Sitka encompasses over 2,800 square miles, including countless islands, some of which protect the centralized township and its coastal waters from the rougher seas of the Pacific. In addition to ...

Traffic in downtown Sitka on a busy cruise ship day in June. (Jeb Sharp/KCAW) Sitka’s summer tourism season is in full swing with numbers expected to be close to last year’s record-breaking 585,000 ...

SITKA — A troupe of Russian performers who were set to visit Sitka for the upcoming Alaska Day weekend is unlikely to make it in time for the celebrations. The group’s coordinator in an email to the ...

This year was a big year for cruise ship tourism in Sitka. The town saw a huge increase in passenger visits, and in May it hosted the largest cruise ship currently operating in Alaska waters. While ...