Police Blotter Sitka Police Department filed the following calls Tuesday. A report of a sexual assault at a downtown location came in at 9:19 a.m. An animal call came in from the 3100 block of HPR at 10:15 a.m. A protective services report was...
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20 YEARS AGO
September 2006
Photo caption: Erik Davenport of Maple Leaf Construction cuts siding for the historic Cable House on Lincoln Street. The building, which will be 100 years old in 2008, is being restored with grants totaling $300,000 from the USDA Rural Development office, the Rasmuson Foundation and the Denali Foundation. The Cable House, which houses Raven Radio and retail businesses, was the first telegraph station linking Alaska directly to the Lower 48.
50 YEARS AGO
September 1976
Terry Venneberg, the son of Edward Venneberg and Marjorie Venneberg of Sitka, has returned from Washington, D.C., after working two years as a Senate Page. He was appointed by Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska. Among people he met were President Jimmy Carter, Queen Marguerite of Denmark, Elizabeth Taylor, Gregory Peck and Johnny Cash.
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Korea has not agreed to invest $54 billion in the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline — and has not even agreed to invest at all, its national industry minister, Kim Jung-kwan, told reporters in Seoul on Thursday. His remarks came hours after President Donald Trump held a news conference in the White House to incorrectly […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he had secured a deal with the Republic of Korea to spend $54 billion on a long-desired Alaska natural gas pipeline project, part of a $200 billion package of investments that include a major power plant in Texas and several nuclear power plants. South Korea’s trade minister quickly […]
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