By ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writer Seiners scooped up sets of maturing herring on Saturday and Sunday as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened this year’s …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer Dorothy “Brownie” Thomsen, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 27, recalls the days after World War II when she came to Sitka to engage in another war, …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Hundreds rallied at the Alaska State Capitol on Friday for a “People’s March” and to protest and condemn the recent actions of the …
GARLAND KENNEDY and ANNA LAFFREY Sentinel Staff Writers Following two more days of surveys from the air and by sea, Fish and Game is reporting that schools of herring …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer During a day-long visit to Sitka Wednesday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski addressed topics of local, state and national significance, mostly as they related to …
By CORRINE SMITH Alaska Beacon Several dozen demonstrators arrived early to the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday ahead of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s annual address to the …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon In remarks to the Alaska Legislature on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan praised the work of President Donald Trump, saying the new president’s pro-mining and …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Two months after a lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge failed to draw any bids, the Trump administration Department of the …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer On a visit to Sitka Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski at an invitation-only roundtable with some Sitkans criticized President Trump on his campaign of mass …
By Sentinel Staff More than 200 Sitkans marched down Lincoln Street Wednesday to protest actions of the Trump administration and encourage people to speak out to protect democracy. The March for …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska will remain one of two states without a cabinet-level Department of Agriculture, at least for the time being. On Wednesday, the Alaska Legislature voted …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon A crowd of over 150 Alaskans from across the state gathered on the steps of the Alaska State Capitol on Wednesday to rally and advocate for people with …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Membership on the Alaska Board of Fisheries would be restructured to guarantee representation for the state’s different fishing sectors, under a bill pending in …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer In a brief special meeting Tuesday, the Assembly voted 6-0 to approve an ordinance on first reading setting May 28 as the date …
By Sentinel Staff Silver Bay Seafoods will be acquiring an interest in OBI Seafoods, and managing all OBI facilities and operations including plants in Southeast, …
By Sentinel Staff Silver Bay Seafoods will be acquiring an interest in OBI Seafoods, and managing all OBI facilities and operations including plants in Southeast, …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, encouraged members of the Alaska Legislature – and the public – to work together to get things done, despite major uncertainties …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Some fired federal employees received letters on Monday notifying them they were “reinstated” according to a federal court order, but on …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The Alaska Senate is asking Congress to revive a stalled effort that would honor ethnic Hmong people who aided the United States during the …
SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer City clerk Sara Peterson said today that after a second legal review she has changed the date for a special election on cruise ship passenger limits, …