With two days to go until the Adult Book Challenge at Sitka Public Library, Kendra Delikatny is speed-reading “Before the Coffee Gets Cold,” a novel about a magical café in Tokyo, while her mother, Lynn Fleharty, is cramming “Pack of Two,” a book...

Ten teams competed in the Sitka Historical Society and Museum’s Alaska Day Festival BBQ Brisket Cook-off Friday and Saturday. In a clean sweep – for the first time in its nine years – Trey and Sasha Welch earned the “Golden Griller Apron” as they...

Hundreds of thousands of visitors were welcomed at Harrigan Centennial Hall between July 1 and September 30, building manager Tony Rosas has told the Assembly. "Altogether the summer season welcomed about 260 ships and more than 550,000 visitors,...

Mt. Edgecumbe High School staff and students are preparing to accept up to 32 students displaced from their homes by the typhoon that struck Western Alaska last week. The catastrophic storm swept into the Yukon-Kuskokwin Delta on Oct. 12,...

The Sitka Economic Development Association has announced the winners of the chili-making contest in Saturday's Alaska Day Brewfest and Chili Cook-Off at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Alex Cagle took first prize for best overall; Nicole Bilinski took...

The Parks and Recreation Committee will hold a special meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Sitka High School library to discuss and give direction on the city's Commercial Land Use Plan for 2026. The plan sets limits on commercial guiding, outfitting...

The Sitka School Board swore in the two winners of last week’s municipal election at Wednesday's special meeting, and nominated one of its members for the Alaska Association of School Boards board of directors. Sworn in were Courtney Amundson,...

The Alaska Day Festival is closing in on the observance's main events this weekend, the Alaska Day Ball Friday evening, and the Lincoln Street parade and transfer ceremony atop Castle Hill on Saturday. The theme this year honors the 100-year...

A small group of actors will demonstrate “theater in the round” with three performances of the play “Smokefall” in Odess Theater this weekend. It’s the first-ever production of Bare Stage Collective, a new, independent troupe created by local...

Sitka Historical Society & Museum held its annual meeting Tuesday night, honoring Dr. Ken Cameron with the Isabel Miller Award for "his outstanding service and support of the Society" in preserving Sitka's history. Society CEO and museum...

The administrative interpretation of "community garden," and zoning code changes for cruise-related docks were discussed by the Planning Commission at its regular meeting Wednesday. A final plat for a minor subdivision was also approved...

Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe high school drama, debate and forensics competitors turned in strong performances at their first meet of the season Friday and Saturday in Ketchikan. Other Southeast teams that competed were from Haines, Metlakatla,...

Katie Riley and Thor Christianson, the winners of a six-way Assembly race on October 7, were sworn in to office at Tuesday’s regular meeting. City Clerk Sara Peterson administered the oath of office, after the out-going Assembly certified the...

Sitkans who you’re used to hearing on air and whose names you’re used to reading in bylines will become the stories themselves at the latest installment of Sitka Tells Tales, 7-8 p.m. tomorrow at Harbor Mountain Brewery. Titled “Ripped from the...

Michael Hall, one of the two finalists for Sitka police chief, has been hired as police lieutenant as he advances in the process toward becoming Sitka’s next police chief, the Assembly was told Tuesday. Josh Branthoover, the assistant...