FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Staff Writer
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By Sentinel Staff
The Sitka Sound commercial herring sac roe fishery continued today with open [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
After storming into the state 3A boys basketball brac [ ... ]
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The Queen Bees’ spotless season record ended Tuesday night with a 2-1 loss [ ... ]
By SHIRLEY SNEVE
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By CLAIRE STREMPLE
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A presentation about a jump in the number of inmate deaths in [ ... ]
By NATHANIEL HERZ
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Police Blotter
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
The city’s reassessment of taxable real estate, alo [ ... ]
By Sentinel Staff
The third opening in this year’s Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery was held Mon [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
Sitka High’s Lady Wolves bounced back from an openi [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel ports Editor
Competing in the state 3A basketball tournament in Anc [ ... ]
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Playing in a competitive division City League volleyball game Monday evening [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
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By NATHANIEL HERZ
Northern Journal
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By CLAIRE STREMPLE
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By YERETH ROSEN
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Police Blotter
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
March 25
At 7:48 a.m. a calle [ ... ]
Vietnam-Era Vets
Invited to Lunch,
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By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Staff Writer
The 2024 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery got under [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
The Assembly will start the annual process of determi [ ... ]
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Competing in the 3A state championship title basketball game Saturday, the M [ ... ]
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Playing through the afternoon Sunday, City League volleyball teams faced off [ ... ]
Daily Sitka Sentinel
May 24, 2019, Police Blotter
Police Blotter
Sitka police logged the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
May 23
A Samsung phone was turned in, programmed to foreign language. Cruise Line Agencies was advised, in case the phone belongs to a passenger.
An intoxicated man in a harbor restroom stall was taken to a hospital.
Police used Google Translate to talk to a man off a cruise ship accused of stealing from a local store. He was told not to return to the store.
Police advised a couple yelling at each other on Harbor Drive that others had complained about them.
A hit and run was reported in the 200 block of Lake Street.
At 6:53 p.m. a resident reported a woman hitting a dog on Price Street and dragging it into a trailer. The animal control officer was advised.
Police provided a man with a typed list of all the places he is trespassed from, after he was reported to be hiding in an employee restroom.
At 11:29 p.m. an officer reported a man had run from him. Police talked to people man had been talking to.
May 24
Police cited a woman for failing to have a valid license or insurance, and having an expired registration.
Officers were to deliver a denial of a domestic violence order.
At 1:26 a.m. a caller reported hearing crying and possibly arguing near the Baranof playground. Officers found people cuddling in a vehicle.
Two people sleeping in their car at Sealing Cove were advised they couldn’t park there, nor could they drive because they were not validly licensed and the vehicle registration had expired.
TSA confiscated a bag of marijuana at the airport.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department received ambulance calls at 10:42 a.m., 12:26 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. Thursday; and 5:54 a.m. today.
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March 2004
Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
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Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....