TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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October 11, 2017 Police Blotter
Sitka Police Department received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
Oct. 10
At 8:48 a.m. a caller said she was stuck in her bathroom. The Fire Department got it opened for her but she called back to say the door was stuck again. The Fire Department returned, got the door opened and removed the locking assembly.
At 11:24 a.m. a 911 caller said she was trying to get her sister out of the house to go to a hospital but her brother-in-law was being obnoxious. An officer talked to them, and the sisters left the house. The man calmed down and said he had been upset because he didn’t like his sister-in-law to be meddling.
At 11:35 a.m. a caller said an older golden Lab was running at large in the 1300 block of SMC and nearly got hit by a car. The ACO found the dog and returned it to its owner, who was in the area looking for it.
A turquoise Specialized Rockhopper mountain bike was reported stolen from downtown.
At 11:59 a.m. an officer making a security check at Pioneer Park found men drinking. One, who blew a .340 PBT, was taken to the hospital. Two others were told they couldn’t drink in public, and the alcohol was poured out.
A man brought in a postcard that read “Vehicle Alert Notice,” and asked for a response within five business days because his vehicle warranty will or may be expired. The man said he believed the card was a scam because his vehicle is so old he’s never had a warranty on it.
At 2:56 p.m. a caller said an SUV passed a school bus stopped with its red lights flashing in the 1700 block of HPR.
At 3:40 p.m. a caller said a driver had passed a school bus while it was stopped in the 1400 block of SMC with its red lights flashing.
At 9:07 p.m. a caller said she’d just found a man lying on the ground in the national park and he did not respond when she asked him if he was all right. An officer found he was highly intoxicated, and left him in the care of family members.
At 10 a.m. a bear was reported in the area of Shuler Street.
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A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter rescued two lost hikers on a ridge trail near Cairn Peak late Monday night. The two had called for help via VHF saying they didn’t have provisions to last them through the night and were worried about hypothermia. They were flown to Juneau.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.