Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday The community Thanksgiving dinner, sponsored by Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 4 and Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 1, will be held 1-3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at the …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer Discussions on volunteers helping at the city animal shelter, begun after a breakdown of relations between the city and nonprofit Friends of the …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Sitka Homeless Coalition is preparing to reopen its warming shelter again starting December 1, after proving the need for the facility last …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Following the 2023 holiday extravaganza featuring trains, toys, treats a gingerbread contest and a public reception, the Sitka Historical …
By MAX GRAHAM Northern Journal A potential copper and zinc mine has fueled intense political debate in a small Southeast Alaska town for years. Now, the multinational metals …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska seafood processors hired fewer people in 2023 but paid them more and relied more on nonresidents to fill the jobs, a state analysis shows. …
Thanksgiving Dinner Set The community Thanksgiving dinner, sponsored by Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 4 and Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 1, will be held 1-3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at the ANB …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer As residents continue sighting bears close to town, the Department of Fish and Game says killing them when they enter residential areas isn’t …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff The second Sitka Classic Pinball Tournament drew more than 30 players to the Coliseum Theater Saturday, along with dozens of spectators to watch the …
By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system survived, while Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich defeated Democratic Rep. Mary …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish …
Lifelong Resident Myrna Lang Dies Myrna Lang, a lifelong Sitka resident, died Wednesday at her home. She was 54. Nicholas Lee Ruhle Dies; Was Age 51 Nicholas Lee Ruhle died Wednesday …
Sacred Harp Sing Listed on Sunday The public is invited to Sacred Harp singing, an American a capella tradition also known as shape note, and best described by the New York Times as “...where …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer An update of the Sitka Community Food Assessment found that in the last 10 years: – the number of Sitkans who borrowed money or food …
By Sentinel Staff About half of Sitka lost power for about an hour Monday after a tree fell on a transmission line and broke it at 1:53 a.m., a few hundred yards up Green Lake Road, …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon State officials and industry leaders trying to rescue the ailing Alaska seafood industry are facing daunting challenges, recently released numbers …
By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon A ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice election system is trailing for the first time since unofficial election …
Segregation to Selma Talk Set The Rev. Dr. John Alan Boryk will present ‘‘Segregation to Selma’’ 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Sitka Public Library. The talk will detail his …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Mt. Edgecumbe and Sitka High drama, debate, forensics teams reached finals in multiple acting and speaking categories, with one of the squads sweeping …
By JACOB FISCHLER Alaska Beacon President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement Friday afternoon that his pick for Interior secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, would also coordinate …