Sitka High is poised to start its school year on Wednesday by welcoming its largest class of freshmen in 15 years, with 92 enrolled so far. The strong influx of new students is good news, Principal Laura Rogers said, although it will come with...
Four Russian expats stood with a group of Sitkans this afternoon to protest Russia's war on Ukraine at the same time that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks about the war at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in...
Last week’s enactment of a bill to allow the use of computers and tablets in prison will provide another tool to rehabilitate those incarcerated in Alaska prisons, and potentially improve their transition back into society, Rep. Rebecca Himschoot,...
Sitka's social service providers gathered Thursday evening to share updates, compare resources and hear local data from the substance use survey of youths contracted by the nonprofit Sitka Counseling. The meeting of many HOPE (Healing Our...
Beth Ann Lang, 47, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years and six months in prison for the 2023 incident in which the pickup truck she was driving struck and seriously injured a woman walking on the Sawmill Creek Road bike path. On Aug. 20, 2024, a...
Following the Legislature’s vote to override Gov. Dunleavy’s line-item veto of increased school funding almost two weeks ago, the Sitka School District expects to have $600,000 to $700,000 more than expected in its budget fund balance,...
Texas musicians Carolyn Wonderland and Shelley King will headline the first-ever Sitka Blues Festival on the Sitka Fine Arts Camp lawn Saturday, sharing the event with local groups Slacktide and BellyMeat, kids games, food and drinks. The...
As the busy schedule of Parks and Recreation summer programs winds down, the division is poised to be equally busy this fall with offerings for Sitkans of all ages and ability. Registration for several after-school and adult programs opens...
A massive landslide Sunday morning near the head of Tracy Arm, about 50 miles southeast of Juneau, was one of the largest in Alaska in 10 years, scientists with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center said in a news release...
A musician, a mage, a brawler and a thief walk into a tavern, and a few weeks later the same unlikely adventurers are dodging dragons and searching for treasure as they seek to prevent the machinations of a power-drunk sorcerer. That story is...
On a 5-1 vote Tuesday, the Assembly approved a five-year agreement with Highmark Marine Fabrication LLC to operate the city's new boat haulout and shipyard at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park. The agreement marks the conclusion of years of work to...
Approval of the agreement with Highmark Marine Fabrication LLC to run Sitka's new boat haulout will be on the agenda for approval at tonight's Assembly meeting. Also tonight, the Assembly will be told that the facility's washdown pad will not be...
One of the candidates running for Assembly says she's well-suited to take on the community’s challenges, given her experience growing up and living in Sitka, her career, and public service. “I’m a born and raised Sitkan,” said Katie Riley, who...
Madison Soots is representing Sitka in a pageant in Anchorage this weekend where she’ll compete for the title of Miss Teen Alaska Earth, and a shot at the nationwide Miss Earth USA pageant. Soots grew up in Anchorage, and belongs to the Moreno...
Friday afternoon, Courtney Amundson became the third candidate to put her name in for the Sitka School Board in the upcoming municipal election. There are two open spots on the five-member board going into the October 7 election; the filing...
Filing for municipal offices closed Friday, with two more candidates filing for Assembly and one more for School Board in the Oct. 7 city election. Jonathan Wolf and Sherri Blankenship joined four other candidates running for Assembly. Others in...
