Sitka News Archives

Kake Tribal Corp. has suspended its foreclosure of Pelican Seafoods, hoping to avoid taking on the old plant's liabilities.

Evergreen Films announced today that the company has signed a development deal with New York Times bestselling author, Dana Stabenow to bring her popular Kate Shugak, Alaska P.I. mystery series to television.

A strong education campaign was cited as the main reason for Anchorage's award. The city provided bike education kits, including horns and helmets, to all Anchorage School District elementary and charter schools.

The Coast Guard says Michael Diverty of Sitka is believed to have fallen off the Miss Dee Dee on Friday in Fish Bay.

SITKA, ALASKA Two candidates for governor were in Sitka over the Alaska Day weekend.

Walking past the onion-domed St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka this Alaska Day weekend, I was struck by the kaleidoscope of costumes.

Link: KCAW Sitkans on Sunday celebrated the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the U.S. there in 1867.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium is pleased to announce that psychologist RD Boardman has joined the behavioral health provider staff at the Haa Toowoo Naakw Hit outpatient behavioral health clinic in Sitka.

The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins.

SITKA, ALASKA Sitka residents have been growing beards and putting on bonnets to help celebrate Alaska Day in style.

SITKA, ALASKA Sitkans are celebrating the 132nd anniversary of the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States.

Alaska has a shortage of health care workers and some of the biggest needs are in behavioral health.

The body of a man who fell into a Southeast Alaska lake and was presumed drowned last weekend has been recovered, Alaska State Troopers said Monday.

KODIAK, Alaska A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka hoisted a 68-year old man from Sitka Sound after his 36-foot fishing vessel Rascal reportedly started taking on water and sank about 9 p.m. Saturday.

The Sitka Local Foods Network will host a brief historical gardening presentation by Elizabeth Kunibe, "Growing in Sitka and Southeast Alaska: Food of Today, Tomorrow and 200 Years Ago," at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium is pleased to announce that clinical psychologist Dennis Pilgrim has joined the behavioral health provider staff at the Haa Toowoo Naakw Hit outpatient behavioral health clinic in Sitka.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Health Promotion, Diabetes and Lifestyle Balance programs will host the second annual "Just Move It" day of activities on Saturday, Oct.

Bonnets and beards are just two of many things that will be celebrated during the 2009 Alaska Day Festival in Sitka.

It is heart-shaped, bordered with gold, features a profile of George Washington and, yes, its ribbon is indeed purple.

State lawmakers have denied a $20,000 request from a legislative task force to complete a report, due last February, that was supposed to make recommendations on sport/commercial salmon fishing issues in Cook Inlet.

Lt. Barry Allen says police decided to turn the matter back over to the school because the boys were not hurt and didn't want to press charges.

SITKA: Easterner describes her introduction and effects of gathering her own food.