Registration is open for a new Alaska master gardener course taught over Zoom. Classes will be 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Dec. 2 to Feb. 27, with a break for the holidays. Registration closes Friday, November 21. Register at...

A cinnamon roll-making class will be offered 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Sitka Lutheran Church kitchen, 224 Lincoln Street. Start your weekend off with cinnamon rolls, organizers said. Participants will make and sample cinnamon rolls hot...

The 30 th Conference of the Parties (COP) is ongoing in Brazil. This is a meeting of all but 5 nations on earth to discuss how to combat climate change and to implement the target of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees C (and ideally 1.5)...

FRIDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m.-noon Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool Noon-2 p.m. open swim, MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Noon STA Transportation and Community Development Committee, 204 Siginaka Way Noon AA, St. Peter’s...

Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 4 will hold a regular business meeting and potluck 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the ANB Founders Hall. New members are sought and the public is welcome. Call the ANS office with questions at 907 623-2352.

Center for Community Early Learning Program in partnership with Sitka Tribe of Alaska will host a community baby shower 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. There will be activities, games, door prizes, resources,...

Open hours to city restrooms at Crescent Harbor (Seawalk), Lake/Lincoln streets, Moller Field Sports Complex, Sandy Beach and Whale Park have changed due to staffing limitations. Hours are now 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily until further notice. The...

Pathways Coalition For the seventh week of Girls on the Run, participants have been learning about friendship and choosing friends.  Participants talked about the characteristics they bring to a friendship and the characteristics they look...

All are invited to play the ukulele, sing along with Pointy and the Birds, and say farewell to Jeannie and Lori 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Mean Queen Dungeon. Those who make a donation to Sitkans Against Family Violence will receive a...

The Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Day Sisterhood Holiday Dinners Committee will meet 4-6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at the ANB Founders Hall. Those interested in volunteering, donating or supporting the upcoming community Thanksgiving dinner...

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

Greater Sitka Arts Council will hold its Fall Art Walk 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. ‘‘The dark days of November are here and what better way to fight them off than gathering downtown with friendly faces,’’ organizers said. Music, art and...

Mt. Edgecumbe Preschool is holding a wreath and garland sale. Rustic cedar wreaths are made of noble fir, cedar, juniper berries and pine cones. –24-inch wreaths are $55 with a decorative ribbon bow –24-inch wreaths without bow, $50 –24-inch...

Sitka Pioneers Home Auxiliary will meet 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the Pioneers Home Chapel. The annual meeting includes election of officers, setting the 2026 budget and other items. The public is invited to attend. The auxiliary was formed in...

Sitka Conservation Society will host its annual Wild Foods Potluck 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. It is open to the community to attend and celebrate Alaska’s wild food bounty. Attendees are asked to take a dish if they...

At the Maritime Grind on Friday members of the audience were asked to contribute haikus which were read aloud to the capacity crowd at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Jeff Budd, the emcee and producer, said unfortunate there was not enough time to read...

WEDNESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  9 a.m. NSRAA fall board of directors, 1308 Sawmill Creek Road  11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon-2 p.m. open swim, MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Noon-2 p.m. SEARHC Long-Term Care...

Sitka High Music program is selling red poinsettias as a fundraiser for the music department.  The fundraiser will go toward sheet music, instruments, repairs and other essential supplies.  “Help our students learn, perform and share...

Tribal children and their families are invited to the Tribal Youth Winter Solstice Celebration 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Blatchley Middle School. The event will include a catered meal, crafts and cultural activities, drumming performances,...

MONDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  10:30 a.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley Pool Noon Parks and Recreation Committee, Harrigan Centennial Hall Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 747-8866 for information  5 p.m. U.S....