facing a significant budget deficit despite a revised state revenue forecast published Wednesday by the Alaska Department of …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer It took the Assembly about an hour to wrap up business at Tuesday night's regular meeting, rejecting a water purchase offer from Global Hydration LLC, and …
By Sentinel Staff An outage of the GCI network now will start early Thursday, the company said today. Megan Webb, senior director of corporate communications, said GCI customers in Sitka will …
By Sentinel Staff U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will visit Sitka next Wednesday to hold a round table with local government and civic leaders, her press office said today. Lisa Murkoswki while …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A federal judge in Juneau has sentenced a Southeast Alaska fisher to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to one count of misreporting a …
EDITOR’S NOTE: In recent weeks the Sentinel has published reports by Mark Gorman about the work he and his wife Nancy Knapp were doing with U.S.-supported relief work in Myanmar. Over the weekend …
By Shannon Haugland Sentinel Staff Writer Monday night's community meeting on city animal control policy and shelter operations drew about three dozen people with differing ideas about future …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Companies will soon be able to bid on opportunities to tap a volcanic island in Cook Inlet to generate renewable energy. Alaska officials have scheduled a …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Rules on spaying and neutering, maximum length of stay for an animal in the city animal shelter, and euthanasia protocol are among possible discussion items at …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives today began debating a bill that would provide a big boost to K-12 public school funding. When legislators begin talking, …
Mass firings that swept through the federal civil service in mid-February left a number of Sitkans scrambling to find new employment, threw careers off course and triggered a rebuke and legal challenge from a union representing federal...
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Poor weather has again delayed the start date for emergency maintenance on the underwater fiberoptic internet cable to Sitka, with work now expected to …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer In a cost saving move, the Sitka School Board voted Wednesday to form its own food service and abandon its school lunch contract with a commercial provider …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Fifth-grade band members remember their first steps in learning their new instruments at the beginning of the school year, starting with assembling them and …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center Administrator Bill Spivey gave the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday an outline of the $250 million expansion under way at the …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Mt. Edgecumbe High School took nine students to compete at the 2025 Drama, Debate and Forensics State Championships, and came home with top prizes in their …