Sitka woman dies in shooting accident
A Sitka woman on a camping trip died in an accidental shooting. As Peterson was loading her kayak and her brother gathered gear, he heard a gunshot.
Authorities arrest Texas woman, recover child
A Texas woman has been arrested in Alaska on allegations she abducted her son.
Cruise ships plan stops at private Sitka dock
A privately owned deep-water dock in Sitka expects to see at least 12,500 passengers disembark from cruise ships next year.
Recount gives Kreiss-Tomkins 32 vote victory in House District 34
Sitka Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has won a Southeast Alaska state House seat after a recount.
Leone, Part 3: Charged with causing deaths of USCG crewmates
Lt. Lance Leone, the co-pilot, was the sole survivor of a 2010 helicopter crash in Washington.
Leone: ‘A rapid, liquid stop’
Former Air Station Sitka airman talks about being the only survivor of a fatal helicopter crash in 2010.
All tied up
The race for House District 34 is all tied up. Haines Republican Representative Bill Thomas and Sitka Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins now have 4,054 votes each.… more
Students learn how to take apart an octopus
What’s it look like inside an octopus? You probably don’t want to know, at least first-hand. That’s unless you’re a student dissecting one during this month’s Sitka WhaleFest
Finance reports: Thomas tops Kreiss-Tomkins
More money is going into the House District 34 campaign than any other race in Southeast. That’s the new Sitka-plus-Southeast Islands district, a close race between incumbent Bill Thomas and challenger Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
Sitka is center of Alaska’s devil’s club business
Devil’s club is probably best known as a plant to avoid at all costs. But several small Southeast Alaska companies have a different take. They’re turning the roots, stems and bark of the plant into rubs and salves to treat sore joints and damaged skin.
