By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska will recognize March as Women’s History Month, under a new law signed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday. “This legislation encourages schools, communities, …
By NAOMI JONES Alaska Beacon I have been subsistence harvesting since I was born. Whether from being by the fish-cutting table or helping package moose for the freezer, I’ve always been right …
By ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer While reviewing a draft of the updated Sitka Historic Preservation Plan in a Tuesday meeting with the Sitka Planning Department, about a dozen Sitkans weighed in …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer After the successful rollout of the school district's pre-kindergarten program, the School Board voted at Wednesday's regular …
ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer The commercial sac roe herring fishery opened at 8 a.m. today and was to continue until 8 p.m. in waters south of town. While the commercial fishery targets female …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska’s two U.S. senators split Wednesday on a vote against President Donald Trump’s economic tariffs against Canada. The U.S. …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon A bill that advanced in the Alaska Senate on Wednesday would provide a $1,000 per-student boost to the state’s school funding formula. …
ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Southeast Alaska fishermen discovered Tuesday that harvest limits for chinook salmon in 2025 will be almost 40 percent less than last …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A Mt. Edgecumbe High School student tried on his new basketball shoes in the gym Tuesday – a pair of Nikes originally intended for NBA legend LeBron James. The …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer For the first time in more than a decade, the 60-piece Juneau Symphony will be in Sitka Friday, with a concert of beloved, and a few less familiar, works at the …
By Sentinel Staff Police have released the name of a fisherman found dead March 27 on a Japonski Island beach at the end of Seward Avenue. He was identified as Aaron M. Johnson, 62, who lived …
By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon Visitors to the state Capitol in Juneau will have to go through a metal detector under a policy adopted on Monday. The Capitol …
ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Participation in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is down to "fewer than three" boats actively fishing today in an opening that …
ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Community members can weigh in on a draft of the city's new historic preservation plan at this evening's joint meeting of the Historic …
By: Corinne Smith Alaska Beacon School districts across the state are starting to issue “pink slip” notices to teachers and staff that they may be laid off, in what has become a …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer As the Sitka School Board enters the final stages of crafting the fiscal year 2026 budget, district officials outlined the serious …
ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer The Sitka Sound commercial sac roe herring fishery opened south of town at 8 a.m. today with fewer than three boats participating, as the major buyer has …
By Sentinel Staff The identity of a man found dead Thursday afternoon on a Japonski Island beach off the end of Seward Avenue has not yet been released, police said today. Next of kin have not …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska school districts that offer early childhood learning programs for children ages 3 to 5, such as programs to help children be ready …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Too many of the weather buoys floating in the waters off Alaska are out of service and the federal government should devote more resources to …