By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The award-winning Galvin Cello Quartet will play music by Beethoven, Saint-Sans and others at a special Sitka Music Festival concert Tuesday at the …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Eighteen Sitka High music students and their director took their considerable jazz skills and enthusiasm to Juneau for a weekend of workshops and …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Members of the Alaska Senate voted 19-0 against a proposal that would automatically adjust the salaries of state legislators and executives for inflation, starting …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon The number of nonresidents working in Alaska hit a new record in 2023 and all major industries are relying more heavily on workers who do not live in the …
Calvin Bigelow Dies at Age 68 Calvin Mark Bigelow, a Sitka fisherman since 2011, died Sunday night. He was 68. An obituary will follow. Senior Center Closes for Repairs …
By ANNA LAFFREY Ketchikan Daily News Some of the commercial, hook-and-line troll fishery’s allocation of migratory chinook salmon will be reallocated to the nonresident/resident sport fishery …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Sitka Health Needs and Human Services Commission has presented recommendations to the Assembly urging improvements to services for elders, and …
By CATHY LI For the Sentinel The Planning Commission Wednesday approved two conditional use permits for short-term rentals, and a letter to Harris Island property owners from the city urging …
By Sentinel Staff The director of the Alaska Chamber of Commerce urged lawmakers Wednesday to quickly reintroduce and pass the child care bill that passed last year but is currently tied up …
By Rashah McChesney Chilkat Valley News On a windswept beach near Haines, Tim Ackerman walks down a hill with a pair of gloves, a knife, and a bottle of Dawn dish soap to kneel beside the carcass of …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon An energy firm affiliated with Hilcorp Alaska will buy an unused natural gas export terminal on the Kenai Peninsula and convert it to an import facility, the …
Carl Dominicks Dies at Age 88 Longtime Sitkan Carl Theodore Dominicks died Thursday. He was 88. An obituary will be published later. Climate Connection: Buying Elections According to …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The lack of affordable child care affects employers looking for workers, parents struggling to maintain or find work, and families trying to …
By ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer The Ted Ferry Civic Center buzzed around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday as Alaska Board of Fisheries Member Tom Carpenter called a 25-minute break in the ninth day …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer Budgetary discussion dominated the Sitka School Board’s meeting Wednesday, with board members and speakers from the public advocating for increased …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A new proposal from Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy would require all sides of a conversation to consent before that conversation could be legally …
By JAMES BROOKS and CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon More than 100 Alaskans gathered Wednesday in front of the Alaska State Capitol to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump during his …
Peratrovich Day Activities Feb. 16 A parade, dinner and dance performances are being planned by Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood to mark Elizabeth Peratrovich Day on …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Assembly reviewed proposed increases in monthly utility bills during a special meeting Tuesday on the 2025 budget. The meeting …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer With about a month to go until the return of herring to Sitka Sound, the Department of Fish and Game has announced a guideline harvest level of …