BIG RIGS – Max Bennett, 2, checks out the steering on a steamroller during the 3 to 5 Preschool’s Big Rig fundraiser in front of Mt. Edgecumbe High School Saturday. Hundreds of kids and parents braved the wet weather to check out the assortment of machines, including road building trucks, a U.S. Coast Guard ANT boat, police cars and fire department rigs. Kids were able to ride as passengers on ATVs. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
September 20, 2022, Police Blotter
Police Blotter
Sitka Police Department received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today.
September 19
At 2:48 a.m. an incident of drunkenness was logged in the 200 block of Baranof Street.
At 4:16 a.m. a possible case of fraud was reported to police at the station.
At 10:50 a.m. a theft was reported to police.
Police made contact with a citizen at Crescent Harbor at 11 a.m.
At 2:15 p.m. a traffic complaint came in from SMC and Shotgun Alley.
At 3:21 p.m. a welfare check was requested in the100 block of Lincoln Street.
At 5:19 p.m. a disturbance was reported at the national park visitor center.
At 6;04 p.m. a traffic accident that resulted in damage to public property was reported in the 100 block of Lincoln Street.
At 9:03 p.m. suspicious activity was reported at the airport.
September 20
At 2:06 a.m. a traffic accident was reported in the 200 block of Smith Street. A driver had lost control and struck a black trash can then a parked vehicle. The accident is under investigation.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department received ambulance calls at 10:39 a.m., 4:53 p.m. and 8:16 p.m. Monday.
Coast Guard
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter on Monday medevacked a 50-year-old woman from Hoonah to Sitka.
The Air Station received the call at 6:36 a.m. and launched a helicopter at 6:48 a.m. The crew picked up the woman in Hoonah and arrived back in Sitka at 8:33 a.m. where she was met by an awaiting EMS crew, the Coast Guard said.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Responding to the requests of athletes, coaches and parents, the Sitka School Board voted unanimously Monday against a proposal that would have changed Sitka High School’s classification from Class 4A, which includes Juneau and Ketchikan, to the 3A, which has schools with enrollment of 100 to 400 students.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Memories of Sitka’s first radio station have been revived by a St. Louis, Mo., man who was one of the founders. Fred A. Wiethuchter recently wrote a letter to “Mayor Sitka, Alaska” asking about the town since he was here during World War II. He was an Army private at Fort Ray when he was attached to Armed Services Radio Station KRAY and WVCX ....
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