By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Assembly at its regular meeting Tuesday voted to postpone until the next regular meeting a decision on adopting a memorandum of …
By Sentinel Staff Sitka Tribe of Alaska will host a public forum Monday, Oct. 28, for the two candidates running for Tribal Council chairman and seven running for four seats on the council in the …
By Sentinel Staff Tuesday evening at the Blatchley gymnasium, Hard Rock Construction garnered a 77-68 victory over Allen Marine in a recreational division City League basketball …
By CLAIRE STREMPLE Alaska Beacon Twenty-three Alaska Native languages have been recognized alongside English as official Alaska state languages for a decade, but until this month there …
By NATHANIEL HERZ Northern Journal The board of Alaska’s embattled economic development agency, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, is set to consider some $70 …
Dinner, Auction Benefit for SCSS Sitka Cancer Survivor’s Society will have a spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Sitka Elks Lodge. The fundraiser is …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska’s two leading candidates for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House argued different positions on ocean shipping, ranked choice voting, …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Early voting locations opened Monday across Alaska for registered voters to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 general election. The lone exception was in …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer As part of a dual-enrollment class designed to give students hands-on experience in land management as it relates to subsistence foods, local …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Sitka Police Department, in collaboration with the nonprofit group Friends of the Sitka Animal Shelter, has announced plans to “revitalize and …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is second in a series by Mark Gorman of Sitka who is in Myanmar on a mission with a nongovernmental relief organization. The two QR codes in this article contain short …
By Sentinel Staff Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are working together to help eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans apply for 160-acre land allotments in …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska has just one U.S. House seat, but the race between incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and three challengers is on track to be the most expensive …
Park Sets Lectures, Exhibits For Native Heritage Month Sitka National Historical Park is offering three lectures and two exhibit openings in recognition of Native American Heritage Month in …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer At Tuesday night’s regular meeting the Assembly will review a draft Memorandum of Understanding on a city cruise ship policy that City …
By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon The Alaska Federation of Natives voted Saturday to endorse the reelection of Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and to oppose the ballot measure to …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska voters will weigh in on a ballot measure that would increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027 and require that workers get paid …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon With less than a month to go before the 2024 election, some Alaskans are already looking ahead to 2026. On Thursday, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom …
By NATHANIEL HERZ Northern Journal Amid a growing backlash to the factory-sized data centers that power the global internet, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has started pitching his state …
Input Sought For School Board Candidate Seat The Sitka School District School Board announces that it has received one letter of interest from Paul Rioux to fill the vacant School Board seat …