Thanks to the generosity and expertise of the the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska broadband department, Tidal Network ; Christopher Cropley, director of Tidal Network; and Luke Johnson, Tidal Network technician, SitkaSentinel.com is again being updated. Tidal Network has been working tirelessly to install Starlink satellite equipment for city and other critical institutions, including the Sentinel, following the sudden breakage of GCI's fiberoptic cable on August 29, which left most of Sitka without internet or phone connections. CCTHITA's public-spirited response to the emergency is inspiring.

20 YEARS AGO

September 2004

Photo caption: First-gradcr Ava Parrish holds up a large carrot she harvested at Sitka National Historical Park’s Russian Bishop’s House garden, as volunteer gardener Jude Reis looks on Dozens of first-graders harvested the crops they helped plant in the spring when they were kindergartners.

50 YEARS AGO

September 1974

Classified ads Notices: Wood-burning kitchen ranges now in at Horton’s Hardware, Katlian St. .... Your  boat AK numbers and letters now in. 15c each. Sitka Engine. .... Sue is back at the Baranof Beauty Shop. Call for an appointment. ... Responsible person desires to live on board boat for winter. Will do whatever maintenance needed.