Police Blotter Sitka Police Department received the following calls in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today. May 19 At 9:47 a.m. a fender bender was reported at Etolin Way and Lake Street, when a vehicle backed into another. Damage was minor. A...
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20 YEARS AGO
May 2005
Photo caption: A plaque proclaiming Sheldon Jackson College campus a National Historic Landmark is unveiled by SJC trustees Richard Scheumann, at left, and Monte Wilson National Park Service Alaska Region regional director Victory Knox, in front of Allen Auditorium. Knox said the school is the oldest educational institution in the state.
50 YEARS AGO
May 1975
Precipitation was .15 inch below normal for Sitka in April, Sitka Observatory reports. In all, 5.20 inches of rain and snow fell, and Sitka is now .17 inch below normal. The highest temperature was a 55 reading on April 25, and the lowest was a 25 on April 4.
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