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May 26, 2026: What’s on the agenda when the Sitka Assembly meets tonight?
Assembly Member Tim Pike is stepping down from the role. At its meeting tonight (5-26-26), the Sitka Assembly will formally accept Pike’s resignation.
Trees touching the sky, pianos under the sea: former Sitkan reimagines Alaska in debut novel
Kendra Langford Shaw talks about how her family and love for the Southeast inspired her novel "The Pillager's Guide to Arctic Pianos"
Sitka teen gains ‘a new perspective’ from Coast Guard flight
Sitka High School’s Career and Technical Education program has long prepared students for the workforce, and this year it’s expanding into new fields. This spring, students in the program worked in hospitals, dentist offices, and, for the first time, on the United States Coast Guard base.
‘Sometimes you can give a bit of grace’: Sitka Police Chief Mike Hall shares vision for the future of the department
How did a 6-foot-8-inch officer who grew up in South Florida, and worked in counterterrorism and community policing internationally for years, end up on a small island in Southeast Alaska?
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Sentinel Sports: reporters reflect on May athletics, look ahead to state tourneys
Sentinel reporters Anna Laffrey and Shannon Haugland joined KCAW for the Morning Interview to look back at a month of athletic achievement in Sitka and preview several upcoming state tournaments.
Porch Fest returns to Sitka on June 6
Porch Fest, the annual downtown music and arts festival hosted by the Greater Sitka Arts Council, returns to Sitka on June 6.
Sitka High CTE program brings early childhood education training to students
The school year is nearly over, and that means students in Sitka High Schools Career and Technical Education program are more prepared for the workforce after semester of real-work experience in an expanding number of fields.
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Borough votes to terminate library funding agreement
The Ketchikan Public Library photographed on May 21, 2026. (Sydney Dauphinais/KRBD) Residents...
Ketchikan residents struggle to keep up with much-needed utility rate increases
Jack Auger poses with his chihuahua mix, Piper, inside of Ketchikan’s Highliner Laundromat. The...
ADFG Seeking Green Crab Trappers
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game knows that invasive European green crabs are coming, and...
Alaska News
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Mat-Su Assembly doubles down on leaf blowers in response to Anchorage rule
The resolution is meant to remind people that leaf blower use is legal in Mat-Su.
Oil industry has an idea to speed permitting on western Arctic leases. BLM likes it.
Rather than study each proposal in the NPR-A, the industry wants the feds to study one and grant...
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 22, 2026
Environmental groups fight a plan to ease oil and gas permitting in the Arctic.
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Prospects fade for imminent end to Iran war as attacks restart
Israel says it will intensify attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon and U.S. military struck...
U.S. strikes Iran. And, immigration courts use new tactic to speed up deportations
The U.S. military has launched new attacks on Iran while talks to end the conflict are ongoing....
Immigration courts are using a new tactic to speed up deportations
The Justice Department is moving up the court hearings for hundreds of immigrants and scheduling...
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