FORTRESS MOAT - Sitkans return to the viewing area after placing pumpkins in the habitat area of the Fortress of the Bear Saturday during an open house event. Other Halloween happenings include trick-or-treating at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center 5-7...
PICKING PUMPKINS - Children pick out pumpkins in the AC Lakeside parking lot on October 17 during the annual 3 to 5 Preschool Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser. The event was sponsored by AC Lakeside, Charlie's Produce, Fisheye, Jessie's Uptown Dogs, Sitka...
Southeast pool players found shots and put their own spin on the sixth annual Neil Huff Memorial Pool Tournament held on all of Sitka’s downtown pool tables over four days this weekend. After playing and watching games past midnight...
LOOKING AT YOU - Pioneers Home resident Vicky Porter shows her pumpkin after carving the eyes Saturday during a jack-o'-lantern making event organized by the Sitka Rotary Club. Pictured are, from left, Daniel Mueller, German AFS exchange student;...
Sitka High and Mt. Edgecumbe High School wrestlers got their first taste of tournament competition this season at the Southeast Showdown in Juneau over the weekend, where the Wolves and Braves came away with several strong finishes and an early...
A celebration of the life of Dr. Tom Jacobsen, DDS, will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at Odess Theater, on the Fine Arts Camp campus in Sitka. Light refreshments—and Tom’s favorite backpacking snack, ProBars—will be...
Police Blotter Sitka Police. Department logged the following calls Thursday. Thursday, October 29 Police were asked to check on the welfare of a person. The person was OK. A fire alarm went off at 11:25 a.m. on Lake Street but there was no...
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20 YEARS AGO
October 2006
Halloween! Raven Radio’s annual Stardust Ball and Lip Sync Extravaganza will be Oct. 28 at Centennial Hall. *** Sitka Edgecumbe Youth Football League will present the Haunted Hotel at Shee Atika Totem Square Inn this weekend. *** The Blatchley Kids Carnival will be Oct. 28 in the school multi-purpose room. *** Betty Eliason Child Care Center invites young Sitkans to the Halloween Spooky House and Carnival. *** The Outdoor Recreation Community Access group will have a pumpkin carving at the Salvation Army.
50 YEARS AGO
October 1976
The Alaska salmon harvest for 1976 totaled 41.7 million fish, the highest catch in nearlky five years but still signifcantly below the long-term average for the state, The Department of Fish and Game said today. The salmon season, which officially closed Thursday, represented a catch increase of 16 million fish over last year.
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