| Sitka in southeastern Alaska is an increasingly popular port of call for cruise lines in the region.

Rachel Roy says Alaska – especially Sitka – could take a lesson from its immediate neighbor in striking an appropriate balance in heritage tourism. “How has Canada done this?” asked Roy.

Many Alaska tours are worth the splurge, but you don’t have to spend money hand over fist in every cruise port. Whether you want to keep your vacation spending in check or simply wish for a ...

Voters in Sitka, Alaska, rejected a proposal to limit cruise tourism, with 73% voting against it, while discussions about managing tourism continue.

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 ...

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 ...

NPR's "Our Land" series travels to Sitka, Alaska, to meet a salmon fisherman who's spent his life on the water. Eric Jordan describes the feeling of getting these gorgeous creatures to bite.