FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson) 

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Seiners Get Second Day with 2 Areas to Fish
27 Mar 2024 14:46

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    The Sitka Sound commercial herring sac roe fishery continued today with open [ ... ]

Braves Take Second in Last Minute Upset
27 Mar 2024 12:41

By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
    After storming into the state 3A boys basketball brac [ ... ]

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    The Queen Bees’ spotless season record ended Tuesday night with a 2-1 loss [ ... ]

Kodiak Alutiiq Museum Getting New Attention
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By SHIRLEY SNEVE
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House Hearing on Inmate Deaths Halted
27 Mar 2024 12:35

By CLAIRE STREMPLE
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    A presentation about a jump in the number of inmate deaths in  [ ... ]

Nominee to Bering Sea Council: Not a Trawler
27 Mar 2024 12:34

By NATHANIEL HERZ
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    Tribal and environmental advocates calling for a crackdown o [ ... ]

March 27, 2024, Police Blotter
27 Mar 2024 12:26

Police Blotter
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
March 26
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March 27, 2024, Community Happenings
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Reassessments Raise Tax Bills for Sitkans
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    The city’s reassessment of taxable real estate, alo [ ... ]

Two Areas Opened in Herring Fishery Today
26 Mar 2024 15:21

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Lady Wolves Rally to Take Fourth at State
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    Sitka High’s Lady Wolves bounced back from an openi [ ... ]

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By NATHANIEL HERZ
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Faster Internet Speeds In Rural Schools OK'd
26 Mar 2024 13:53

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By YERETH ROSEN
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March 26, 2024, Police Blotter
26 Mar 2024 13:49

Police Blotter
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
March 25
At 7:48 a.m. a calle [ ... ]

March 26, 2024, Community Happenings
26 Mar 2024 13:48

Vietnam-Era Vets
Invited to Lunch,
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American Legion Post 13 will host a luncheon 1-3 p.m.  [ ... ]

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25 Mar 2024 15:30

By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Staff Writer
    The 2024 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery got under [ ... ]

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    The Assembly will start the annual process of determi [ ... ]

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25 Mar 2024 15:23

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July 17, 2019, Police Blotter

Police Blotter
    Police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
July 16
    A man said his estranged wife was threatening to harm herself. Police left a message for her, and she called back saying she was fine.
     A caller asked to talk about a theft.
    A marriage license was found in the police department parking lot. The owner said she would pick it up.
    A resident said he lost his ID.
    At 1:19 p.m. a bartender said a man was becoming unruly and trying to start fights, and refusing to leave. A fight started while the bartender was talking to police. A criminal trespass was signed and served at the scene.
    An ambulance was called for a woman who fell at Katlian and Lincoln streets. She declined a ride.
    A resident asked for a welfare check on a friend, who turned out to be out of town for medical reasons.
    At 3:51 p.m. possible gunshots were reported downtown.
    At 3:56 p.m. a vehicle backing out hit a shopping cart in a grocery store parking lot. Police issued a self-report accident form to the driver.
    A bike was abandoned in the woods behind the animal shelter.
    At 5 p.m. a caller asked for a welfare check on a woman who might want to harm herself and had missed appointments, unusual for her. The woman told police she was fine and would call the resident.
    At 5:24 p.m. a man said a possibly intoxicated driver nearly sideswiped him on Lincoln Street. Police didn’t locate the vehicle in question.
    At 5:31 p.m. a woman expressed concern about a man who appeared to be unconscious at the base of a tree in totem park. He was gone from the area, but police said they would continue to look.
    At 6:50 p.m. a man said a black and white pig was in his yard, in the 2800 block of SMC.
    A Biorka Street resident said he was awakened the previous night by a person walking by and playing rap music at high volume. He told police he heard the same song about 7:25 p.m. Tuesday and thought it might be the same person. He told police that he’d told the person not to play that music.
    Police were asked to help on a number of parking complaints.
    At 8:34 p.m. a Price Street resident said her intoxicated brother threatened to punch her in the face. The man agreed to leave when police arrived, and was given a ride to his parents’ home.
    A caller said a vandal broke into the Moller ball field cage and cut the tarp and netting.
July 17
    At 1:26 a.m. a store employee reported a drunk man was refusing to move from in front of the store and wouldn’t let anyone enter. Police gave him a ride home.
    At 2:22 a.m. a caller said a woman fell at home. Police helped her back into her chair.

Sitka Police
    Reno Red Leaf, 30, was arrested Tuesday by troopers on two warrants from Unalaska for failing to appear on a charge of violating release conditions.
    Cedar Mayo, 29, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of disorderly conduct and criminal trespass in the second degree.
    Troy Mayer, 53, was arrested Tuesday on two charges of violating conditions of release, and unlawful contact. He was also arrested on three Sitka warrants related to two cases.

Emergency Calls
    Sitka Fire Department dispatched ambulances at 2:19, 3:59, 5:25 and 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.


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20 YEARS AGO

March 2004

Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.


50 YEARS AGO

March 1974

Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....

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