ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV waved to supporters before undergoing surgery Tuesday to remove a cancerous mass from his lung. Faithful have gathered at the Rome hospital and prayed for him.
Police in a Chicago suburb say they have thwarted a potential mass shooting at a Hindu place of worship. Alexandros Paporakis, a 19-year-old Taco Bell cashier, faces felony charges of making a …
North Korea says it has test-fired cruise missiles designed for submarines, continuing to expand its military capabilities amid a diplomatic freeze with Washington and Seoul. North Korean state media …
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff acknowledged he never followed up on a student’s report of being gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024. The admission came Wednesday as faculty …
Japan on Wednesday protested to Russia over the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying, demanding Moscow's explanation, access to the man in custody and humane treatment for him. The …
Veteran Jessica Killin is challenging first-term Republican Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, a conservative stronghold that includes five military facilities. The district …
As law enforcement agencies across Alaska coordinate to combat the state's ongoing fentanyl crisis, Sitka Police Chief Mike Hall said that the crisis exists at a local level. Sitka police last week arrested three people for carrying suspected...
KEYSTONE KOPS - Alaska State Trooper Bryce Schwartz shakes hands with Laurie Nesheim as this year's contingent of Keystone Kops look on in front of the Prospector statue in front of the Pioneer Home, Sunday morning. Trooper Schwartz swore-in the...
Sitka’s newly elected mayor Kevin Mosher, Assembly incumbent JJ Carlson and newly elected Assembly member Sherri Blankenship were sworn into office at Tuesday’s regular meeting. The swearing in by City Clerk Sara Peterson followed the...
Audiences coming to the psychological thriller BUG, opening Thursday, will see something “a Sitka audience has not really seen,” director Rach Roach said. “The show is meant to be unsettling,” Roach said Tuesday, before a dress rehearsal....
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY - Mt. Edgecumbe High School student Annmarie Sakar performs with fellow members of the Yup'ik Dancers Monday night during the Sheet'ka Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Outer Coast students and...
Alaska State Board of Education members are in Sitka for a regular meeting today and Wednesday at Mt. Edgecumbe High School, with a number of business items focused on operations at MEHS. State Education Commissioner Deena Bishop and Deputy...
A new mayor and the two winners of Assembly seats in the Oct. 6 election will be sworn into office tonight at the regular Assembly meeting. Kevin Mosher, a current member of the Assembly, won the three-way mayor's race. For the two seats on...
FILM FESTIVAL BONUS - Cuban-born flutist, composer, educator and conductor Sheila Del Bosque performs for Mt. Edgecumbe High School students this morning in the Gil Truitt Activities Center. Del Bosque is in town, with her husband and fellow...
Sitka Historical Society is preparing for some “magic” for its annual meeting, as well as a photo exhibit and fundraisers just before the Alaska Day holiday. “We go through a lot of effort to provide things for the public but it’s our mission,...
MONDAY IS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY - Mt. Edgecumbe High School's Inpuiaq Dance group performs during the Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Harrigan Centennial Hall in 2025. Festivities will be similar this year, with a "Sheet'ká Indigenous...
Honors for school principals, student government leaders, the Sitka High softball and track teams, and district “students of the month” lit up the Sitka School Board meeting on Wednesday, before the board heard reports from middle school and...
DV AWARENESS - In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Sitkans Against Family Violence shelter workers plant flags in the Sitka Courthouse lawn Wednesday. The flags represent statistics at the shelter including the number of bed...
Sitka locals share stories from the sea in Cascadia Works: Tend, Gather, Harvest, Restore, an anthology of literary and artistic pieces co-edited by Tele Aadsen, a Southeast Alaska troll fisherman, and Jessica Gigot, a Skagit Valley farmer, and...
Alaska Department of Public Health testing shows that the flu is the main driver of statewide respiratory illness this month. The department confirmed 272 flu cases across Alaska in the week ending on Oct. 3, up from 233 the week prior, and down...