SITKA, Alaska (AP) — The First Presbyterian Church of Sitka has announced that it is dissolving as a congregation and is beginning the process of closing. The closure is in response to dwindling ...

This image provided by the Diocese of Sitka and Alaska in June 2025 shows a detail of the official icon of St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska. (Diocese of Sitka and Alaska via AP) ...

Sitka is marking the 150th anniversary of Russia selling the Alaska Territory to the United States with special events and celebrations from March to October. Photo Credit: Jocelyn Pride Alaska is ...

The Sitka Tlingit Village in 2024. (James Poulson/National Trust for Historic Preservation) There's a lonely old church in the mountains of West Virginia that holds a hidden history. Black coal miners ...

The building in the drawing, located at the corner of Lincoln and Monastery streets in Sitka, is referred to as the “Russian Bishop’s House.” It was once the ecclesiastical headquarters for the ...

With apologies to all those hardworking, glinting Alaska towns that smell like float plane fuel and briny air, the guidebook is right: Sitka is everyone's favorite town in Southeast Alaska. There's ...

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