Osprey Street and Sitka High School: those are the top two areas for housing development identified in the first phase of the Sitka Land Suitability and Feasibility Study.
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A good Samaritan vessel rescued a man from the water Sunday (2-8-26) after he jumped from the O’Connell Bridge.
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A load of young-growth lumber harvested from the Tongass National Forest boarded the Kennicott ferry from Petersburg to Sitka late last month. Its final destination? An outdoor learning shelter being constructed behind Pacific High School.
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The majority of Sitkans experienced a power outage Wednesday night (2-4-26) just before 9 p.m.
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A Sitka-based cruise line is closing its doors. Alaskan Dream Cruises announced Wednesday (2-4-26) that it has ceased operations and cancelled all future sailings.
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About two dozen community members gathered at Harrigan Centennial Hall on Thursday (1-29-26) to brainstorm solutions to Sitka’s ongoing problem of bears getting into trash.
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Sitka will receive $10 million dollars for a new wastewater disinfection system. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski secured the money for Sitka as part of an appropriations bill that passed the House and Senate earlier this month.
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2025 was a year of progress for the City of Sitka, according to Municipal Administrator John Leach, who presented the annual State of the City report to the public on Wednesday (1-28-26).
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The City of Sitka will contract with a local group to help finalize a master plan for the Parks and Recreation program. When the assembly met on Tuesday, it approved the agreement with the Sitka Recreation Foundation (SRF). But a second agreement fell flat with most assembly members.
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About 70 Sitkans lined the street downtown on Saturday in an act of ICE resistance, blowing whistles and holding signs that read, “Alaska is cold enough. We don’t need ICE” and “People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
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