Sitka Farmers Market online vendor registration is now open for business at https://sitkafarmersmarket.eventsmart.com/ . Sitka Local Foods Network is hosting six markets for its 18th season. They are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, July 12,  26, Aug. 9, 23, Sept. 6 and  20 at ANB Founders...

Baby Boy Havens Guevin Emmett Eli Havens Guevin was born 2:19 a.m. April 30 at SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center to parents Lauren Havens and Tristan Guevin of Sitka. At birth, baby Emmett weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 18 inches...

Advisories have been issued for Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research sites that have been found to have paralytic shellfish with toxin levels above the FDA regulatory limit of 80 µg/100 g. The latest beach having tested above the limit is Sitka...

Sitka Tribe of Alaska is operating a USDA-funded Local Food Purchasing Program to support local shrimpers and provide locally-caught seafood to Tribal Citizens. Shrimpers interested in participating should complete and submit this form:...

All are invited to learn to sing four-part a capella harmony in the Sacred Harp (shape note) tradition 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at the Pioneers Home chapel. Beginners and listeners are invited. Singing is from the red Denson book, and loaner...

Greater Sitka Arts Council’s Porch Fest is scheduled 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, May 24, in downtown Sitka. The day will include music and art, vendors, and workshops and activities. All events are free and open to the public.

The Sheldon Jackson Museum and Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum invite the public to sign up for free hands-on art classes with Alaska Native artists-in-residence between June and September.  The classes will be held at the Sheldon Jackson...

AMSEA will conduct a fishing vessel drill conductor class 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. May 29 at the NSRAA building, 1308 Sawmill Creek Road. The cost is free for commercial fishermen and $300 for all others. It meets the U.S. Coast Guard training...

A public meeting will be held 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at Harrigan Centennial Hall to discuss the installation of five new cell phone towers around Sitka. A group is working to encourage the City and Borough of Sitka to adopt building code...

In Friday’s front page story on the ongoing civil case against Dr. Richard McGrath and the city of Sitka, it was incorrectly stated that attorney’s fees owed by the plaintiff were calculated by Alaska Civil Rule 82. In this case, attorney’s fees...

As a new Alaskan resident, it felt like a rite of passage to learn about Haines’ Hammer Museum with a 20-foot hammer in the front yard, or the potentially history-altering boarding house in Fairbanks that may or may not have contributed to...

Tariffs affect the cost of chocolate because U.S. commercial production of cocoa is limited to Hawaii. However, a more important effect on price is global climate change. In crop year 2023-2024, Africa produced nearly three-fourths of the world’s...

Sheldon Jackson Museum will close Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. Regular hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Museum is closed on state holidays. Admission is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, free for ages 18 and...

AMSEA is conducting a Mariner’s First Aid and CPR/AED class 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 30, at NSRAA, 1308 Sawmill Creek Road. The cost for the class is $125. Attendees will receive the U.S. Coast Guard-accepted two-year first aid and CPR certification...

Valparaiso University, Indiana, student Cam Haggett, and veteran Aloha Harp of Couperville, Wash., are volunteers at Sitka Lutheran Church this month. Haggett served as assistant minister at College Lutheran in Salem, Virginia, which is not far...

Lifelong Sitkan Morris Otto ‘‘Buzz’’ Brown Jr. passed away May 12, 2025, at ANMC Hospital in Anchorage. An obituary will follow later.