Parents and caregivers who are raising children and young adults who are neurodivergent are invited to share resources, celebrate uniqueness, discuss challenges and triumphs. The Family Connect group typically meets 6:30 p.m. on the last Thursday...

The Sitka Economic Development Association is selling raffle tickets for two round-trip Alaska Airlines tickets. The winning ticket will be pulled on Oct. 18 at the Alaska Day Brewfest event outside Harrigan Centennial Hall. A total of 250...

Sitka Public Library invites ages 6 to 12 years to check out a spooky book in the library collection and adopt a Library Ghost. Participants will receive an adoption certificate, and directions on how to take care of their adopted...

Sitka Economic Development Association is seeking contestants for the annual Alaska Day Brewfest Chili Cook Off. The event will be held 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, outside Harrigan Centennial Hall.

Brielle Louise Wild was born at 3:42 p.m.  on September 16 at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center. At birth, the infant weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 19 inches long. Parents are Kenley Jackson and Logan Wild. The mother works at Sitka Fine...

Middle school youths are invited to join the Sitka Conservation Society and Youth Advocates of Sitka Adventure Club. Participants in the after-school program aim to deepen their connection to self, land and community through outdoor...

Sitka Conservation Society’s Alaska Way of Life Project’s 4-H program at our Explorations program meets 3:15-4:30 p.m. each Tuesday. The program is open to ages 5-18 years. Youths can hike, harvest, create, and learn from each other and community...

MONDAY 6-8 a.m. MEHS Aquatic Center Pool Open  8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Early in-person municipal election voting, Harrigan Centennial Hall  10 a.m. Senior Coffee Social, Swan Lake Senior Center 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Lap Swim, Blatchley...

The final Sitka Farmers Market of the season will be 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the ANB Founders Hall. A full house of vendors will be on hand.  ‘‘We have made room for two new vendors so there will be a different configuration of tables,’’...

All are invited to the Sitka Animal Shelter 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 20, for ‘‘Coffee with Cats.’’ It will include coffee, baked goods and meeting local cats in need of homes.

Organizations and individual who have events planned in November – such as cultural demonstrations, lectures, workshops, performances, or community gatherings – are being asked to include events on the Native American Heritage Month official...

Guest speaker David Avraham Voluck will present “The Birthday of the World: Mystical Insights into Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year” at Sunday’s meeting of the Sitka Unitarian Fellowship. Voluck is an alumnus of the Rabbinical College of America...

Petro-state vs. Electro-state Trump has cut federal funds for climate research, has decreased pollutant monitoring, has reversed permits for solar and wind utilities, and is subsidizing the most expensive sources of power. We are going backwards...

FRIDAY 10 a.m. Bingocize at Swan Lake Senior Center Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, call AA hotline 907-747-8866 for information  2 p.m. Artist-in-residence Danielle Larsen artist talk, Sheldon Jackson Museum 5:30-7:30 p.m. Family Fun Game...

Sitka Woman's Club will meet at noon Saturday at the Pioneers Home manager's house.

Elizabeth Ann "Liz" Howard died Wednesday in Sitka, at the age of 89. She was a lifelong Sitka resident. An obituary will be published later.

Low Income Home Energy Assistance is available for income-eligible American Indian/Alaska Natives residing in Sitka. It includes heat assistance for vendors such as utilities, fuel, or heat that may be included in the rent amount. Eligibility...

‘‘Breathing Into Fall with Melonie’’ will be offered 6-7 p.m. Thursdays at Yoga Union. The 40-minute facilitated breathwork journey with a gentle yoga flow is offered to Sitka Tribe of Alaska citizens and staff at no cost. Class will not be held...

An Indian Child Welfare Act research study is seeking adults 18 years and older who have had contact with the Alaska state or tribal child welfare system. The organization hopes it can learn ways to make improvements in child welfare practices...

THURSDAY 10:30 a.m. Preschool story time, Sitka Public Library 11 a.m. Marine haulout ribbon-cutting event, Gary Paxton Industrial Park 11-2 Salvation Army Little Store open Noon AA, St. Peter’s basement, AA hotline 907-747-8866 for...