Little League players get high-fives from older players as their names are read Saturday morning on Moller Field during opening day ceremonies. Hundreds of players, coaches and parents turned out for the program that included the reading of the rosters, a prayer, Little League pledges, the singing of the National Anthem, opening pitches and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter fly-over. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
A Ward Air plane went down in Lynn Canal near Shelter Island on Thursday morning, with the pilot as the sole occupant hospitalized with minor injuries, according to officials. "The Coast Guard was notified at 10:17 a.m. today of a downed Cessna...
The Assembly has a busy week ahead with four meetings in a row Tuesday through Friday at Harrigan Centennial Hall. The meetings include follow-up Zoom interviews with candidates for City Administrator, and agenda items related to annual...
Around 100 participants march down Lincoln Street this afternoon in the Parade of Species. Many dressed as their favorite plants and animals in the Earth Day celebration organized by the Sitka Conservation Society. This year kids made costumes at the Pioneers Home and some residents joined in the parade. Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22, with the theme "Our Power, Our Planet." (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
April Wheldon has a spring in her step as she marks her first year serving as Animal Control Officer for Sitka. While the job is demanding, Wheldon says, she loves the work, her colleagues, and the animals she cares for, and that the Sitka...
A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka on Saturday rescued a 20-year-old hiker on Kruzof Island after he experienced "difficulties moving due to cold exposure and deep snow levels." the Coast Guard said. Alaska Troopers received a...
In his quarterly report to the Assembly Tuesday night, Public Works director Mark Seavey said his budget is on track, and the airport terminal project is on schedule for completion this fall. Seavey also reported on his department's most recent...
Plenty of fun is “under the sea” in Sitka's Young Performers Theater production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid,” to be shown on the Odess Theater stage Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As the older cast members and technicians scrambled to get...
The Sitka Planning Commission at its regular meeting Wednesday floated ideas for easing restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units, as a way to increase housing opportunities in Sitka. Katie Riley, the Assembly liaison to the commission and former...
Students harmonized from dawn til dusk at Ketchikan High School this past weekend during the annual Southeast Spring Music Fest, the annual gathering of Region V high school students enrolled in music performance classes. Forty-one Mt. Edgecumbe...
An Air Station Sitka Jayhawk helicopter takes off Wednesday afternoon from Japonski Island. The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station is hosting the multi-agency search and rescue exercise "SAREX" through today. The activities, held during daytime, cover all areas of Sitka Sound, and adjacent shores and mountains. Participating agencies include the Alaska National Guard, Sitka Fire Department, and the Coast Guard in Sitka. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
Windows are cut open on Penrod Hall on Japonski Island as workers remove hazardous materials today. The WW II-era building is being readied for demolition by SEARHC, which had leased the building for storage use. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
Kat X'aaká Hít, Point House Revitalization project organizer Jerrick Hope-Lang, second from right, poses with members of the band Pink Martini Tuesday night at the Sitka Airport. The famed 12-musician band is kicking off the Alaska leg of their 2026 international tour in Sitka 6 p.m. tonight at the Performing Arts Center. The Sitka show and a Juneau show on the 19th are fundraisers for the effort to rebuild a Sitka Tlingit clan house. From left are Anthony Jones, Thomas Lauderdale, Storm Large, Jerrick Hope-Lang and Nicholas Crosa. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
The Assembly at its Tuesday meeting turned down a new lease agreement, with below-market lease rates, for the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park. But Assembly members during the discussion said...
The Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a new Sitka Historic Preservation Plan after about an hour of discussion. The new Historic Preservation Plan has been in the works since 2009; it spans 26 pages and centers on five main goals...
Commissioners also will consider a Sitka Tribe of Alaska application for a zoning variance to add an approximately 65-foot-long by 15-foot-wide indoor carving shed, and a canopied outdoor area, to the side of the Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi...
ANB Harbor is obscured by a wash of snow Monday afternoon. Sitkans woke to about an inch of snow this morning, that sunny weather later melted. Temperatures in the low 40s are in the forecast for the remainder of the week. (Sentinel Photo by James Paulson)
Sitka Tourism Commission last week reviewed proposed graphics and other publicity details for Sitka’s Tourism Best Management Practices program. Element Agency, which holds the city Visit Sitka contract for tourism promotion, asked the six...
Sitkans can expect the sight and sound of more than the usual number of helicopters flying over Sitka Sound and more activity on the water over the next few days during the multiagency search and rescue exercise “SAREX,” hosted by U.S. Coast Guard...
The 2026 Sitka Sound sac roe herring commercial fishery closed at 7 p.m. Friday, and the Department of Fish and Game started the post-season survey in the management area on Saturday. Aaron Dupuis, area management biologist, said in a news...