The Sitka School Board will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. It will be preceded by student and staff recognitions at 5:45 p.m. The full meeting agenda can be found by following the link on the District’s website:...

FRIDAY Noon Sitka Tribe of Alaska Health and Human Services Committee, 204 Siginaka Way Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information  12:30–2:15 p.m. Sitka Jazz Week concerts, at Stevenson Hall, Bayview Pub,...

AMERICORPS - Ellie Anhalt will spend her AmeriCorps year serving as an ArtistYear teaching artist at Xóots Elementary. A multimedia artist and educator, Anhalt is a graduate of Parsons School of Design, and studied in both New York City and Paris,...

Alaska Marine Safety Education Association will conduct a six-day U.S. Coast Guard–accepted Marine Safety Instructor Training 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 6-11 at the Public Safety Training Academy. The intensive, hands-on course prepares participants to...

By Sitkans Against Family Shelter The Pathways Coalition is excited to begin our 17th season of Girls on the Run. This after-school program for third- through fifth-grade girls inspires them to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun,...

Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 1 will hold the third and final round of nominations and elections 6 p.m. Sept. 3 at ANB Founders Hall. For information, call 907 623-2352 or email President.anscamp4@yahoo.com.

Sitka Sportsman’s Association is hosting a women’s pistol league this fall. ‘‘Participants will range from beginners to accomplished shooters so come on out and join this fun group of women.’’ organizers said. Signups, range orientation and a...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game invites members of the public to a presentation by wildlife biologist Stephanie K. Sell regarding a new, multi-year study of brown bear population dynamics on Baranof Island, 6 p.m. Tuesday at Sitka Public...

Sheldon Jackson Museum August artifact of the month has been a Tlingit miniature totem pole, exhibit SJ-I-A-461. Though miniature, it’s of a substantial size and was carved by Tlingit artist Abner Johnson, a well-known Tlingit carver from Aangóon...

THURSDAY 10:30 a.m. Preschool Story Time, Sitka Public Library 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information Noon Alanon Zoom, sitkaalanon@gmail.com, for login info  Noon...

Sheldon Jackson Museum’s third artist in its Alaska Native Artist Residency Program, Sydney Akagi, Tleinax Shaawat, is at the museum through Friday. She will give a talk in-person at the museum and on Zoom titled “Threads of Resurgence: Chilkat...

Sheldon Jackson Museum will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of Labor Day. Current museum hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday. The Museum is closed on state holidays. Admission is $9 for adults, $8...

Sitkans for Peace and Democracy will join Americans around the country in a national day of action ‘‘Honoring Workers Over Billionaires,’’ 2-3 p.m. Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, at the Crescent Harbor shelter. All are invited to attend and to take...

Sitka National Historical Park is asking the public to stay on marked trails at the park and not to access are unauthorized routes, known as “social trails.”  Departure from marked trails is unsafe and can cause damage, such as erosion or...

Sitka Babies and Books and Sitka Public Library invite babies, toddlers and preschoolers to ‘‘Bear is Sleeping,’’ a program at the library 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. A reading and activities around the theme of ‘‘hibernation’’ will be part of...

Volunteer positions are available on several municipal boards, commissions and committees. Sitkans can apply for Animal Hearing Board, Building Department Appeals Board, Health Needs and Human Services Commission, Historic Preservation...

The City and Borough of Sitka’s Gary Paxton Industrial Park scrap yard will be closed Tuesday, Sept. 2 in observance of Labor Day. Regular business hours will resume on Wednesday. GPIP Scrap Yard is open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday...

Sitka Public Library’s Teen Advisory Board invites tweens and teens to a fall poetry café 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the library. Hosts are exchanging a poem for a beverage and a pastry. Poems and materials to work on blackout poetry will be...

WEDNESDAY 4:30 p.m. Sitka Parkinson’s Support Group, 1212 Seward Ave. (the old BOQ) 907 747-3461 5 p.m. Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 1 nomination of officers, ANB Founders Hall 6 p.m. New roof celebration and birthday party for Carol Odess,...

The public is invited to join the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust and the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association for a climate planning for fishing communities workshop.  The workshop will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at...