Sitka Public Library is offering a Mushroom Fan Club program for tweens ages 9 to 11 years 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11.  Participants will learn about mushrooms and fungi, make a mushroom jar lantern, and receive a free organic pink miniature...

Sitka Tribe of Alaska will host a frozen fish distribution for tribal citizens noon-3 p.m., or until supplies last, on Aug. 11 at Sitka Cold Storage, 611 Katlian Street. Elders will be served first. Individuals should take their own bags if...

Sitka Tells Tales, Sitka’s local live storytelling series, will present the broadcast premiere of ‘‘Sitka Fine Arts Camp Out Loud’’ 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. It will air and stream on Raven Radio, KCAW.ORG. In this episode, high school students...

The fourth Sitka Farmers Market of season will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the ANB Founders Hall. Fresh produce will be for sale at the Sitka Local Foods Network table. Produce is grown at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farms. Laura...

A select group of young artists from around the world are in residence in Sitka for an all-Beethoven edition of master classes and recitals until Aug. 14. Awadagin Pratt – noted by The New York Times and Washington Post for his interpretations of...

The life of Judy Puckett will be celebrated 2-4 p.m. Sunday, August 9, at the Elks Lodge. Judy, who was with the Sitka Police Department for 33 years, died April 27. She was 68.

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council, 204 Siginaka Way Noon White Elephant Shop open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for...

Fiber Friends will meet 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Sitka Public Library Gus Adam’s room.  All fiber enthusiasts are welcome including spinners, dyers, knitters, weavers and crocheters.

Those who haven’t seen Stephen Lawrie’s exhibition ‘‘This Thing Called the Ocean’’ at the Pioneer Bar – or want to take a second look – have until Aug. 15 when the paintings will come down. On display are 34 new portraits of local fishermen. Most...

Sitka Tribe of Alaska invites the community to a gentle movement and integral sound healing session 6:30-7:45 p.m. Aug. 28 at Yoga Union. The event is free to Tribal citizens. Yoga Union rates apply for non-Tribal citizens. 

Kids age 6 to 10 can register to participate in the fall Reading Dragons and Friends program at Sitka Public Library. The collectable card game rewards kids for reading. Cards range from dragons to other mythical creatures, such as hippocampus,...

The public is invited to hear climate scientist and author Kate Marvel speak 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Sitka Public Library. She will talk about her first book is ‘‘Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet.’’  For...

The city is accepting applications for the Utility Cost Subsidization Program through Oct. 31. Applicants meeting certain criteria may be eligible for a subsidization of their municipal electric utility costs for one year, beginning in...

TUESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  Noon Rotary Club, UAS-Sitka Campus Room 230 6 p.m. Free Community CPR training, Sitka Public Library  7...

Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 1 will meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the ANB Founders Hall. For more information call ANB President Peter Karras at 907 738-2434.

Sitka Pioneers Home Auxiliary will meet 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the Pioneers Home Chapel. The meeting is open to the public and new members are welcome. The mission of the auxiliary is to assist in furthering the wellbeing of the residents....

Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research has found rock scallops near Shotgun Alley collected July 30 to have toxin levels above the FDA regulatory limit of 80 µg/100 g. Sitka Piper Island butter clams and Granite Creek rock scallops on Halibut...

For at least 15 years, the medical literature has noted that gas stoves are correlated with higher prevalence of asthma; they may account for 12.7% of childhood asthma cases. The proposed culprit has been the gas combustion product, nitrogen...

LaVerne Reid and Loretta Hawley, residents of Round Rock, Texas, are helping Sitka Lutheran Church again this summer. Along with the familiar duties of greeting tourists, answering questions and making popcorn, they will recruit future volunteers...

Bruce Gazaway and Auriella Hughes will facilitate the Unitarian Fellowship program Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship Hall, located at 408 Marine Street.  ‘‘Together we will explore how love and respect are essential in...