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: South Korea’s MBC Broadcast camerawoman Mi Young Lee films inside the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi. The Asian film crew is visiting tourist sites in Sitka for a travel feature to be aired by the TV and Web company. The crew also watched Sitka dance groups, visited the Dog Point Fish Camp and hiked local trails.
50 YEARS AGO
June 1975
The annual Sitka Summer Recreation Program begins Monday. Program Director Jon Tatum said activities include an archery program, races and other athletic competition, and a variety of arts and crafts.
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