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...

No injuries were reported in a “vehicle versus utility line” accident this morning at the corner of Jarvis Street and Sawmill Creek Road, but telecommunications, including 911 service, may have taken a hit, police said. The accident occurred...

The City and Borough of Sitka and the cruise line trade association have reached agreement on some questions of collecting sales tax on on-board sales of goods and services that occur in Sitka, including Sitka Sound. But a number of questions...

On Tuesday, the Assembly voted to approve an ordinance that would waive rental fees for Harrigan Centennial Hall to conferences that bring in 100 or more out-of-town attendees between October 1st and March 31st. The ordinance is meant to stand...

Young performers dressed in crisp sailor uniforms will take audiences aboard an ocean liner this weekend as the Sitka Fine Arts Camp's musical theater students present the Cole Porter classic "Anything Goes." The production opens at 7 p.m....

The Assembly Tuesday night unanimously approved allocating $20,000 to the organization Sitka Recreation Foundation to partially fund its contract with a Juneau firm to write a master plan for the city's Parks and Recreation. In January, the...

Assembly members were puzzled Tuesday with how to accept a state appropriation of $4.5 million in commercial passenger funding that must be spent within five years on a public infrastructure or safety project that benefits Sitka’s tourism...

DUNGIE TIME - Scores of tribal citizens line up at the city sea wall on Katlian Street Monday to pick up free Dungeness crab brought in fresh from Peril Strait. Sitka Tribe of Alaska organized their final distribution of hundreds of crabs for the...

The Assembly at Tuesday’s meeting agreed to review new applications for the position of city administrator on August 11, in executive session. An item was placed on the regular meeting agenda as “discussion direction on next steps for the...

The Assembly approved a lease and two requests for proposals for other leases at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park, at its meeting Tuesday. Lot 1 The first, a lease of 77,330 square feet to the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association,...

The “Lake Hirst Monastery Kinkead” road and utility project is continuing apace this summer, with plans to re-open Lake Street at the end of October after completing Phase I by fall, city staff said. The two-phase project calls for replacing the...

Four gastrointestinal illness outbreaks aboard a small cruise ship in Southeast Alaska in less than two months have resulted in its owner cancelling a sailing that was scheduled to include a Sitka port call on Thursday. The National Geographic...

Sitka Police Chief Mike Hall sits on the dunk tank seat during the annual Super Saturday at the Sitka Fire Hall Saturday. Hundreds turned out for the fundraiser that included a silent auction, vendor tables, games and a bouncy slide. Proceeds from...

An oil-absorbent boom is in place at the mouth of a storm drain near the National Guard Armory Monday. A spokesperson from nearby Allen Marine said their shipyard team reported a sheen on the water to the Coast Guard, who visited the scene and are...

CORGI CONVOY - Ella Galiza, left, and Ava Lang carry a banner as about a dozen corgis and their owners walk around lower Moller Field track Saturday during the annual Corgi Canine Convoy. Dozens of spectators sat on bleachers to watch the...

Lincoln Street is getting a summer makeover, courtesy of some Outer Coast summer students and a few buckets of paint. Today and tomorrow, nine students and their teacher will paint a fish scale design onto a crosswalk in the middle of Lincoln...

The Assembly at its meeting Tuesday will take up an ordinance on final reading for $20,000 in additional funding for the 20-year Parks and Recreation master plan. The ordinance failed to pass on first reading July 14, with only two votes in favor...