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 — Walking down a line of parade floats and bedecked trucks, a steady drizzle didn’t wash the grin from Duane Vilandre’s face, nor did it dampen the enthusiasm of thousands of people here who ...

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

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 ...