MAINTAINING MAHEM – This year’s contingent of Alaska Day Festival Keystone Kops take the oath of office from Corporal Jared Edenshaw, off camera, of the Public Safety Academy Sunday in front of the Prospector statue. The Keystone Kops tradition dates to the earliest Alaska Day celebrations in Sitka. Pictured are Laurie Nesheim, Audrey Nevers, Natalie Howard,  Mary B, Anna Howard, Rachel Bourdukofsky,  Kimberly Peacocke and Jhryn Lewis. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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14 Oct 2024 13:15

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October 11, 2024, Police Blotter
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
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10 Oct 2024 14:35

Police Blotter
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NPS Warns
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
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By GARLAND KENNEDY
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20 YEARS AGO

October 2004

Photo caption: Public Health Nurse Penny Lehmann presents the October Faces of Public Health awards. From left are recipients Wilma Blood, Sarah Jordan, Debra Lyons, Sandy Jones, Stephanie Brenner, Susan Suarez and Ronda Anderson.

50 YEARS AGO

October 1974

U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens outlined to an audience of over 300 Pioneers of Alaska members the programs he’s working on to preserve the Alaska historical heritage and to ease the plight of the elderly. ... He spoke at the Centennial Building at the banquet concluding the Pioneers of Alaska convention here.

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