Sitka's annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot drew record numbers on Thursday, with 150 competitors in the 5k and dozens more in the informal, untimed “Gobble Wobble.” “I was completely blown away by the turnout,” said organizer Jeremy Strong,...
Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Tribe/Sitka Tribe of Alaska announced today that Lisa Gassman has resigned as chief executive officer for Sitka's federally-recognized tribal government. The STA Tribal Council has hired Rob Allen to serve as interim general...
The Assembly voted 6-0 Tuesday night in favor of a three-year contract with the firefighters union, with wage increases that will be effective retroactively on July 1, 2025. In other agenda items at the relatively short meeting, the Assembly...
The St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral held a dinner Sunday at Centennial Hall to commemorate St. Michael's Day. This year’s event marked the 177th celebration of St. Michaelʼs Day in Sitka. Alexei, Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska,...
Rain or shine, the annual Turkey Trot will be held 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, beginning at the Crescent Harbor Shelter. The 5K run and one-mile "Gobble Wobble" is held every year on Thanksgiving Day in foul weather or fair, but race...
Deer hunting in the greater Sitka-area Game Management Unit 4 is more efficient than anywhere in Alaska, and the Sitka area’s deer population is doing well, Alaska Department of Fish and Game data shows. Steve Bethune, the Sitka area biologist...
Early in tonight's regular Assembly meeting, the Early Childhood Coalition will show a seven-minute film on the child care crisis in Alaska, with a special focus on Sitka. “Sitka was chosen as the highlighted community by the Alaska Chamber and...
With students on pumpkin-pie duty, the fire department roasting turkeys, and volunteers bustling about in the ANB Founders Hall, Alaska Native Sisterhood members are cooking up a Thanksgiving feast that could feed as many as 500 Sitkans on...
Alaska’s Tobacco Quit Line is providing a $20 Subway gift card for the first 250 Alaska residents who enroll in their service by the end of November, the Alaska Department of Health is reminding the public. Anyone looking for support with...
Four Sitka High School music students took their skills to new levels at the ASAA All-State Music Festival in Anchorage Nov. 20-22. Selected for the event were Francis Myers (bass 2, mixed choir), Autumn Bethune (soprano 2, treble choir), Morgan...
The Assembly at its Tuesday meeting will consider ratifying the firefighters’ collective bargaining agreement, discuss the recruitment process for the next administrator and consider appointments to city commissions. A number of other issues are...
Sitkans Against Family Violence is holding a one-day food donation drive, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Sea Mart. SAFV's food drives have become a tradition, raising funds and in-kind donations that make it possible for the organization to...
Sitka High School music program is distributing and selling poinsettias as a fundraiser, and will have a sale 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday in the school Commons. KK Prussian, whose son Calder plays trombone in the SHS jazz and symphonic bands, said...
The thunder and lightning near Sitka lately isn't "out of the ordinary," the National Weather Service says, but Sitka got an unusual amount of both Thursday night. Some Sitkans compared their unofficial observations this morning, estimating there...
It’s exciting times in the Hundred Acre Wood. Pooh’s head is stuck in a honey jar, a mysterious creature roams the forest, and Eeyore is missing his tail. Sitkans can find out how Winnie the Pooh and his woodland pals put their problem-solving...
