Sitka

Sitka gets $1.1 million state grant to upgrade Eliason Harbor electrical systems and floats

Sitka landed a $1.1 million state grant to fix aging floats and electrical systems at Eliason Harbor, where most visiting boats tie up. Design is nearly done.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Sitka Assembly votes to negotiate contract with Gerrie Cotter for municipal administrator

Sitka's Assembly voted 7-0 to start contract talks with its only finalist for city administrator. Salary and start date are still up for negotiation.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Follows: Sitka Assembly to interview municipal administrator applicant Gerrie Cotter on Sept. 10

Sitka planners favor 30 to 40 single-family lots near Sitka High School

Sitka planners like 30 to 40 single-family lots near Sitka High, with room saved for apartments or dorms later. Final findings are due by year's end.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell joins new group active in Juneau and Sitka elections

Former Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell is now co-chair of a new independent expenditure group focused on Juneau and Sitka's Oct. 6 municipal elections.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: New independent expenditure group registers for Juneau and Sitka municipal elections

Lincoln Street in downtown Sitka to close Oct. 5 to 15 for water line work

Part of Lincoln Street by St. Michael's Cathedral closes Oct. 5 to 15 for a new water line. Sitka's downtown gets a detour, and everyone gets a longer walk.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage's police union endorsed Kreiss-Tomkins and Johnson for governor

Anchorage's police union endorsed Kreiss-Tomkins and Johnson for governor, citing Johnson's trooper years. The other three tickets are Republican.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

New independent expenditure group registers for Juneau and Sitka municipal elections

A new outside spending group signed up for Juneau and Sitka's Oct. 6 elections. It hasn't said who it's backing, only that it favors economic opportunity.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Sitka Tribe and Metlakatla May Request Return of 11 Ancestors and 16 Items in October

Four museums and federal agencies hold at least 11 Alaska Native ancestors and 16 cultural items the Sitka Tribe and Metlakatla may request returned starting in October.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Follows: Federal notices clear 11 Sitka ancestors for return

FAA awards Sitka $2 million for seaplane base land and final design

Sitka has federal money to buy land and finish designs for a new floatplane base. The $34 million to actually build it hasn't turned up yet.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read

Sitka would make second houses easier to build in some zones and ban them in others

Sitka wants second small houses easier to build in some neighborhoods and off limits in others. Shotgun Alley asked for one and was told to wait.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Past three miles, Sitka residents fish under nonresident rules

Cross three miles off Sitka and residents fish under nonresident rules, so a lingcod that's legal inshore can end your day in federal water.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 18

The state is still taking comments on a school rule it dropped last year

Alaska's education department is still taking comments on a rule its board killed 11 months ago. The follow-up the board asked for is harder to find.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Bert Adams takes over as Sitka Tribe of Alaska general manager

Bert Adams started as general manager of Sitka Tribe of Alaska on Aug. 17, ending nine months without a permanent leader after the previous manager resigned in November 2025.

by Alaska News1mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 17

Sitka school policy committee rejects copying Ketchikan's student drug-testing rule

Sitka turned down copying Ketchikan's student drug testing rules. One of its two new drafts could extend testing past sports to band, drama and debate.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 10

Sitka Assembly favors a half-point summer sales tax for child care, with no vote taken

Sitka's Assembly favored a half-point summer sales tax for child care on Sept. 8.. Staff estimate it would raise about $1.19 million a year against a $1 million package.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 8

Federal notices clear 11 Sitka ancestors for return

Two federal notices make at least 11 ancestors and 11 funerary objects eligible for return to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 9

Sitka's savings for future repairs has shrunk three years running

Sitka's yearly set-aside for future infrastructure repairs keeps shrinking: $4 million, then $3.2 million, and $3 million proposed for Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Most of Sitka's administrator search has happened in executive session

Sitka's sole finalist for city administrator dropped out in July. The Assembly decides Tuesday on a different candidate, possibly in closed session.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Sitka Assembly to interview municipal administrator applicant Gerrie Cotter on Sept. 10

Sitka has been renting dumpsters without a rate in code

Sitka has been running roll-off dumpster service with no rate in city code. The Assembly is fixing that Tuesday, at $3,300 a month per container.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Remains of at least 10 and an 1895 mortuary pole can return to Sitka Tribe after Oct. 16

