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. STA Hooks &...

United Women in Faith is offering its annual Pie, Plants and Sweets online auction through Sunday, Nov. 23.  To access the auction go to charityauction.bid/SITKAPIEAUCTION.  The auction catalog can be found at the website, which...

Fiber Friends will meet noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Sitka Public Library in the Gus Adams room. Fiber enthusiasts are welcome including spinners, dyers, knitters, weavers, crocheters, and others.

Pathways Coalition For the eighth week of Girls on the Run, participants learned about resolving conflict in a healthy and respectful way. Teams practiced a strategy to resolve conflict: “Stop and Take a BrThRR,” which includes five different...

In observance of Native American Heritage Month, a Sitka Babies and Books and Sitka Public Library invite families to a program 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. It will be hosted by the MEHS/Educators Rising, and will include Native dances and...

The Winter Blues Sitka Monthly Grind is scheduled Dec. 13 at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi.  Tickets at $5 each are available at Old Harbor Books and the door. Tickets have been selling out. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the show starts at 7...

All are invited to learn to sing four-part a capella harmony in the Sacred Harp (shape note) tradition 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, in the Pioneers Home chapel. Beginners and listeners are welcome. Singing is from the red Denson book, and loaner...

All are invited to the Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 1 and Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 4 community Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, Nov. 27,  at the ANB Founders Hall, 235 Katlian. Doors open at 2 p.m. to have a cup of tea or coffee and...

White Elephant grant applications are available at the White E shop or on FaceBook. Completed applications are due no later than Nov. 30.

MONDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  Noon MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open 3:30 p.m. Stay and Play, Sitka Public Library 4-6 p.m. Holiday Dinners...

St. Michael’s Orthodox Church announces the Southeast Deanery of the Diocese of Alaska conference Nov. 20-23.  “The conference is the first deanery conference to be held in the SE Deanery,” said Father Herman Belt, Dean of the Southeast...

Sitka National Historical Park will host three free public lectures the weekend of Nov. 21-22 that explain different aspects of Sitka’s history. The presentation and lecture series will be: --Visitor’s Center - Saturday November 22, 11 am –...

Sitka Public Library will host the annual Reading Wonderland 10:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 13. The public is invited to get free nearly new books for children and young adults to give away as gifts this holiday season. For information call 907...

Sitka Public Library will host a free screening of the documentary ‘‘Building for Birds belonging to the Wild Hope’’ series 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18. ‘‘Millions of migrating birds pass through our yards, but glass windows pose a deadly threat,’’...

In observance of Thanksgiving Day, no school will be held for all students and staff of the Sitka School District on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27-28. All school offices and the district office will be closed.

Sitka Public Library will host Books & Brews 6-8:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Harbor Mountain Brewing Co. All are invited to take a book, grab a favorite beverage on tap, and join in for a cozy, quiet evening of reading together. A librarian will be...

The city beginning Jan. 1 will require contractors performing HDPE fusion/welding work on water or sewer lines within city limits possess a valid High-Density Polyethylene Butt Fusion and/or Electro Fusion Certification. The requirement is in...

Charlie Bloede will teach a printmaking class for adults 5:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at Sitka Public Library. Participants will learn how to design, carve and print their own block-printed holiday card set. Materials are included and space is...

Registration is open for Jazzmas!, world-class jazz with a touch of Christmas. A Christmas jazz brunch is planned noon-2 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Sitka Music Festival’s Miner Music Center at Stevenson Hall, 104 Jeff Davis Street. It will include a...

Youths are invited to join Sitka Spruce Tips 4-H Club and the Alaska STEAM Hub (ASH) for three days of 3-D printing afterschool, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Dec. 9-11  at UAS-Sitka Campus. Participants will learn the software, design process, and print...