Major school and maintenance projects, legislation that would help Mt. Edgecumbe High School to compete for capital funding and education funding were among the vetoes by Gov. Dunleavy at the end of the session. Sitka’s Sen. Bert Stedman and Rep....
The unseasonably wet and cool conditions that characterized much of Sitka’s springtime continued through June, with far more precipitation than average falling last month, the National Weather Service says, though there is a reprieve in the...
Charter fishing guides must temper their clients’ expectations after learning that, beginning July 7, nonresident sport anglers may not keep any king salmon that they catch in Southeast Alaska. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced...
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) nixed his draft provision in the Senate reconciliation bill that would have mandated the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell off roughly 2 to 3 million total acres of federal public lands in 11 western...
Commercial trollers are awaiting a few days of king salmon fishing, with a low regionwide harvest target of 37,700 chinook salmon in the first general chinook fishing opener of the summer season that begins at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday. In an...
Bluegrass tunes will come to Sitka in a free concert this Friday, featuring Levi Platero, a Diné musician, and his band in an Independence Day event. Held at the Sheet’ká Kwáan Naa Kahidi in downtown and organized by Sitka Tribe of Alaska, the...
Be bold. Don’t box yourself in. Those are among the messages Oskar Yao and Wesley Chu (a.k.a. The Super Piano Brothers) hope the audience takes away from the piano concert 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Performing Arts Center. The concert, their second...
Federal funding for commercial fishing safety classes are reinstated for another year, says Leann Cyr, executive director of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association. Although nothing has been formalized in writing, Cyr said that an officer...
The theme of this Saturday is queer joy. It should be that way every day, according to Sitka Pride organizer Elle Campbell, but tomorrow’s Pride parade and variety show and dance party are especially important acts of community building...
The funds approved by the Assembly Tuesday for the haulout and shipyard will allow the facility to become a more efficient operation, and lower costs to boat owners, said Garry White, director of the Gary Paxton Industrial Park. The ordinance to...
Dancing, acting and musical theater performers will take the stage tonight, kicking off two days of final performances and art shows by campers at Sitka Fine Arts Camp middle school camp. Final performances are: - 7 p.m. tonight at the...
To violinist Debby LeVeck, Sitka Strings’ Tuesday concerts at the Pioneers Home are more than just opportunities for her students to practice new music. They are mediums in which different generations are brought together. Since LeVeck founded...
Chad Goeden, the former commander of the Alaska Public Safety Academy, will serve as interim police chief starting July 1 until a permanent new chief is hired, City Administrator John Leach told the Assembly Tuesday. The announcement came under...
The Assembly at its meeting Tuesday moved on for final reading a ballot question asking voters if they want to use the Sitka Community Hospital Dedicated Fund to help pay for athletic facilities. The item passed 7-0 to place the item on the...
In recognition of Sitka Trail Works’ extensive volunteer-based trail maintenance efforts, the small nonprofit last week received a national award for its volunteer-driven projects on the Tongass. Sitka’s trail network traverses forests and...
Wade Lyons, one of two candidates remaining in the city’s search for a new police chief, spoke formally and thoughtfully to a group of about 25 Sitkans that gathered for a public “meet and greet” event at Harrigan Centennial Hall on Monday...
Dinners, trips, artwork, clothing and services are on the auction block in a Sitka Fine Arts Camp fundraiser to “raise the roof” - or rather replace the roof - of Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, the home of Odess Theater. The auction closes at 11...
