Sitka Police Department logged the following calls Thursday. July 17 At 2:08 a.m. an argument was reported in a parking lot of an HPR trailer court. Police found no one in the area. A problem with a disgruntled employee was reported at a...
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20 YEARS AGO
July 2005
The Sawmill Cove Industrial Park Board has recommended to the Assembly that the city sell 13.74 acres of land at the park to a Florida entrepreneur if he meets a set of conditions. Wendell B. Adams of Sarasota, Fla., wants to buy the water bottling business that True Alaska Bottling Co. operates at the park.
50 YEARS AGO
July 1975
In Court: William Stelzenmuller for leaving keys in unattended vehicle forfeited $20. Greg Gouker, failure to have registered plates, forfeited $20. Phillip Speigle, Dennis Hicks and Bruce Dennis forfeited $10 each for no city sticker.
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