The Alaska Day pie sale at Sitka Lutheran Church will be 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until sold out) Saturday, Oct. 18. Pies cost $30 and will be sold WHOLE ONLY. Cash or check must be used to purchase pies.  Pies will be available at the back...

AMERICORPS SPOTLIGHT - Raven Waltemyer for the next year will serve as a resident teaching artist at Pacific High School, through the Americorps ArtistYear program. A graduate of University of Missouri, Waltmyer is a fiber artist and educator with...

The City and Borough of Sitka’s Gary Paxton Industrial Park scrap yard will be closed 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9.  Call the Public Works department with any questions at 907 747-1804

Designer Emmie Fish will hold a ‘‘Mask-Making’’  workshop of wearable art ideas for those 14 years and older 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Blatchley Middle School home ec room. Fish has found that wearing masks makes walking the runway a...

As part of the Airport Terminal Improvement Project, the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport will perform maintenance on the baggage belt system through Monday, Oct. 13. Checked-bag screening operations will be temporarily relocated, and staff will be...

Wearable arts designers are being sought for the Sitka Wearable Arts Extravaganza.  Preliminary sign up is currently open with final registration on Dec. 12. ‘‘Let us know if you are planning on participating in our show,’’ organizers said....

Friends of Sitka Public Library will hold a used book sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. ‘‘Buy a table to use for $25, bring the books you want to sell, you set up, you set the price, you keep the profits,’’...

The Made in Sitka Market, fall edition, will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Harrigan Centennial Hall. It will feature a collection of local artisans and vendors.

Sitka Historical Society and Museum invites the public to its annual meeting and program 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14. The meeting topic is ‘‘Take a Photographic Journey Through Sitka’s Past.’’ The presentation features photographs from the museum...

TUESDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  7 a.m.-8 p.m. Sitka Municipal Election, voting at Harrigan Centennial Hall 10:30 a.m. Sitka Sprouts, ages 3 to 5, Sitka Sound Science Center Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline...

The public is invited to an exhibition of botanical art 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Backdoor Cafe.  The exhibition will include drawings and watercolors created by Ashia Lane, Kari Sagel and Mary Stensvold for an online course...

The City and Borough of Sitka, in partnership with Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, will host two virtual public consultations Tuesday for businesses interested in participating in the federal Disadvantaged Business...

Kéet Gooshí Héen Elementary will have an informational Parent Advisory Committee meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the school library. Topics to cover include Title I services, AK Reads Act, and family engagement input.

Mr. Scarecrow will be standing in the 3 to 5 Preschool’s Pumpkin Patch at AC Lakeside Grocery parking lot on Sunday, Oct. 19, rain or shine. The preschool fundraising event, which includes picking a favorite pumpkin, is 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Attendees...

Fiber Friends will meet noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the library Gus Adam’s room. All fiber enthusiasts are invited, including spinners, dyers, knitters, weavers and crocheters.

Sitka Emblem Club #142 will hold a business meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Sitka Elks Lodge. Current members are invited to attend. Those with questions can call Mindy at 907 738-2418.

AMERICORPS SPOTLIGHT-Sam Edinberg will spend her Americorps year serving at Blatchley Middle School. Originally from Westborough, Massachusetts, Edinberg recently earned her degree from the University of Rochester with bachelor’s degrees in...

Sitka Emblem Club 142 will hold a business meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Sitka Elks Lodge.  All current members are invited to attend. Those with questions can call Mindy at 907 738-2418.

During the fall months, Sitka Public Library’s preschool story time will be offered 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20, Dec. 4, 11 and 18 at the library’s multipurpose room.  The program includes readings, rhymes, songs and a...

The annual WhaleFest Run will be 9 a.m. on Nov. 8. Participants can choose from a 5K run, 10K run, or 2-mile walk that begins and ends at Whale Park, 2500 Sawmill Creek Rd. Join the crowd, rain or shine, and watch for whales along the...