While holding a two-day meeting in Wrangell this week, members of the Southeast Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council postponed action on eight federal regulatory proposals concerning hunting and trapping on federal public...
The Assembly at last week’s meeting added a stronger commitment to finding child care and housing solutions, among other changes, in its Strategic Plan goals for the next five years. The vote was 7-0 to pass a resolution that adopts the third...
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In addition to a lengthy discussion of the 2026 visitor services contact, the Assembly passed supplemental appropriations for several projects and granted a property tax exemption to the Sitka nonprofit Center for Community. Assembly members...
Sitka Fire Department made no new findings Saturday while conducting underwater reconnaissance for two Sitka men who were last seen departing in a skiff from Back Beach on the night of December 13. The search for Josiah Bracken, 31, and Quinn...
The Rasmuson Foundation has announcd a $750,000 grant to Alaska Arts Southeast for major improvements to North Pacific Hall, one of the original buildings on the historic Sheldon Jackson campus, now home to the Sitka Fine Arts Camp. The grant was...
Weekend temperatures could break local all-time low records, and have prompted a cold weather warning for Sitka. The National Weather Service is predicting a low of 8 degrees Fahrenheit leading into the early hours of Monday morning. That would...
The Sitka Planning Commission voted 4-0 Wednesday to deny the Sitka Dock Company's application for a conditional use permit for a public transportation facility at 408 and 410 Oja Way. The commission will follow up on Jan. 21 with adoption of...
Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe high school drama, debate and forensics teams joined three other Southeast squads in competition Friday and Saturday at the DDF tournament in Metlakatla. "It was a great tournament that ran incredibly smoothly," SHS...
Model train villages, carolers, lights, gingerbread houses, cookies and a parade will be on display downtown Friday in a holiday celebration the Sitka Historical Society & Museum has lined up for the community. New this year will be the first...
A program run by a pair of Alaska nonprofits has started paying out grants for new electric heat pump installations in homes from Metlakatla to Kodiak, with Sitka also on the eligibility list. The grants range from $4,000 to $8,500 per household,...
The Assembly approved funding for a new visitor marketing and services contract Tuesday night, but postponed a decision to award the contract until January 13. The vote was 7-0 to pass on first reading an ordinance for a supplemental...
For many in Sitka, the holiday season doesn’t truly begin with decorations or shopping lists – it begins when the sound of brass instruments fills the Performing Arts Center and the community gathers around to listen. That moment returns this...
