By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Sports Editor Facing off against wrestlers from across Southeast, Mt. Edgecumbe High School athletes outdid all the competition and won the championship title …
By BETH SHORT-RHOADS Alaska Beacon Have you ever stepped into an old-growth forest alive with ancient trees or traveled a shoreline with migrating salmon, and thought: what treasures! …
Christmas Bird Count Meet Set Planning for the annual Audobon Christmas Bird Count will be 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Alaska Raptor Center. The meeting will begin with route signups followed by …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Blatchley Middle School concert on Tuesday will have new and old music associated with the Christmas season as well as pieces that will have …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer In the sixth and final presentation in a series on child care in the community, Sitka School District educators told the Chamber of Commerce …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, and …
Letters to Santa Dear Santa: I want a robot cat please. Sahdlie, age 7 Senior Exercise Classes on Break The city Parks and Recreation’s Strong and Steady and Senior Strength …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A federal program making thousands of dollars available monthly to help veterans live independently, paying for such things as in-home care, has …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Dance, music and storytelling take center stage Saturday at the Winter Wonderland-themed Monthly Grind. Jeff Budd, one of the …
By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a state budget proposal on Thursday that would draw down roughly half the amount remaining in the state’s …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska oil revenues are expected to decline over the next few years, helping create a budget deficit that will have to be filled in with state savings, …
Climate Change: End of Year Savings The Biden administration passed the biggest climate bill in U.S. history in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This bill introduced income tax credits for …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A draft inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in Sitka, made public last week, shows most of the emissions last year came from various forms of …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer A city ordinance on permits for commercial recreational use of city lands and a 74-page plan to go with it are up for public hearing and final …
By ANDREW KITCHENMAN Alaska Beacon A recount of last month’s election concluded Wednesday without finding any change to the defeat of a ballot measure that aimed to repeal Alaska’s …
STA to Host Solstice Event Sitka Tribe of Alaska invites Tribal households and community friends to welcome in a new season and heal through the elements of fire, water, earth and air at the …
By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer A chance airport meeting led to two Sitkans talking about the Homeless Coalition, storytelling and the “importance of humanizing experiences …
By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A holiday concert in which two musicians play Christmas music with a jazz reinterpretation will be presented at Stevenson Hall Sunday in the …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, …
Sitka Silversmiths Presentation Held At National Park Zach Jones, art historian and the chief of natural and cultural resources at Sitka National Historical Park, gave a presentation Dec. 4 …