Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls as of 8 a.m. today. May 22 At 3:36 a.m. three bears were reported to have dragged a trash can into the street on Toivo Circle. The can was put back in place but trash remained...
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20 YEARS AGO
May 2005
The Sitka Amateur Boxing Club won the team title Saturday at a regional competition in Ketchikan. All three Sitka Boxers –Ethan Ojala, Jack See and Wyatt Ojala – won at least one match.
50 YEARS AGO
May 1975
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America has sanctioned a church-wide appeal for the Alaskan Diocese and specifically toward the reconstruction of the historic St. Michael’s Cathedral. In addition, all parishes of the church will hold a special collection for St. Michael’s Cathedral on Nov. 23. The cathedral was destroyed in a downtown fire on Jan. 2, 1966.
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