Avery Voron has been presented with the DAISY Award in recognition of her outstanding nursing skills. The honor is given to extraordinary nurses for the compassionate contributions they make every day going above and beyond expectations in...

Registration for the 33rd annual Alpine Adventure Run opens 7 a.m. April 22. The seven-mile mountain run is scheduled July 18. The race is limited to 125 runners, who must be at least 15 and able to complete the course in 2.5 hours. Runners can...

Longtime Sitkan Shirley Littlefield Dies At Age 65 Shirley Nadine Littlefield, who lived most of her life in Sitka, died this morning at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Clinic. She was 65. She was born March 11, 1961, in Sitka, the daughter of Fred and...

Alaska Heals LLC will lead a free guided meditation 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall. Attendees can take yoga mats and eye masks. Email cerisa107@gmail.com or message Cerisa Swanberg on Messenger to sign up.

Ocean Wave Quilters will host its 43rd annual quilt show in May at Fraser Hall on SJ Campus. This year’s theme is “Weightless.” Show hours are 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 8; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 9-16; Mother’s Day Tea, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, May 10; and the...

Sitka Legacy Foundation, in partnership with the Alaska Community Foundation, announces recipients of its Nourished Communities Food Security Grants supporting community-led efforts to strengthen food access and local food systems in Sitka and...

Brave Heart Volunteers invites all to a dinner and discussion with Dr. Valerie Edwards 6 p.m. tonight at the Brave Heart Volunteers office, 120 Katlian Street. It will be a group dinner with space to talk informally about these types of...

Sitka’s seasonal electrical rate change goes in effect May 1 through Oct. 31. Beginning the first billing cycle in May, the residential summer rate of $0.2193 per kilowatt-hour will apply. The residential rate remains in effect through the last...

Greater Sitka Arts Council will present Porch Fest 2026 in downtown Sitka 11 a.m.-9 p.m. June 6. The all-ages outdoor arts festival celebrates creativity with artists, musicians, performers, and food and art vendors.  Artists, musicians,...

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,...

T’ai Chi Chih practice is scheduled 10 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at the See House (behind St. Peter’s by-the-sea Episcopal Church.) Attendees should use the sidewalk on right side to enter through the back door.

Karen Buchholz, a former longtime Sitka resident, died April 13 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. She was 82. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 17, at Corbeill Funeral Home in Pullman, Washington. The address is pullmancfh@gmail.com, 905...

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley pool  11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon-2 p.m. Public swim, MEHS pool Noon White Elephant Shop open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement,...

Roberta Louise "Robbie" Modrell of Sitka died Saturday, April 11, at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. She was 77. Cards for the family may be addressed to Kathryn Snelling, 418 DeArmond Street, Sitka AK 99835. Robbie Mod

A benefit fried fish dinner and auction for Sitka Shore Shots youth trap and skeet team will be held 5 p.m. April 19 at the Sitka Elks Lodge. ‘‘Enjoy a delicious meal, bid on some awesome auction items, and help raise money to keep these young...

The next talk in the Sitka Natural History Seminar series will be 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at UAS-Sitka Campus in Room 229. Sitka-based naturalist Matt Goff will give a talk titled “Getting to Know our Neighbors: Celebrating 3,000 species,...

Brave Heart Volunteers grief support group meets 7 p.m. tonight at 120 Katlian Street. The Tuesday grief support group is a place to discuss loss and grief. All are welcome to use this confidential space. Call (907) 623-2406 or email Hailey at...

Brave Heart Volunteers invites all to a guided and confidential grief retreat  10 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at 120 Katlian Street.   Lunch and snacks are provided.   Reservations are required by calling 907 747-4600 or emailing...