Dear Editor: Sitka AmeriCorps Program volunteers and ArtistYear fellows will join the Sitka Cemetery Association 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Sitka National Cemetery to commemorate the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance through a...

Dear Editor: As many of you know, Martin Pasi restored, refurbished and probably improved the 1844 Kessler Organ damaged in the December 8/9, 1993, fire at Sitka Lutheran Church. After an emotional discussion about spending the $49,000 insurance...

Dear Editor: The local Parkinson’s support group has moved. We are still meeting every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., but now we are in the new SEARHC facility, on the ground floor near the back of the cafeteria in the conference room. We would like to...

Dear Editor: With deep sadness the Sitka Maritime Heritage Society board of directors marks the death of Dave Turcott – teacher, musician, fisherman, shipwright and board member extraorinaire. Dave always stepped up when something needed to be...

Dear Editor: Last Friday evening, at the Wearable Art Launch Party, the Greater Sitka Arts Council took a moment to honor longtime board member Pat Hughes. Pat has served on the GSAC board for approximately 30 years, and we are incredibly grateful...

Dear Editor: The 23rd annual Fire Department volunteers Aid-to-Member fundraiser was once again a GREAT success thanks to the continued support of the community and the donations from our generous businesses and individuals. Thank you to those...

Dear Editor: The recent article in our Sentinel (Aug. 26, 2026), from the Wrangell Sentinel, contained excellent information regarding switching household heating to efficient, electrified heat pumps, including financial options and assistance for...

Dear Editor: On behalf of Sitka High School and the Class of 2030, I would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska (CLAA) and Norwegian Cruise Line for providing a wonderful educational experience on the Norwegian...

Dear Editor: On behalf of the Filipino Community Association of Sitka (dissolution 6/12/2013), Maybelle Filler and the planning group would like to extend a hearty and heartfelt thank you to the following groups recognized as contributors to Sitka...

Fireworks Dear Editor: It may be hard for some to understand how something that has come to represent freedom can be seen as a kind of tyranny. Fireworks. There are many paths that lead from the childlike joy that fireworks can give to what I...

Sitka Blues Fest Dear Editor: AKO Farms would like to thanks everyone who came out and enjoyed the Sitka Blues Fest! Held Saturday, Aug. 15. The weathers and the museic were fantastic! It was wonderful to see so many young families out and about...

Dear Editor: Tuesday, August 18th is primary day in Alaska. As voters we all get to vote for one candidate in each of the elections on the ballot. There is also one ballot initiative, Ballot Measure No. 1. Vote YES on 1. This ballot measure...

Dear Editor: Armstrong-Keta, Inc. (AKI) is deeply saddened by the loss of Ben Le, who served as a Hatchery Technician at the Port Armstrong Hatchery for the past year. Le was reported missing on Monday, August 10, and, as announced by Alaska State...

Dear Editor: Why is it that Super PACs (political action committees) have infused an absurd amount of money into the primary propping up unknown candidates  and making Mary Peltola look bad? Fair Deal Alaska, Right for Alaska, Americans for...

Dear Editor: JKT has become a common household name for us over the past several decades. Watching Jonathan grow up, following his accomplishments as a young person and then an adult, marveling at his grit and determination, and engaging in lively...

Dear Editor: I entered the governor’s race in February of this year, with a launch event at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi Community House with 75 friends, family, and Sitkans I’ve known for much of my life. I am very proud of the campaign we have...

Dear Editor: Golly, the first two interviews on Alaska Public Media with governor candidates were very encouraging. Each candidate clearly identified numerous problems faced by our state and its citizens after years of poor government management....

Dear Editor: I thank my grandfather for a phrase he used with my siblings and me decades ago: “Check your moral compass frequently.” I was five when I first heard it and had no idea what it meant. I do now. He taught me to stop from time to time...

Dear Editor: I am a 78-year-old retiree, living on Social Security and a small retirement. Inflation is making it hard for me to afford the cost of living in Sitka. I have lived here since 1973. I love it here, but I am getting squeezed from...

Dear Editor: The Baranof Barracudas Swim Club held the Change Your Latitude open water race last weekend. Eighty-nine race participants swam in 10, 6.6, 3.3, and 1 kilometer distance events in Sitka Sound between the Sitka Sound Science Center...