Author: Katherine Rose

After a months-long transition, the sale of Sitka’s family-owned grocery store has been finalized.

Sitka school leaders say the budget scenario is worse than they thought, which could lead to a reduction of up to 16 staff, depending on which budget scenario the Sitka School Board ultimately chooses. While the board did not make a decision at its meeting on Wednesday (4-1-26), the message from the audience was clear.  

A former Mt. Edgecumbe High School student says she was sexually assaulted by another student in the fall of 2022. The allegations were investigated and the accused student was expelled weeks later. Now an adult, she and her family believe the institutions in place to protect her failed in the time between the reported assault and the dismissal.

A former Ketchikan healthcare worker reported a doctor assaulted her, and she was fired. Years later, he was convicted of assaulting patients in Sitka. Now she's speaking out.

The Sitka Assembly has trimmed next year’s proposed budget, and more cuts are coming. The assembly spent around three hours in a special meeting last week, making cuts to reduce a budget deficit of just under $900,000 dollars by more than half.

Sitka’s current historic preservation plan is a two-page document drafted in the 1990s, around the...

Sitka was hit with snow again over the weekend, punctuating a month of persistent snowfall. City staff say exhausted road crews and damaged equipment have slowed the snow removal process.