Tongass National Forest cleared remains of at least 10 Native individuals for return to Sitka Tribe of Alaska starting October 16, including a mortuary pole held since 1895.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Bear Mountain goat zone on Baranof closes Sept. 18 after quota fills

Bear Mountain is the fourth Baranof goat zone closed this season — on quotas built from surveys the state hasn't flown island-wide since 2023.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Sitka's sales tax drops a point Oct. 1, the one that funds schools

Sitka's sales tax drops from 6 percent to 5 on Oct. 1 through March. The summer point that comes off is the one dedicated to funding school buildings.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Museums have cleared 46 Alaska Native ancestors to come home

At least 46 Alaska Native ancestors and 14 belongings have been cleared to come home. Twelve of the dates they could have left have already passed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

A federal rule would ease buying Alaska seafood for school meals

More than half of Alaska's districts already serve local seafood, mostly through donations and grants. A federal rule would let them just buy it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Sitka loses coho fishing as weak returns leave the hatchery short

Sitka anglers lose coho fishing in Bear Cove and Deep Inlet through October after this year's silvers came back too weak for the local hatchery to spawn.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau aging commission to vote Sept. 15 on demanding paratransit fix or new contractor

Juneau's paratransit riders have gone ten months without service that meets the contract, the chair of the city's aging commission says.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Sitka takes household hazardous waste free for two days next month, but not lithium-ion batteries

Sitka opens free household hazardous waste collection Saturday and Sunday at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, accepting oils, paints, antifreeze, and batteries except lithium-ion types.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A third Baranof Island goat zone closes early as the state guards the herd

Baranof Island's Lisa Creek goat zone closes Sept. 13 after two billies filled its quota — the third zone shut down early this year over population worries.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska moves to cut library and museum rules, over public objections

Alaska's education department is moving to cut whole chapters of rules for libraries, museums and archives — over a public that mostly asked to keep them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 5

State review of Mt. Edgecumbe wraps up, recommendations to come

A state review of Mt. Edgecumbe High School, prompted by safety complaints, wraps up Wednesday, but families won't see its recommendations until later.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Five Alaska legislators and candidates amend financial disclosures in two days

Five Alaska legislators and candidates amended financial disclosures this week, adding two Anchorage houses, nonprofit board seats, and a spouse's name to their filings.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

The Indian Health Service transferred ownership of the Alaska Native Medical Center to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Aug. 24, 2026, opening access to uncapped federal lease payments while the legal authority for the conveyance remains undocumented.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 24

Follows: Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

A write-in candidate has entered Sitka's Assembly race for two seats

Sitka's Assembly race just went from three candidates to four. Mary Ann Hall has until Oct. 1 to make write-in votes for her actually count.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka's search for housing land narrows to two small parcels

Sitka's search for city land to build housing on has narrowed to two small parcels — the sites with the most room to build are the hardest to develop.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom Sep 2

Federal money will put naloxone and first aid training on remote Alaska fishing boats

A nurse whose son died of an overdose at sea started mailing naloxone to fishing boats. Federal money will now expand it across remote Alaska.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Southeast pink seining closes at 19.8 million fish; hatchery areas stay open

Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed Southeast pink salmon seining Friday after the fleet caught 18.7 million fish at the best prices in years.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Sitka's Assembly takes up how to pay for child care

Sitka's Assembly takes up a possible child care funding source Tuesday. A survey found most parents struggle to find care and employers are feeling it too.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Sitka Assembly to interview municipal administrator applicant Gerrie Cotter on Sept. 10

Sitka's Assembly will interview Gerrie Cotter for municipal administrator on Sept. 10, the sole remaining candidate after a months-long search that started over at least once.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Sitka's sole finalist for city administrator is gone, and the Assembly is starting over

Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for six seats

Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for its Oct. 6 municipal election, with six seats on the ballot and registration closing Sunday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Cordova weighs a model where you own the house but lease the land

You own the house and a trust owns the ground under it, and you pay $50 a month for the ground. Cordova is weighing whether that math works.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 25