Police Blotter Sitka Police Department received the following calls in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today. June 16 At 9:25 a.m. a flag flying upside down on top of a tree near the Mt. Edgecumbe High swimming pool was taken down. A case was...
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20 YEARS AGO
June 2005
Photo caption: Graham Wichman, has been named to the chancellor’s list at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The 1998 Sitka High graduate is majoring in mechanical engineering. He’s the son of Columbus and Marie Wichman, grandson of Harriet Kinberg and great-grandson of Alpha Kinberg.
50 YEARS AGO
June 1975
Chamber of Commerce column by Jim Davis: The construction and paving of the Sitka Airport is still running with the schedule and should be completed by Sept. 1, according to a report by Associated Engineers and contractors to Mayor John Dapcevich. ... It is also good news to know that construction of the Sitka Coast Guard Station should begin around August 1.
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