Sitka’s local bookstore celebrated its 50th birthday on Saturday. Throughout the afternoon, locals wandered into the downtown shop to buy a book, eat a cupcake, and reminisce on five decades of the community hub.
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Sitka students will have to wait a bit longer for their summer break this year. District staff made the announcement to parents on Thursday.
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The Sitka Assembly interviewed two candidates for municipal administrator during a public meeting Thursday night.
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A nonprofit tribal organization has published a new book that presents Tlingit Raven stories for the first time in the original language with English translations.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Claman visited Sitka last week as part of his statewide campaign.
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Sitka is getting a new full-time police chief. The Sitka Assembly approved the promotion of Lieutenant Mike Hall to the position at its meeting Tuesday night.
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One of six indictments issued by a Sitka Grand Jury last month involved police use of force. Sitka’s interim police chief Chad Goeden said during a recent community conversation that fortunately, use of force is uncommon in Sitka.
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Researchers are documenting black seaweed across seven communities in Southeast Alaska. They are trying to get a baseline for the seaweed, and are looking at whether the important cultural resource should be considered a keystone species.
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Sitka schools were closed Monday following heavy snowfall over the weekend. It’s the first time in nearly a decade that the district closed due to inclement weather, according to school officials.
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Rates for most city utilities this year are likely to increase, with one exception. At a special budget meeting on Feb. 27, the Sitka Assembly reviewed the city’s electric, water, wastewater, solid waste and harbor funds.
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