A pair of recent Sitka High graduates had an unexpected meeting last week – in a combat hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

SITKA, Alaska - A 50-year-old Sitka man has died in an accidental shooting at a gun range. KCAW reports (http://bit.ly/AaNIOA) the gun went off accidentally when Tony DelMoral was putting his hand...

SITKA, Alaska (AP) – Local artist Teri Rofkar is going boldly into the future with new artwork that features modern materials and a political edge. “It’s not your grandfather’s regalia,” Rofkar said, with her customary sense of humor.

Teressa Baldwin, 18, of Sitka and Keefer Brown, 13, of Wasilla today were named Alaska's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.

SITKA, Alaska - The trustees of Sheldon Jackson College, which closed amidst financial troubles in the summer of 2007, signed over the school's archives to the state of Alaska Tuesday. With member...

When you hear folks say that Alaska is all light half the year and all dark the other half of the year, what you're hearing is an exaggeration of a basic astronomical fact: in winter, the sun is in the lower hemisphere and it does not light the north pole.

SITKA - Thanks to a partnership with the Sitka Conservation Society, Pacific High School now serves local seafood in the cafeteria and joins the growing ranks of schools connecting to local foods. Pacific High students will have a choice of local seafood dishes twice a month.

SITKA, Alaska - Sitka's only state district court magistrate has died of injuries from a fall at his home. He was 62. The Daily Sitka Sentinel (http://bit.ly/zH4Rn9 ) says Bruce Horton died Friday...

The Thunder Mountain High School boys and girls basketball teams are showing they are becoming a force in Southeastern basketball circles, even though they each dropped their weekend series.

The archives of Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka are now in the hands of the state. When the college closed in 2007 the Board of Trustees worked to pay down its debt and divest itself of the campus. But lately, the board’s work has centered on preserving the historic school’s legacy.