Greater Sitka Pool League will host a 9-ball meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Sitka Moose Lodge. The season begins Sept. 24. Player fees are $20 and BCA fees are $20. Team sponsor fees are $175. Match fees are $10.

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon White Elephant Shop open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  4:30 p.m. Sitka Parkinson’s Support...

Thomas Edwin Jacobsen, retired Sitka dentist, died Monday, September 7, at the age of 79. A Sitkan for more than 50 years, he joined Sitka Dental Clinic in 1977, after serving three years as an itinerant dentist in Southeast for the Indian Health...

Baranof Island Housing Authority’s Quarterly Board of Commissioners meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. A remote meeting option is available. Those planning to attend should email info@bihasitka.org...

A free community barn dance will be offered 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Odess Theater on the SJ Campus.  Live music will be by Fishing for Cats. Dances are taught and called and n experience is necessary. For information call Dorothy at 907...

Sitka Pride and the Unitarian Universalist Church are teaming up for the Winter Blues Film Club 2 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Coliseum Theater. The club is a monthly gathering where films from a wide variety of genres are watched and...

Sitka AmeriCorps Program volunteers and ArtistYear fellows will join the Sitka Cemetery Association 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the National Cemetery to commemorate the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance through a community cemetery...

AMERICORPS SPOTLIGHT – Sylvia Myers will spend her year in Sitka as an ArtistYear AmeriCorps member, serving at Blatchley Middle School. The recent graduate of Pennsylvania's Swarthmore College majored in peace and conflict studies and...

TUESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  Noon Rotary Club, UAS-Sitka Campus Room 230 6 p.m. Assembly, Centennial Hall WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic...

Sitka Ranger District is closing Harbor Mountain Road to all traffic Sept. 8-11 for the extraction of the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed at about 1,500 feet on the south side of Harbor Mountain on June 22. The closure is to ensure...

Oregon Music Hall of Fame Inductee pianist John Nilsen will be in concert  1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. The event is free, with donations for travel costs accepted. Contact Mim McConnell at 907...

In late June, the European heat wave killed 2.5-3 million broiler chickens in France, nearly 60% of the country’s poultry flock. Similar die-offs have been described in other countries and in earlier el Niño years, including in the Pacific...

Sitka Woman’s Club will hold the first meeting of the season noon Sept. 12 with a potluck at the Pioneers Home Manager’s House. ‘‘It is not mandatory to bring food or drinks to share, just come,’’ organizers said. On the agenda is the upcoming...

Sitka Pioneers of Alaska Igloo members will meet Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Sitka Salvation Army Corps, 405 Sawmill Creek Road. The meeting will begin with dinner at 5:30 p.m. The main course will be Joe’s Mediterranean stir fry. Members are...

Sitka Tells Tales, the local live storytelling series, will present “Why Not? Stories of Taking Risks, Making a Change and Giving Back” 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at Harbor Mountain Brewery. It will air on Raven Radio on Oct. 20. The event is...

Ken and Merrilee Jacobson of North Carolina and Jeff and Cindy Orth are September volunteers at Sitka Lutheran Church. Both couples have volunteered in Sitka in the past. ‘‘They bring energy, talent, a deep faith and a wellspring of people...

Sitka Running Club meets at the Hames Center parking lot every Saturday at 9 a.m. The group typically goes as far as 10K on the trails around town, such as Totem and Cross trails, organizers said.

Sheldon Jackson Museum will be closed Oct. 1 through the end of November to replace the building’s HVAC system. It is currently open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed on state holidays....

Sitka Tribe of Alaska and Shee Atiká will host Community Elder Coffee Time 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.  Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Elders can connect with friends, have a meal prepared by STA’s Resource Protection Department,...

Sitka School District’s Policy Committee will meet 5 p.m. Sept. 9 in the school district office boardroom. A link to a full list of policies to be reviewed may be found on the district website. No action will be taken at the open meeting.