When the Sitka Assembly meets tonight, the group will weigh in on plans for future operations of a marine haul out at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park.

Sitka’s commercial herring fishery is smaller this year, and that means fishery reports from the state will be restricted.

The impact of federal funding freezes and job cuts on Sitka’s economy topped the list of concerns when Senator Lisa Murkowski visited the Southeast island community on Wednesday (3-19-25). But community concerns extended beyond that, as was highlighted in a protest the same day of Murkowski’s visit, when over 200 Sitkans marched in opposition to a wide range of actions taken by President Donald Trump in recent weeks.