ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Sitka School Board members on Wednesday green-lit a new policy governing students’ uses of cell phones, heard an update on the district cultural department and its Sitka Native Education Program partners, and...
SEASON SHOWCASE – The Sitka High School drama, debate and forensics team will present a showcase of some of the season’s best dramatic pieces and speeches 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the free...
Sitka Public Works Department crew members use heavy equipment to remove tons of snow from Edgecumbe Drive Wednesday morning. More than a foot of snow fell over the weekend, causing the school district to cancel school Monday. Rain is in the...
GRAND OPENING - Highmark Marine Shipyard's Maggie Lilly and Jordan Young, at center, cut a ribbon held by Jaylene Owen, Sitka Chamber of Commerce board president-elect, left, and Rachel Roy, Chamber executive director, and Holly Meyer, board president, at right, in the workshop and storefront in the Gary Paxton Industrial Park Tuesday. Prior to the ribbon cutting Highmark Marine hosted a marine trades fair with workshops and demonstrations as well as a free lunch. The new store offers a variety of items including metals, anodes, coatings, tools, rental equipment, welding equipment and supplies. Their phone number isl 907-217-2850, and email address is sitka@highmarkmarine.com.
A steady stream of fishermen filled the 10th annual Fishermen’s Expo site Tuesday, attending workshops, exploring new technology and discussing the future of the industry. For many gathered in the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture...
JUNEAU -- Members of the Alaska Senate voted 18-0 today to support Sen. Bert Stedman’s bid for a state program that would provide 50/50 matching grants for communities to build or renovate fire stations – once the state has enough revenue to fund...
Three Southeast fishermen have been charged in separate criminal filings alleging that they intentionally sank their respective fishing vessels in waters near Sitka and Petersburg, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska announced...
The potential for a tunnel link between Revillagigedo and Gravina Islands increased on Monday when The Boring Company announced that a proposal from the Ketchikan Gateway Borough was among the 16 finalists in the firm’s Tunnel Vision...
There was something special seeing Rose Fraker play in high school. A tenacity for defense, scoring and being a coach on the floor, distributing the ball across basketball courts that stretched from Southeast Conference play to every corner of the...
The Sitka High readers theater team of four freshmen could hardly believe their ears as the announcer at Saturday’s drama, debate and forensics awards event read names in reverse order up to first place, at the state tournament. With each name...
An updated policy on Sitka School District students' use of cell phones and wireless communications devices will be on the table when the Sitka School Board meets at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Sheet'ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi community...
Sitka School District fifth- and sixth-grade team finished with the second-highest score at the Alaska Battle of the Books state competition Wednesday. After three rounds — with the Sitka team missing only one of 80 questions — the Battle Girls,...
Pacific High School student Sydney Lindstrom helps Xóots Elementary School kindergartners Lincoln Eells, left, and Ezekeil Tulcey assemble posters at the grade school Friday. Several students in Caitlin Woolsey's class at the alternative high...
A full crowd at the Chamber of Commerce annual awards gala Saturday night honored community heroes, an emerging leader, a new business, a business of the year, and the winner of the Chamber's top honor for public service, the Cossack Cap. The...
The Assembly in a work session Thursday reviewed the fiscal year 2027 budgets for enterprise funds, including proposed rate increases and capital projects for each fund. "Enterprise fund" is the city's term for city-provided services that are...
Sitka School District called a rare “snow day” while city and state crews, and volunteers, continued digging out after three days of snowfall put 12 inches of snow on the ground by 8 a.m. today. The National Weather Service issued a weather storm...
Federal fisheries managers have until May 13 to decide whether to urge new protections for Gulf of Alaska chinook salmon stocks by listing them as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. A U.S. District Court judge set...
In a five-hour regular meeting Thursday, the Mt. Edgecumbe High School Advisory Board voted to recommend and request that the state re-open hiring for the superintendent position at the state-run boarding school, allowing for "a thorough, rigorous...
Students at Pacific High School spent two weeks practicing the language of comics with Medar de la Cruz, a Brooklyn-based cartoonist who won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. De la Cruz taught at Sitka Fine Arts...
