Aerial artists will fly through an enchanted forest and act out full-fledged fantastical fights in a Sitka Cirque show this weekend that features local performers of all ages playing characters from a mixed bag of classic fairy tales. The “Magic,...
Aircraft, boats and cutters are active near Sitka this week for U.S. Coast Guard Air Station's Sitka's annual Search and Rescue Exercise, which began under stormy skies Monday and continues through Thursday. Personnel with USCG, the U.S. Air...
Nine AmeriCorps volunteers serving in Sitka must leave their jobs by the end of the day today after Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service ordered the federal AmeriCorps program to terminate about $400 million in grants, affecting more than 1,000 programs...
Sitkans can weigh in on draft guidelines for the city's Tourism Best Management Practices plan during a public meeting of the Tourism Commission on Wednesday night.
After a wintertime hiatus, construction is again underway on small residential units to house Sitka’s homeless folks at a site at the northern end of Jarvis Street, and the project, which includes a dozen tiny apartments, among other facilities,...
With the deadline for the Sitka School District to submit a balanced budget to the city only days away, the School Board on Wednesday discussed details of a proposed budget that no longer includes reductions in teaching staff and retains...
High schoolers from across Alaska reported to Sitka High School at 7:15 a.m. today to develop and deliberate on a number of Alaska Association of Student Government Executive Board resolutions, and to rally for public education funding. Today is...
One hundred and thirty eight like-minded professionals convened this week for three days of networking, field trips and group work on projects for the Sustainable Southeast Partnership spring “retreat” in Harrigan Centennial Hall. Sustainable...
As the federal government continues to look for budget items to cut, Sitka’s 4-H program, which is operated by the nonprofit Sitka Conservation Society, received notice of the termination of a Department of Agriculture grant that supplies about...
Thirteen years ago, Palmer farmer Scott Robb set a world record with a 138-pound cabbage he brought to the Alaska State Fair. Not long afterward, Palmer’s local visitor center dedicated a statue to the cabbage and the other colossal...
Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Steve Bethune shot a bear on Andrew Hope Street early this morning, following reports of a destructive bear in the Indian River Subdivision. Police reported Saturday that a bear tore the door off a shed to get to...
The Alaska Legislature has voted to uphold Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that would have significantly increased the funding formula for Alaska’s K-12 public schools. Dunleavy vetoed House Bill 69 last week, citing cost concerns and the...
Sitka Community Orchestra, an inter-generational ensemble, is playing their annual concert at the Sitka Performing Arts Center on Friday night. Admission is free for the orchestra’s hour-long performance of spirited and captivating tunes that...
Sitka Assembly members ratified the city’s general fund and enterprise fund budgets for fiscal year 2026, passed an amendment to city code governing parks and recreation facilities, and approved the first reading of a lease for the budding Sitka...
Ballots are available, and voter registration is due by the end of the day Monday for Sitkans participating in the special municipal election scheduled for May 28. The city clerk’s office is now offering absentee in-person voting at City Hall,...
Mt. Edgecumbe High School superintendent Suzzuk Huntington will resign from her post at the close of the school year, she announced in an email to staff last week, as the school continues to face financial difficulties and may have to cut large...
The Sitka Assembly is set to vote on final approval of the city’s general fund budget and capital improvement plan for FY26, as well as its budget and plan for “enterprise funds” that would affect a suite of increases to the city’s utility...
Now that the Sitka Assembly has accepted a proposal from Highmark Marine LLC of Kodiak to operate the city’s new haulout at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park, locals are working with the GPIP board of directors to plan uses of adjacent lands and...
