MONDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  11:30 a.m. Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan virtual open house, go to SoutheastAlaskaTransportationPlan.com Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for...

Bear Mountain and Indigo Lake mountain goat hunt zones will close at 11:59 p.m. tonight by emergency order. Alaska Department of Fish and Game hunt managers set a harvest quota of two males or one female in both hunts. Quotas are based on the...

Babies, toddlers and siblings up to 5-years-old are invited to the Stay and Play program at Sitka Public Library.  Programs will run 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sept. 22, Nov. 3, 10, 17 and 24, and Dec. 8 and 15. Families will have access to a variety...

Baby Raven Reads will offer a cultural story time 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Sitka Public Library. Families with children up to age 5 are invited to join an Alaska Native storytelling event, complete with songs and other cultural and...

Southeast/Yakutat commercial troll fishery has been extended to the retention of all salmon species, except chinook salmon, with restrictions, through 11:59 p.m. Sept. 30. Districts 11, 14, and 15, and part of District 12, will close at 11:59...

Blatchley Dungeon Crawlers, sponsored by Parks & Recreation,  meets in separate groups 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Oct. 13 at Blatchley Middle School. Role-playing games, including Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the...

Sitka Public Library’s preschool story time will be offered this fall at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays in the library multipurpose room. Dates are Sept. 24, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12 and 19, and Dec. 3, 10 and 17. The program includes readings, rhymes,...

Sitka Conservation Society will host a community comment night  Sept. 30 at the ANB Founders Hall to help Sitkans participate in the USDA Forest Service’s public process on the proposed rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which...

A dedication of the United Methodist Church’s stained glass windows in memory of Wayne Hagerman will be held 1-3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the church, 303 Kimsham Street. All are invited, especially those who donated to the purchase of the...

partment has scheduled a planned electrical outage 1-3 p.m.  Thursday, Sept. 24, as crews work on the island electrical grid. The planned outage will affect customers on Aleutski, Anderson, Bamdoroshni, Beardslee, Breast, Galankin, Gilmore,...

Brave Heart Volunteers invites community members to two grief-support events this fall. A grief workshop facilitated by Mary Goddard will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the See House,  611 Lincoln Street. On Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10...

Sitka Kaagwaantaan Inc. will meet 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, via Zoom. For the link, email robylittlefield@gci.net.

Friends of Sitka Animal Shelter will host Best in Show Sitka, an event celebrating dog owners and dog lovers of the community. All are invited to join the group 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Crescent Harbor shelter. Registration will run...

The city will begin making improvements at the Moller Field parking lot the week of Sept. 21, and continue to Sept. 30. Temporary parking and access changes will be in place throughout the project. Site work will take place 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept....

Climate Models Underestimate Warming Our understanding of our global warming future depends on climate models. However, no models to date include all 4 positive natural source feedback loops from warming effects on wetlands, fresh water, wild...

FRIDAY Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information  2-3 p.m. Sitka Legacy Foundation drop-in question-and-answer period, Sitka Public Library 3-5 p.m. Artist-in-residence Wren Holizinger, Sitka National...

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 AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information Noon Alanon Zoom,...

Friends of Sitka Animal Shelter will host Best in Show Sitka, an event celebrating dog owners and dog lovers of the community. All are invited to join the group 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Crescent Harbor shelter. Registration will run...

The last Sitka Farmers Market of the season will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at ANB Founders Hall. It will include a fundraiser lunch in the ANS kitchen.  Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum will have their bike cart, which...