Artist to Talk About Art, Journals at SJ Museum  Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Tina Cupell’aq Harness will give an artist residency recap talk 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     A search was continuing today in the rugged terrain on the Silver Bay end of the Sitka road system for a 16-year-old boy missing since the car he was …

By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon     Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were heavily influenced by the COVID-19 …

By NATHANIEL HERZ Northern Journal     A proposed one-day-a-week ban on large cruise ships in the Southeast Alaska destination of Juneau is drawing major opposition from big tourism …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Southcentral Alaska’s natural gas crunch is boosting demand for coal-fired power hundreds of miles inland, a sign that a looming supply crisis will have …

Tuffy Robards Dies; Was Lifelong Sitkan Clifford Lance “Tuffy” Robards, a lifelong Sitkan and a business owner, died Sunday at Anchorage Regional Hospital. He was 61. An obituary will be …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer A Sitka teenager is missing and three other young men were injured Saturday night when the vehicle they were in ran off Blue Lake Road and rolled down the …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     The Assembly will consider City Administrator John Leach’s recommendation for a $4 million transfer into the Public Infrastructure Sinking …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon     On Friday, officials in Georgia voted to require local elections officials to partially hand-count the results of the Nov. 5 general election.     …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon     The state of Alaska is holding public hearing today with another scheduled Tuesday on ballot measures that seek to raise the state’s minimum wage and …

By NATHANIEL HERZ Northern Journal     One of the original investors in a troubled Alaska seafood company has narrowly outbid competitor Silver Bay Seafoods in an auction for the firm’s assets …

SAFV Virtual Fall Fundraiser On Tap Individuals can participate in Sitkans Against Family Violence’s virtual fall fundraiser Sept. 21-30 at safv.org. SAFV’s goal is to raise $10,000 to …

By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer     With a series of controlled explosions Thursday, a U.S. Forest Service crew blasted out the giant rootwads and fallen trees that partially blocked …

By ARIADNE WILL Sentinel Staff Writer     After lengthy discussion, the Planning Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday night to approve a conditional use permit for a short-term rental.     …

By NATHANIEL HERZ Northern Journal     An intense, year-long feud between Anchorage’s public water utility and private bottled glacier water businesses came to a head this week, with a …

By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon     Alaska regulators on Thursday ordered Hilcorp to pay $50,000 for missing a deadline for testing the integrity of a well in one of its Cook Inlet fields.     …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon     This year’s Permanent Fund dividend, plus a one-time energy rebate bonus, will be a combined $1,702 per recipient, the Alaska Department of Revenue …

Richard Barger, 79, Dies in New Mexico Richard M. Barger, 79, former Sitka resident, passed away on August 30, 2024, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Life Celebration For Jack Griffith An …

By GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer     Addressing policy topics including housing, child care, tourism and their reasons for running for office, three of the four candidates for the two …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     The Assembly will hold a work session tonight to review a draft request for proposals on a contract to provide visitor services for the …