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Visiting artist makes music resonate for Sitka students

Band classes at Sitka High School and Blatchley Middle School are wrapping up an Artist in Schools Residency with Northern Arizona University's Dr. Stephen Meyer.

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes south of Sitka, no tsunami danger reported

The magnitude 5.9 quake struck at 10:46 p.m. on January 11, 2024. The epicenter was approximately 50 miles south of Sitka, at a depth of 12 miles. The US Tsunami Warning Center has issued no watch or advisory related to the quake.

Boating accident north of Sitka claims two lives, three rescued

Two people are confirmed dead following a boating mishap near Sitka Tuesday night. Three others survived.

An ‘A List’ of arts camp alumni return to Sing, Sing, Sing! this Saturday

An ensemble of Sitka Fine Arts Camp alumni celebrate the camp's 50-year anniversary with opera, art song, jazz standards, musical theater, and pop. 7

Deer hunting still open for subsistence

Sitkans can continue hunting deer for subsistence through the end of January, as long as they stay on federal lands.

Two men indicted by Sitka Grand Jury in December

A Sitka Grand Jury in December indicted two men on charges ranging from terroristic threatening to assault.

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.