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This Alaska Lighthouse Lets You Stay Overnight On A Private Island Surrounded By Ocean Views

Escape to a private island in Alaska and stay at a historic lighthouse. Guests can enjoy a luxury abode with gorgeous ocean ...
Alaska Public Media

Sitka’s tourism boom has brought a staggering increase in cigarette butts

Some of the 2,000 (on average) butts collected during a recent clean-up of Sitka’s Crescent Park strip and downtown. (Amanda Roberts) As Sitka heads toward a record cruise season, with over ...
Juneau Empire

Sitka festival receives grant, Poetry Out Loud dates announced, Rasmuson Foundation accepting applications

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded the Sitka Summer Music Festival a $400,000 grant to support renovation of Stevenson Hall in downtown Sitka as a residence space for visiting musicians who ...
Alaska Public Media

Internet and cell services down for most of Sitka

Sitka’s Lincoln Street on June 21, 2023, when three cruise ships brought about 13,000 passengers and crew to the Southeast Alaska town. (Rich McClear/KCAW) Most internet and cell services remained ...
KCAW

Sitka to petition state for three additional beer and wine licenses

The City of Sitka will petition the state alcohol board for three more restaurant beer and wine licenses. The Sitka Assembly made the decision after two meetings filled with community debate.
News4Jax

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

FILE - Homes in downtown overlook the harbor, in Sitka, Alaska, on March 26, 2008. Sitka is the home port for a charter fishing boat that sank in late May 2023 in nearby waters killing three and ...