Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today. June 12 Emergency Calls Sitka Fire Department received In Court Kory Ron Hansen, 35, on a March 29 charge of driving under the...
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20 YEARS AGO
June 2005
For the seven seniors on the Sitka High School girls softball team, the third time was the charm. After going 1-2 the previous two years at the state tournament, the Lady Wolves won four consecutive games to claim the inaugural “small school” softball state championship in Fairbanks. “They played the best ball they played all year all weekend long,” said Sitka Coach Lesa Way.
50 YEARS AGO
June 1975
Record Review ZRBF by M. Tackabery. Ta da! The Rock is open again and you know what that means – you’re going to have to put up with me, your vicious neighborhood record reviewer again. And what better way to open my column than by zinging an original Beatle album. ....
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The multiagency group that coordinates oversight of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System needs an update to better operate in changing conditions, said a federal report released on Thursday. The Joint Pipeline Office, a consortium of federal and state agencies with various regulatory duties, has scaled back its operations over the past several years, leading to […]
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the Biden administration’s approval of a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope, even though it identified one flaw with the action. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a divided decision, said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management largely abided by federal laws when it granted […]
The Alaska House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing June 20 on the use of Alaska Department of Corrections facilities to house and supervise federal detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The announcement comes following news of DOC holding 42 people arrested and detained by ICE from out of state over the weekend, […]
Tottenham says it has signed forward Mathys Tel to a permanent contract. The 20-year-old joined the London club on loan in February from Bayern Munich. Tottenham says Tel will sign a contract until …
NASCAR fans have grown accustomed to seeing speed, throttle and braking on broadcasts for years. There has been one measurement though that has eluded networks and viewers for years. Until now. …
The prospect of a work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients is sparking fears. The measure is part of a sweeping federal spending bill supported by President Donald Trump that has cleared …
