The third gathering in the Talking Circle series of Bible topicswill focus on following Jesus. All are welcome to join Feb. 8. ANB Founders Hall doors open at 12:30 p.m. for greetings and light refreshments, with participants seated by 1 p.m....

Abhi, an AFS foreign exchange student from India, will teach a workshop on how to make a yellow potato curry 4-6 p.m. Feb. 28 at Sitka Lutheran Church kitchen. The cost is $40. Participants should enter on the Lincoln Street side of the building...

THURSDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m. Preschool Story Time, Sitka Public Library 11 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley pool 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline...

Sitka Parks and Recreation is welcoming beginner guitar students to Guitar Club, taught by Adam Lechowicz and other guitarists 3:45-4:30 p.m. Mondays beginning Feb. 2 at Pacific High School.  Guitars and materials are provided. High school...

Sitka Parks and Recreation, in partnership with Americorps ArtistYear, will present Afterschool Creators, an art program for first-graders. Students can explore their creative minds through many different artistic mediums. The program meets...

Sitka Conservation Society invites the community to learn what’s at stake in the Federal Subsistence Program Review and how it could impact Sitkans’ subsistence harvesting practices. SCS and Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Resource Protection Department...

Velma Vining will teach a one-day Level 1 rifle instructor training for registered 4-H volunteers 21 years and older who would like to mentor youths in a rifle shooting sports club. Training will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Sitka...

Sitkans for Peace and Democracy invites community members to join them noon-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the roundabout. ‘‘Join us in expressing our outrage and deep sorrow at the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration...

The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association will offer a Mariner’s First Aid & CPR/AED class 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 26, 1308 Sawmill Creek Road. Mariners may register online at www.amsea.org or call 907 747-3287. It will cover CPR and...

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley pool 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon City Report by City Administrator John Leach, Southeast Resort Banquet Room  Noon White...

Low- and median-income Tribal citizens are invited to STA tribal headquarters, 204 Siginaka Way, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in the third floor executive board room to participate in a free will-drafting clinic. During the four-hour clinic, STA...

Wileman Music Studio will present a “Winter Piano Recital” 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. ‘‘Piano students will perform pieces they love,’’ Wileman Music Studio said. ‘‘Two seniors will present their senior recital...

Sitka Tribe of Alaska invites all to join the Resource Protection Department for a screening of the documentary “There is Something in the Water” 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Sheet’ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi. Attendees can learn more about the Black...

All are invited to join Jade at 10 a.m. on Saturdays in February at Yoga Union for an hour-long Yin yoga session, a slow meditative floor practice. Yin is a passive practice where participants hold poses for anywhere from 3 to 10 minutes. All are...

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by going on a Blind Date with a Book! Gift-wrapped books for all ages will be on display at Sitka Public Library through February. Participants can read the clues, choose a book, check it out, unwrap, and read. For...

Ketchikan-based fiber artist Kathy Rousso will lead a workshop Feb. 20-22 at Sitka Public Library. Participants will learn how to make a Guatemalan-style net bag using the knotless-netting technique, and thigh-spun agave fiber from Guatemala will...

TUESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. STA fish distribution, city cold storage building, 611 Katlian Street 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley pool Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for...

MONDAY 5:30-6:30 p.m. AA, Sitka Pioneers Home Recreation Kitchen, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information 6 p.m. White Elephant Shop open 7 p.m. Sitka Sportsman’s Association annual general meeting, 5211 Halibut Point Road TUESDAY 6-8 a.m....

In 2023, our municipality was awarded a U.S. Department of Energy technical assistance grant to help us with a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and a community renewable energy strategy. Scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...

The City and Borough of Sitka is developing a new communications plan to improve how it shares information, stays connected, and engages with the community.  The city wants to learn from citizens about what’s working, what’s not, and how the...