Alaska is packed to the gills with amazing outdoor destinations, but this small town is one of the best thanks to several ...

SITKA, Alaska - The state has released a tsunami inundation map for Sitka, showing the estimated high-water mark in the event of a tsunami. But Sitka Fire Chief Dave Miller said not to take the map as ...

Sitka has been involved with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981. That qualifies homeowners for flood insurance, at the discretion of their lender, so long as the city maps out which areas ...

The setting of Sitka, Alaska, in a tranquil bay on Baranof Island, is nothing short of spectacular. Tiny islands dense with evergreen trees dot the blue-green water, which is crisscrossed by dozens of ...

SITKA — Russian adventurer Anatoly Kazakevich sailed into town on a double-hulled inflatable sailboat Monday morning, completing the last leg of an 8,000-mile journey to Sitka from the Siberian city ...

Stepping off an Alaska Airlines prop jet and onto the Sitka airport tarmac, I squinted in the brilliant sun. The surrounding snow-capped peaks, jagged cliffs and velvet green valleys shone with ...

SITKA — On a recent weekday morning, the weather forecast was looking pretty good for Sitka. The breeze was light, and what people in Southeast Alaska call a sucker hole — a patch of blue sky in an ...