By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a state budget proposal on Thursday that would draw down roughly half the amount remaining in the state’s …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska oil revenues are expected to decline over the next few years, helping create a budget deficit that will have to be filled in with state savings, …
Climate Change: End of Year Savings The Biden administration passed the biggest climate bill in U.S. history in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This bill introduced income tax credits for …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A draft inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in Sitka, made public last week, shows most of the emissions last year came from various forms of …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer A city ordinance on permits for commercial recreational use of city lands and a 74-page plan to go with it are up for public hearing and final …
By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon A recount of last month’s election concluded Wednesday without finding any change to the defeat of a ballot measure that aimed to repeal Alaska’s …
STA to Host Solstice Event Sitka Tribe of Alaska invites Tribal households and community friends to welcome in a new season and heal through the elements of fire, water, earth and air at the …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer A chance airport meeting led to two Sitkans talking about the Homeless Coalition, storytelling and the “importance of humanizing experiences …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A holiday concert in which two musicians play Christmas music with a jazz reinterpretation will be presented at Stevenson Hall Sunday in the …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, …
Sitka Silversmiths Presentation Held At National Park Zach Jones, art historian and the chief of natural and cultural resources at Sitka National Historical Park, gave a presentation Dec. 4 …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Two bodies were recovered from a beach near Hoonah Monday, among debris from the fishing boat Wind Walker which sank with five aboard more than …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Work is on schedule for the new Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center that will be twice the size of the current hospital, the Assembly was told at a recent …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The audience at Sitka High School’s winter music concert can expect a mix of “high energy,” “ethereal” and “emotional” pieces in …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer With the sign-up deadline Friday, the Sitka Wearable Art Extravaganza is about 10 entries short of the ideal number for another spectacular show …
Blatchley Plans Winter Concert Blatchley Middle School’s Winter Concert is to be staged 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the Performing Arts Center. Students should arrive at the PAC no later …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer Large linocut prints of working boats plying the waters of Sitka Sound, the Inside Passage and far beyond are on display on the walls of the …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon The company that operated the sprawling but shuttered fish processing plant in King Cove must do annual seafloor surveys to check for impacts of waste …
By MAX GRAHAM Northern Journal For years, one of Alaska’s largest mines has steadily depleted its ore while its operator has waited for a key federal permit to access new mineral …
By MAX GRAHAM Northern Journal A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit …