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

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 ...

The small red plastic sign on the wall behind the Avis car-rental counter set off alarm bells in my brain: “A cleaning fee may be charged due to fish smell or having animals in the car or trunk.” ...

Summer tourists in Sitka, seen in the documentary "Cruise Boom." (Courtesy ArtChange, Inc.) Sitka-based filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein’s latest documentary, “Cruise Boom,” premieres nationwide Saturday ...

Sitka, Alaska, is where the state first officially became part of the US in an October 1867 treaty. Alamy Stock Photo At the height of summer, thousands of cruise ship passengers descend every week ...

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 ...

The boat is part of a pilot program based in Sitka to address high fuel costs for the fishing fleet and maybe make fishing a ...