A Ho Ho-Holiday Lights Paddle Parade is planned 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. Participants can meet at the UAS ramp for launching, hot drinks, free swag and a safety check. Paddlers can meet at the ramp, or join in while the parade is underway. The...

Barbara Bingham, Nan Metashvili, and Florence Welsh will present a program about Sitka’s food security issues at Sunday’s meeting of the Sitka Unitarian Fellowship.  From worst case scenario what ifs, to what can actually be done to be...

The Sitka School Board will hold a special meeting with an executive session regarding district finances 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, in the district office board room. A preliminary budget work session will follow the meeting. The special meeting...

Sitka Public Library will welcome Santa during the last story time of the year 10:30 a.m. Dec. 18. The program includes reading, singing, time with Santa, and a craft. Everybody is welcome. Story times will resume 10:30 a.m.  Thursday, Jan....

Lithium Battery Fire Risk On June 3, 2025, the Morning Midas, a 600-foot cargo ship carrying 3000 vehicles, caught fire a few hundred miles southwest of Adak Island and sank on June 23. It had embarked from China, bound for Mexico, with 70...

FRIDAY 10-11 a.m. Bingocize, Swan Lake Senior Center 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information  5:30 p.m. NA Meeting, St. Peter’s Church basement 6-7 p.m....

Dear Santa: City toys, spinning wheel. Bye! From, Quincey, age 5 Dear Santa: I want a toy dump truck. A little toy skateboard for my animals to ride. Otto, age 5 Dear Santa: Have a Ho Ho Christmas!!  From Sara Lie Hill, 8 Dear Santa: I...

Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research has found Port Krestof butter clams to have paralytic shellfish with toxin levels above the FDA regulatory limit of 80 µg/100 g. This beach is not among SEATOR monitoring sites and does not have regular...

Gifts are being collected through the “Giving Tree” to provide for children, youths, women and elders. It is set up at Wells Fargo Bank lobby until Dec. 21 for anyone to stop by and pick up a tag for those in need of gifts this Christmas...

Alaska Native Sisterhood’s annual Christmas Bazaar will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at the ANB Founders Hall. The vendor fee for tables is $30. Junior tables are $25. A special fundraiser will be offered in the ANS kitchen with...

THURSDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10 a.m.-3 p.m. STA Fish Distribution, Seafood Producers Coop 10:30 a.m. Preschool Story Time, Sitka Public Library 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool 11-2 Salvation Army Little...

Laurie Madsen, Alaska Library Association, is seeking quilt block contributions for a silent auction quilt at the March ALA conference in Sitka. Needed are quilters to contribute one 12.5’’ block for a group quilt she will assemble for the...

The 126th Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday, Dec. 20. A planning meeting is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the Alaska Raptor Center. A slide show will be presented to review the birds. For information email Victoria at...

Outer Coast welcomes the community of Sitka to an open house 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, in the Yaw Arts building at the Sitka Fine Arts/SJ Campus. It will include light refreshments, campus tour, brief update on Outer Coast with time for...

Those 15 years old and younger are invited to a Holiday Craft Party 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at Blatchley Middle School multipurpose room.   Ornament making, holiday card making, and other activities are planned. It is free to all...

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10 a.m. Tongass Tots Playgroup, See House behind St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 10:30 a.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon SAFV Board, 201 Katlian...

The Sitka School District Policy Committee will meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the District Office board room.  A link to a full list of policies to be reviewed may be found on the district website. No action will be taken at this open...

TUESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  Noon Rotary Club, UAS-Sitka Campus Room 230 5:30 p.m. Card...

All are invited to learn to sing four-part a capella harmony in the Sacred Harp (shape note) tradition 3:00-4:30pm, Sunday, December 14 in the Pioneer Home chapel. Beginners and listeners are welcome. Singing is from the Christmas book, and loaner...

All are invited to run alongside or cheer on participants of Girls on the Run as they complete the program’s 17th 5K Fun Run 10 a.m. Dec. 13. The dance party-themed event will begin at Harrigan Centennial Hall, Room 6, with registration at 9:30...