By LEE HOUSE Alaska Beacon This year, there’s a little Christmas magic hiding inside the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. After a nearly 5,000-mile journey from the Tongass National Forest …
New Year’s Tease Presented Dec. 31 Ramshackle Cabaret will present New Year’s Tease Unwrapped Dec. 31 at the Odess Theater in Allen Hall on the SJ Campus. The event is an adult variety …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Greater Sitka Arts Council has announced it doesn’t have enough entries to hold its popular Wearable Arts Runway Extravaganza as scheduled …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon A new plan by President-Elect Donald Trump to undo one of President Barack Obama’s legacies has sparked a backlash in Alaska. Trump, in a speech …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska officials seized more than 317 pounds of illegal drugs at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in 2024, about a third of which was …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska’s elections chief defended her division’s management of the 2024 elections at a legislative hearing last week, but she acknowledged that …
Climate Connection: Tlingit Aaní — Climate Refuge Most people in Southeast Alaska today find much to appreciate about our relatively isolated and unique ocean-island world. Central Southeast, …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff SEARHC has announced that its Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center and outpatient clinics have finished their “initial accreditation survey” with …
By CATHY LI Special to the Sentinel The Planning Commission Wednesday approved a conditional use permit for youth and adult mat sports in the former Presbyterian church property on …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon As ConocoPhillips builds its huge Willow oil drilling project on the western side of Alaska’s North Slope, federal regulators and residents of the nearest …
Processing Venison Workshop Jan. 21 A workshop is being offered on how to transform a hindquarter from a local Sitka blacktail deer into individual steaks and roasts, prepare them for freezing, …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Sports Editor In the capstone of a wrestling season that hit many high notes throughout the fall, Mt. Edgecumbe High School Braves made history Saturday in …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Assembly passed a resolution last week opposing a state Board of Fisheries proposal to cut the allowable hatchery take of pink and chum …
By LAINE WELCH Alaska Beacon An advertiser-sponsored article in the Seattle Times gushed “Wild Alaska pollock’s fishing fleet is based right here in Seattle although all of the fish …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Reported cases of extreme blood loss during or after childbirth have increased in Alaska over the past eight years, and an education initiative for health …
Letters to Santa Dear Santa: Please bring good things to all people and peace on earth. Please bring me lots of surprises and buy everyone everything they want. Love, Lindy Lou Dear Santa: I …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Reacting to the Assembly’s vote Tuesday to postpone action until late January on a commercial recreational land use permit ordinance, city …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer Heating oil leaked from a storage tank on Metlakatla Street and seeped into Indian River this morning, triggering a combined response from the …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Holiday Brass Concert, a combination of top talent from across the U.S. and Sitka-grown musicians, will be on stage Saturday for a …
By NATHANIEL HERZ Northern Journal Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s transition plan for Donald Trump includes a laundry list of wishes for the next four years of federal governing — …