Author retells story of Sitka woman who survived the Holocaust
After coming across the story during a dinner with old friends, Tom Kizzia knew he’d found another Alaskan story to trace ...
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City seeks harbor funding
urges the governor and state legislators to fully fund the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant program. This year, the communities that received that grant were Unalaska, Sitka and Juneau.
Suspect shot at by Sitka police arrested after striking officer with vehicle
A man and woman were arrested Thursday night following a police drug intercept operation that resulted in a shot being fired ...
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Josie’s Story: From 19th-century Sitka to her escape from the Holocaust
Who were the colonists rushing north in 1867 after the United States purchased Russia’s interest in Alaska? The first white settler girl born inside the muddy wooden fortress of American Sitka ...
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True crime, history, and sweets featured local maritime society fundraiser
This Thursday (1-23-25) the Sitka Maritime Heritage Society will host a dessert fundraiser highlighting the work of ...
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Sitkans to bask in the limelight at annual ‘Broadway Night’
Greater Sitka Arts Council's Sitka Community Theater presents Broadway Night, an evening of show tunes by local celebrities ...
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Why does an Episcopal church in an Alaskan town have a prominent Star of David window?
SITKA, Alaska (JTA) — It is a peculiar mystery that has endured for more than 120 years in the shadows of Mt. Verstovia on Baranof Island in southeast Alaska. At 611 Lincoln St. in the heart of ...