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Hunters have harvested 62 bull moose in the fall hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell, and Kake as of October 2. The Central Southeast season opened September 15. It’s a restricted antler hunt – only bulls with specific antler configurations can be taken. The highest harvests come from Kupreanof Island...

Haiku contests, songs and dances from Sitka and far flung cultures, dozens of ukuleles and more desserts than you can count are reasons you may have attended a Sitka Monthly Grind in the last 29 years. But it’s the audiences as much as the performers who make the Grind the...

Sitka voters returned incumbent mayor Steven Eisenbeisz to his seat for another two years. Eisenbeisz decisively outpolled political newcomer Leah Mason, by a 2-to-1 margin, 1,156 to 551. Two other veteran assembly members were also returned to the table, Kevin Mosher and Scott Saline, who won 1,082 and 1,055 votes...

The Sitka School Board approved funding for student psychological services at Wednesday night’s regular meeting, and also passed measures to make it simpler for schools to coordinate programs with the city Parks and Recreation department. With the district’s only full-time psychologist to be on leave for much of the...

In Sitka’s municipal election Tuesday, Steven Eisenbeisz won election to a third term as mayor, and incumbents Kevin Mosher and Scott Saline were re-elected to the Assembly. Amanda Williams, the only candidate for School Board, received 1,441 votes, and the two ballot questions on minor changes to the Home Rule Charter passed by hefty margins.