FIRST BATCH – Sienna Reid, Kushxeet, with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska resource protection department, processes herring roe on branches this morning in front of the STA resource protection building on Katlian Street. The batch of eggs harvested in the Kasiana Islands area will be distributed to tribal elders. Also pictured are volunteer Paul Cook, left, and STA’s Matteo Masotti. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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SHANNON HAUGLAND
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By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Members of the Alaska Legislature said this wee [ ... ]

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Police received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today. March 26 At 11:10 a.m. a woman at the ferr [ ... ]

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March 26, 2025, Police Blotter
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Police Blotter Police received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today. March 25 Police received t [ ... ]

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Sentinel Staff Writer The Assembly at tonight’s regular mee [ ... ]

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Sentinel Staff Writer From costume designing to dancing, acti [ ... ]

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March 25, 2025, Police Blotter
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Police received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today. March 24 A downtown resident reported a gi [ ... ]

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20 YEARS AGO

March 2005

The Department of Fish and Game called a co-op opening today to catch the 1,000 tons remaining in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. This year’s quota is 11,192 tons, with 51 permit holders taking part.

 

 50 YEARS AGO

March 1975

Gov. Jay Hammond has named two Sitkans to state boards, Rep. Dick Eliason told the Sentinel from Juneau. August Andersen was appointed to the Alaska Board of Education, and Clint Buckmaster was named to the Alaska Board of Fish.

 

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