DIVE PRACTICUM – Dive student Karson Winslow hands a discarded garden hose to SCUBA instructor Haleigh Damron, standing on the dock, at Crescent Harbor this afternoon. The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus Dive Team is clearing trash from the harbor floor under floats 5, 6 and 7 as part of their instruction. Fourteen student divers are taking part this year. This is the fifth year the dive team has volunteered to clean up Sitka harbors. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
July 23, 2020, Police Blotter
Police Blotter
Police received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today:
July 22
Traffic stops were made at 12:16 a.m. on Katlian Street and at 1:11 a.m. on Indian River Road.
At 8:48 a.m. police took a report of a theft.
At 8:55 a.m. a parking problem arose in the 300 block of Katlian.
Civil disputes arose at noon in the 300 block of Kaagwaantaan and at 2:27 p.m. at a business on Harbor Drive.
At 2:15 p.m. a disturbance was reported in the 400 block of Lincoln Street.
A traffic stop was made at 3 p.m. in the 1700 block of HPR.
An animal problem was reported at 3:16 p.m. in the 400 block of HPR.
At 5:42 p.m. a caller reported a parking problem on Anna Drive.
At 7:54 p.m. a case of fraud was reported at a business on Harbor Drive.
A disturbance was reported at a downtown bank at 10:28 p.m.
July 23
At 12:02 a.m. a citizen assist was requested on Flume Circle.
Traffic stops were made at 4:02 a.m. at 300 Lincoln Street and at 5:59 a.m. at Airport Road and Harbor Drive.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department received an ambulance call at 2:49 p.m. Wednesday.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Photo caption: Sitka High students in the guitar music class gather in the hall before the school’s spring concert. The concert was dedicated to music instructor Brad Howey, who taught more than 1,000 Sitka High students from 1993 to 2004. From left are Kristina Bidwell, Rachel Ulrich, Mitch Rusk, Nicholas Mitchell, Eris Weis and Joey Metz.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
The Fair Deal Association of Sealaska shareholders selected Nelson Frank as their candidate for the Sealaska Board of Directors at the ANB Hall Thursday.