The Sitka Sentinel is an independent, family-owned newspaper published on non-holiday weekdays in Sitka, Alaska, United States. It was founded by Harold Veatch in 1939. Thad and Sandy Poulson took over the paper in 1969.[2][3]

Sitka Sentinel
Publisher and editor Thad Poulson with Don Young in 2016
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Thad and Sandy Poulson, Verstovia Corp.
PublisherThad and Sandy Poulson, Verstovia Corp.
EditorThad and Sandy Poulson
Founded1939
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters112 Barracks Street
Sitka, Alaska 99835
United States
Circulation2,961 (as of 2009)[1]
Websitesitkasentinel.com

The paper covers local, regional, national and international news, and includes a sports page and an end-of-week arts highlight. The paper features a news department of two reporters.[2]

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  1. ^ "USPS Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation". Daily Sitka Sentinel (Press release). 6 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b Kwong, Emily (27 April 2015). "After 75 years, family keeps Sitka Sentinel running". KCAW News. Sitka. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ^ Rose, Katherine (22 July 2019). "For Sitka Sentinel reporter, journalism is genetic". KCAW News. Anchorage. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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