CLEARING AWAY –Sitka Public Works and Harbor Department crew members operate snow removal equipment at the Crescent Harbor parking lot this morning under sunny skies. About four inches of snow fell in Sitka since Thursday. While snow is no longer in the forecast, below freezing temperatures and sun are, into the middle of the coming week. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

 

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20 YEARS AGO

January 2005

Operating income for the city-owned Sawmill Cove Industrial Park may be higher than operating costs as early as fiscal year 2006, Charles Horan, a member of the SCIP board of directors reported to the Chamber Wednesday. “The site is unique to Sitka,” he said. “It’s the best of its kind in Sitka.”

50 YEARS AGO

January 1975

All those opposed to limited entry regulations in fisheries are invited to a meeting Wednesday in the Maksoutoff Room of the Centennial Building. Tom Williamson, Sitka fisherman, said a similar group is organizing in Juneau to look into ways of opposing limited entry through legal means.

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