LITTLE CELEBRATION - Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School second-grader Luna Lysons, front, looks over as she dances this morning at the school during “Lingit Celebration.” The morning’s activities included  the student dance performance as well as stations set up around the school featuring traditional food sampling and a variety of cultural art and Tlingit language lessons. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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Sentinel Staff Writer
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Assembly Postpones Work on Land Policy
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Sentinel Staff Writer
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Sentinel Sports Editor
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By YERETH ROSEN
Alaska Beacon
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Police Blotter
Sitka Police received the following calls as of midnight last night.
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Memorial Service
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Wayne Hagerman
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
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December 17, 2024, Police Blotter
17 Dec 2024 14:08

Police Blotter
Sitka Police received the following calls as of midnight last night.
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A man r [ ... ]

December 17, 2024, Community Happenings
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Christmas Bird
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
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Chamber Hears Plan for New Child Care
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Sentinel Staff Writer
    In the sixth and final presentation in a series on chi [ ... ]

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Sentinel Sports Editor
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By YERETH ROSEN
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Police Blotter
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Sentinel Staff Writer
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
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By YERETH ROSEN
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13 Dec 2024 14:53

Police Blotter
Sitka Police received the following calls as of midnight last night.
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20 YEARS AGO

December 2004

Baranof Barracudas collected a trophy last weekend for having the most swimmers record their best times at the Alaska Age Group Championships in Fairbanks. Ben Adams and Alexandra Broschat earned the team of 13’s top finishes.

50 YEARS AGO

December 1974

The Baranof Senior Squadron, Civil Air  Patrol thanks all of Sitka for helping the patrol celebrate CAP’s 33rd anniversary. Bob LaGuire, vice commodore of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, gave Commodore David Delong of the 17th Coast Guard Auxiliary of Juneau a tour of the new Sitka headquarters.

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