June artifacts of the month at Sheldon Jackson Museum are on exhibit and ready to view by the public. The items include a selection of elaborate, small bags and pouches (SJ-II-K-270, SJ-2025-12-1, and SJ-II-J-93). The bags, though differing in...

Fungus Among Us The earth beneath our feet holds a huge and active store of carbon, but how? Scientists are now beginning to characterize the extent to which plants help to store carbon underground by removing carbon dioxide from the air to feed...

THURSDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m. Preschool Story Time, Sitka Public Library 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon Free Sitka Music Festival Bach’s Lunch concert, Odess Theater Noon AA, St. Peter’s...

Tweens and teens are invited to participate in the Pride Silent Book Club at Sitka Public Library 6-7 p.m.   June 18 and 25. Participants can take a book or get one of the many available titles from the library to participate in one hour of...

The Foundation for End of Life Care has awarded grants totaling more than $8,000 to four Southeast organizations helping to provide hospice and home care in their communities. Sitka’s Brave Heart Volunteers, a  nonprofit that provides free...

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  9 a.m. Full-scale high hazard evacuation drill functional test, Gary Paxton Industrial Park 10 a.m. Tongass Tots Playgroup, Episcopal Church See House 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store...

Sitka Kaagwaantaan Dance Group will sell clam chowder in the ANS kitchen at ANB Founders Hall during the first Sitka Farmer Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 27. It will be served until sold out. Table space at the first market is full. To...

The 55th Sitka Music Festival monthlong concert line up continues this week with several concerts. The 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Midweek at Miner Music Center will be at Stevenson Hall on the SJ Campus. It includes drinks and snacks. The free Bach’s...

Sitka Conservation Society will host a Kruzof Island bird cruise 9 a.m. Sunday, June 28. Boarding begins at 8:45 a.m. at Crescent Harbor. It will return  around noon. Participants can explore the rugged beauty of Kruzof Island as they look...

A candidate meet-up with David Richey will be held 6-7 p.m. tonight   at the Mean Queen. All are welcome to stop by.  Richey is running for the U.S. House of Representatives seat presently held by Nick Begich. The primary date for the...

Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 4 will hold a regular business meeting 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at ANB Founders Hall.  Those wishing to be added as persons to be heard, or who would like to add items to the agenda, can call the ANS...

Enrolled tribal citizens of Sitka Tribe of Alaska are invited to a frozen spot prawn and fish distribution 1-4 p.m. (or until supplies last) June 29 at Sitka Cold Storage, 611 Katlian Street. Elders are being encouraged to go to the front of the...

TUESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  Noon Tree and Landscape Committee, Harrigan Centennial Hall Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  Noon Rotary Club, UAS-Sitka Campus Room 230 12:30...

Fiber Friends will meet 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, in the Sitka  Public Library Gus Adam’s room. All types of fiber enthusiasts are welcome including spinners, dyers, knitters, weavers and crocheters.

Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association invites the public to an open house of the F/V Mirage 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Eliason Harbor, drive-down dock. The F/V Mirage is Alaska’s first hybrid diesel/electrical engine commercial fishing...

The Sitka AFS high school exchange program is still seeking one or two more families to host a student for the fall semester or for the entire school year. Two Sitka families have already chosen a girl from Moldova and a boy from Germany, but...

MONDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information 1:30-3 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool 3-6 p.m. Open Swim, Blatchley Pool 3:30 p.m. Stay and Play, Sitka Public...

Sitka Maritime Heritage Society will host its annual history and wildlife cruise 4:30-7 p.m. Saturday, July 4. Boarding starts at 4 p.m. at Crescent Harbor. Tickets are $70 for adults and $40 for children age 12 and under  at Old Harbor...

The city electric department will conduct a full-scale high hazard evacuation drill functional test 9-9:30 on Wednesday, June 17. The test will consist of activating the sirens and systems within the Blue Lake Campground, Blue Lake Powerhouse,...

Sitka National Historical Park will host a lecture 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23,  featuring distinguished Professor of Church History David C. Ford of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at the park visitor center. The event is free...