Hope McKenney

Every year, 20 to 30 Alaska Airlines employees volunteer to help Mt. Edgecumbe High School students get glammed up for prom.(KCAW/McKenney)

Siblings Izzy Diaz and Andy Farnham-Bradley inspect their targets after practice at the indoor shooting range. (KCAW/McKenney)

Makenzie Rose at work with her 9-month-old daughter Hava in 2020. (KCAW/Rose)

The Sitka Assembly on Tuesday (5-12-26) passed the city’s final operating budget and capital improvement plan for Fiscal Year 2027, which starts on July 1.

The Brilliant Lady at Sitka’s privately-owned cruise ship dock on May 14, 2026. (KCAW/McKenney)

How did a 6-foot-8-inch officer who grew up in South Florida, and worked in counterterrorism and community policing internationally for years, end up on a small island in Southeast Alaska?

A seasonal Sitka worker is breathing easier today. Her brother has been released by the country of Israel after the humanitarian aid flotilla he was part of was intercepted by the military earlier this week.

In October 2022, the Sitka Assembly appointed Tim Pike to fill a vacant seat. (Photo courtesy of Shannon Haugland/Sitka Sentinel)

Sitkans will consider amending the city’s Home Rule Charter in the upcoming municipal election. At its meeting Tuesday night (5-26-26), the Sitka Assembly voted to put a question to voters this fall that would give the assembly more discretion over when to schedule a special election.

Sitka’s canoe is scheduled to arrive in Juneau on June 2, 2026. (KCAW/McKenney)