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 ...

Getting around southeastern Alaska requires wings or a boat. South of Haines, nearly every town — including Sitka, Ketchikan and the capital city of Juneau — is inaccessible by car. The only highway ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everything you hear about “The Great Land of Alaska” is true! It is big. It is magnificent. It is wildly beautiful, and I believe every American should experience our 49th state at least once in a ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Florence Murray lives in Rochester and took a cruise to Alaska. I grew up always thinking of Alaska, our 49th state, as the land of ice and snow, Eskimos, igloos and polar bears rather ...