The Parks and Recreation Committee will hold a special meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Sitka High School library to discuss and give direction on the city's Commercial Land Use Plan for 2026. The plan sets limits on commercial guiding, outfitting...
The Sitka School Board swore in the two winners of last week’s municipal election at Wednesday's special meeting, and nominated one of its members for the Alaska Association of School Boards board of directors. Sworn in were Courtney Amundson,...
The Alaska Day Festival is closing in on the observance's main events this weekend, the Alaska Day Ball Friday evening, and the Lincoln Street parade and transfer ceremony atop Castle Hill on Saturday. The theme this year honors the 100-year...
A small group of actors will demonstrate “theater in the round” with three performances of the play “Smokefall” in Odess Theater this weekend. It’s the first-ever production of Bare Stage Collective, a new, independent troupe created by local...
Sitka Historical Society & Museum held its annual meeting Tuesday night, honoring Dr. Ken Cameron with the Isabel Miller Award for "his outstanding service and support of the Society" in preserving Sitka's history. Society CEO and museum...
The administrative interpretation of "community garden," and zoning code changes for cruise-related docks were discussed by the Planning Commission at its regular meeting Wednesday. A final plat for a minor subdivision was also approved...
Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe high school drama, debate and forensics competitors turned in strong performances at their first meet of the season Friday and Saturday in Ketchikan. Other Southeast teams that competed were from Haines, Metlakatla,...
Katie Riley and Thor Christianson, the winners of a six-way Assembly race on October 7, were sworn in to office at Tuesday’s regular meeting. City Clerk Sara Peterson administered the oath of office, after the out-going Assembly certified the...
Sitkans who you’re used to hearing on air and whose names you’re used to reading in bylines will become the stories themselves at the latest installment of Sitka Tells Tales, 7-8 p.m. tomorrow at Harbor Mountain Brewery. Titled “Ripped from the...
Michael Hall, one of the two finalists for Sitka police chief, has been hired as police lieutenant as he advances in the process toward becoming Sitka’s next police chief, the Assembly was told Tuesday. Josh Branthoover, the assistant...
More than a dozen parents of Mt. Edgecumbe High School students shared concerns with the MEHS Advisory Board on Thursday regarding changes in staffing, academics, extracurriculars and residential life at the state-run boarding school. Parents’...
With the swearing in of the Keystone Kops on Sunday, the Alaska Day Festival is officially under way. The schedule includes a number of official events organized by the Alaska Day Festival committee, but the week also includes a number of...
Absentee and questioned ballots counted on Friday didn't change the outcome of the October 7 municipal election, leaving Katie Riley and Thor Christianson as the top vote-getters in the Assembly race. With only 86 ballots to count Friday...
A driver speeding down Katlian Street early Saturday morning crashed into a telephone pole then fled on foot, Sitka Police said today. The suspected driver, a 32-year-old man from Virginia, apparently was not injured. The vehicle, a 2002 Recon...
Harrigan Centennial Hall auditorium was standing room only Monday night as more than 400 people gathered to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a state holiday observed on the second Monday of October to recognize Indigenous people and their...
Alaska Day Festival events begin this weekend with a theme that pays tribute to the 100-year anniversary of the Iditarod, “Mushers & Medicine: The Serum Run.” “It’s a different theme; it’s not Sitka focused, it’s an event significant to the...
