Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today. May 12 At 9:31 a.m. police checked on the welfare of a man at the skate park who seemed to be having health issues. Police found the...
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20 YEARS AGO
May 2005
Women, men and children are invited to participate in the first Mother’s Day Hat Parade Sunday. Michelle Friedman, an organizer of the event and a member of the nonprofit advocacy group RESULTS, hopes it will become an annual event. In photo at right, Katie Briggs, Amanda Pelle, Mary Morgan and Willow Griffin wear hats outside the White Elephant Shop.
50 YEARS AGO
May 1975
Photo caption: Arrowhead Lions Club President Roger Howard presents a certificate of appreciation to Ed Flynn, accepting on behalf of Pioneer Bar proprietor Harry Sulser, during a recent pizza party at the bar. The Lions commended Sulser for his cooperation in making his place available for fundraising pizza parties.
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Four days after the Alaska House of Representatives declined to honor conservative political writer Suzanne Downing with a legislative citation, the Alaska Senate narrowly voted to allow the citation to go forward. Hours later, the House declined to reconsider its decision, effectively killing the citation. Downing, the founder of the website Must Read Alaska, is […]
Almost 20 years after eliminating Alaska’s public pension program, the House of Representatives has voted to open a new pension system for municipal and state workers. With proponents saying the state’s existing, 401(k)-like retirement system is ineffective and a deterrent for hiring and retention, the House voted 21-19 late Monday to approve House Bill 78. […]
Alaska would be on the same time zone as Seattle for four months of the year, if a bill passed Monday by the Alaska Senate becomes law. The Senate voted 18-2 to pass Senate Bill 26, which would eliminate daylight saving time in Alaska and ask the federal government to put Alaska on Pacific Standard […]
Rory McIlroy has everything he ever wanted in golf. The Masters delivered that with the final leg of the career Grand Slam. He's already reached No. 1 in the world on nine occasions. So the obvious …
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