30% Pay Increase For Alaska Airlines Workers
Alaska Airlines flight attendants have reached a tentative agreement with the airline that could prevent a strike or work slowdown. The proposed contract includes a 32% pay increase and specifies…
Breaking Local News From Sitka, Alaska
Alaska Airlines flight attendants have reached a tentative agreement with the airline that could prevent a strike or work slowdown. The proposed contract includes a 32% pay increase and specifies…
A fishing charter boat, the Awakin, was found partially submerged off an island in southeast Alaska last May. According to a U.S. Coast Guard investigation, the boat likely capsized after…
Capt. Vincent Jansen of Air Station Sitka noted that the Coast Guard frequently collaborates with other Coast Guard units as well as local, federal, and international partners to carry out…
On April 22, the Gary Paxton Industrial Park (GPIP) board convened to discuss the current $1 per head tariff for the use of the GPIP floating dock. They determined that…
In December, Sitka City and Borough reported an unemployment rate of 3.5%, positioning it at the bottom of Alaska’s rankings at #30. This rate is 0.2 percentage points below the…
Authorities have announced the temporary closure of the Mount Edgecumbe trail located on Kruzof Island, about ten miles west of Sitka near the Fred’s Creek cabin. The popular hiking destination…
More than 30 years after the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was put into place, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) has still not returned cultural artifacts to…
The small Yup’ik village of Newtok, Alaska, situated on increasingly unstable permafrost along the eroding banks of the Ninglick River, has initiated a pioneering full-scale relocation due to climate change.…
The Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska held their 89th Annual Tribal Assembly in Juneau, drawing a crowd of 118 delegates for the second day of the gathering on…
Christopher Brenk, a 26-year-old from Sitka and former St. Olaf College athlete, secured a spot in the top 100 at the Boston Marathon this Monday. Brenk, who moved to Alaska…