In Germany and 10 other countries in Europe, apartment dwellers and others without access to rooftop solar installations are saving 15-25% off their electric bills with self-installed, low-watt solar panels that can be plugged into regular...

Sitka Unitarian Fellowship will host visiting Unitarians from across the nation with WhaleCoast Tours. Sunday’s service will start at 11:15 a.m. and end at 12:15 p.m. to accommodate their travel schedule. Sitkans are welcome to join the group...

Sitka Emblem Club 142 will hold its annual fish fry 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Sitka Elks Lodge. An auction will immediately follow. The fundraiser supports the Emblem Club's scholarship program benefitting Sitka's youths.

Sitka Tribe of Alaska will host its final dungeness crab distribution of the season noon-3 p.m. – or until supplies last – Monday, July 27. Distribution is for tribal citizens who are asked to take their own bags or containers. Elders are served...

Sitka Tlingit & Haida Community Council will hold a special meeting noon Wednesday, July 29, at the T&H office, 204 Siginaka Way, second floor conference room. Agenda items include resolutions for the upcoming T&H Tribal Assembly....

Jon and Glena Pfennig, residents of Austin, Texas, have returned this summer to serve Sitka Lutheran Church during the busy tourist season.    Aside from proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the couple helps with fund-raising for...

FRIDAY Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information  4:30-7:30 p.m. SAIL Community Picnic, Crescent Harbor Shelter 5:30 p.m. NA Meeting, St. Peter’s Church basement  6 p.m. Friday Salsa and Bachata...

THURSDAY 9 a.m.-noon Volunteer work at Pioneer Park 10:30 a.m. Preschool story time, Sitka Public Library 10:30 a.m. ‘‘Anything Goes’’ preview, Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s Musical Theater Camp students, Sitka Public Library 11-2 Salvation Army...

Sitka High School has announced practice schedules and meetings for fall sports activities. The first practice for cross country is 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, in the SHS back gym. Head coach  Shasta Smith can be contacted at 907 738-7647...

The July 26 and Aug. 9 Sacred Harp sings have been canceled. Singing will resume on Sunday, Aug. 23.

Registration permits are available for mountain goat season, which begins Aug. 1, except in the South Baranof zone, which will close by emergency 11:59 p.m. July 31. Managers were unable to conduct an island-wide survey in 2024 or 2025; however,...

Sitka’s regular municipal election will be held Tuesday, Oct. 6, to fill seats for mayor, Assembly and School Board. Seats are open for mayor, two-year term; two Assembly members, three-year terms; and three School Board members (two three-year...

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10 a.m. Tongass Tots Playgroup, Episcopal Church See House 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon Chamber of Commerce speaker series on Sitka child care, via Zoom and Chamber...

Sitka Conservation Society’s Fish to Schools Donation Drive is set Aug. 1-15. Commercial fishermen can donate coho salmon or yelloweye overage when offloading at Sitka Sound Seafoods or at the Seafood Producers Cooperative. Fishermen can tell...

Alaska Marine Safety Education Association will conduct a Marine Safety Instructor Training course 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Aug. 10-14 and 8 a.m.-noon Aug. 15 at UAS-Sitka Campus. The cost of the course is $2,445. Scholarships up to $2,000 may be...

A welcome back party is planned for Rotary Youth Exchange student Jasper Bastian 3-6 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at the Halibut Point Recreation Area, far north shelter. The party will include a bonfire with s'mores and hotdogs. Those attending can...