By ANNA LAFFREY Ketchikan Daily News Southeast Alaska fishermen filled the Ted Ferry Civic Center in Ketchikan on Tuesday to ask the seven-member Alaska Board of Fisheries to grant them …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska’s public school test scores remaining near the bottom of the nation have turbo-charged the political debate in the Legislature over school …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named longtime Republican politician and businessman John Binkley to an open seat on the board that controls the $80 billion …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Microplastics, tiny bits of plastic that can be too small to see with the naked eye, have infiltrated all environments around the world. From the Arctic to the …
Tlingit Language Course to Register Outer Coast’s free Tlingit Language Massive Open Online Course registration is open. The Óoskʼi (Little) MOOC will run 6-8 p.m. Feb. 16 to …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Sitka High School science teacher Stacy Golden has been given the national Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. …
By ANNA LAFFREY Ketchikan Daily News Three Southeast Alaskans on Monday gave the first ever “Traditional Knowledge reports” that the Alaska Board of Fisheries has heard in Southeast. …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The state of Alaska is bringing in less money than it is spending, and is on pace to finish the current fiscal year with a deficit of $171 million, …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska’s rates of tuberculosis inched up in the past year, continuing the state’s long pattern of having the nation’s highest or nearly highest rates …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy are planning a series of closed-door negotiation sessions in an effort to avoid a contentious fight over public …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon University of Alaska President Pat Pitney focused on the university’s critical role in retaining talent and driving the state’s research, workforce and …
SAIL Friendraiser Event Tonight Southeast Alaska Independent Living will hold a Friendraiser event 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Mean Queen downstairs. ‘‘We’re excited to share all of the …
By Sentinel Staff An SUV was destroyed in an impressive fire in the 1500 block of Halibut Point Road Saturday afternoon. The two occupants escaped uninjured, and firefighters quickly put out …
By ANNA LAFFREY Ketchikan Daily News Votes on state fishery regulations came down on Friday and Saturday as the Alaska Board of Fisheries wrapped up Session One of its Southeast Alaska/Yakutat …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced an omnibus education bill on Friday which he said would tackle both education policy reforms and expanded funding …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Seven years ago, heavy tariffs levied by President Donald Trump against China triggered a trade war that crimped Alaska’s seafood exports and left …
By Mark Gorman EDITOR’S NOTE: Sitkans Mark Gorman and his wife Nancy Knapp are in Vientiane, Laos, where they work in a U.S-financed nongovernmental health organization. In 2024 the Sentinel …
Sitka Counseling Recognizes Teens For Participation Sitka Counseling recently presented a check to representatives at Blatchley Middle School in acknowledgment of participation in the annual …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Jerrick Hope-Lang, director of the local historic preservation nonprofit Katlian Collective, hopes this weekend’s concerts in Juneau and Sitka by …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer Students and adults testified to a legislative committee Wednesday on the importance of increased school funding across the entire …