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January 9, 2023: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?

Sitka’s assembly will begin the job search for a new city attorney soon. Municipal Attorney Brian Hanson is retiring at the end of June.

State’s 2024 harvest cap for herring will be the highest in history

Seiners in Sitka will be allowed to catch more fish than ever before in the 2024 commercial sac roe herring fishery this coming spring – over 80,000 tons But they won’t likely come close to meeting that record-breaking harvest.

Sonny Marin Enloe is Sitka’s first baby of 2024

Nick Enloe and Kaycie Coleman with their daughter, Sonny Marin Enloe. Sonny arrived at 5 a.m. on January 2, Sitka's first baby of 2024.

Troopers, police searching for missing person in Sitka

Alaska State Troopers and Sitka Police are searching for a 28-year-old man who was last seen more than a week ago in Sitka.

Sitkans to put paint to buoys in annual Braveheart fundraiser

Are you interested in painting a hard plastic buoy for the annual 2024 Brave Heart Volunteer Buoy fundraiser? Come join Pat Kehoe in a buoy painting workshop hosted by Sitka Sound Science Center and BHV this January.

Walk on sunshine at this month’s 80’s Grind

Jeff Budd and Melinda McAdams share details about this month's Monthly Grind, which is devoted to the 1980s. Advance tickets $5 at Old Harbor Books, refunded for anyone who brings a homemade dessert (one refund per family). Show starts 7 p.m. Saturday, January 13, at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi.

A lot of port calls — and a few close calls — bring Sitkans together in ’23

A near-miss summer troll season, and a close call for an Air Station Sitka helicopter crew punctuated a year of news where Sitkans generally worked together to preserve their sanity (by taking a hard look at cruise tourism) and their healthcare options (by speaking out on SEARCH's closing the Home Health Department). Here a look back at 2023.