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;...
HYPERPHAGIA - Left, Destiny Treshan, 2, gets a lift from her mom to watch bears tear into pumpkins at the Fortress of the Bear Saturday afternoon. The bear sanctuary hosted two open house events on Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds turned out to play...
SPOOKY FISH - Costumed youngsters pick out marine debris at an activities table set up for making monster dolls Thursday night in the Sitka Sound Science Center's Sage Building. Hundreds turned out for the center's annual Haunted Aquarium. The...
The Sitka High basketball team hopes its fundraiser Sunday will assist in delivering a solid financial slam dunk just ahead of the official start of the season. The team’s fish and chips dinner and dessert auction fundraiser is 5 p.m. this Sunday...
Sitka Elks Lodge and Sitka Emblem Club will host the annual Trunk or Treat event 6-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the lodge. ‘‘Bring your little monsters for candy, costumes and community fun,’’ the organizers said. Chili will be available...
Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls Tuesday. Tuesday, October 29 Two callers on Etolin Street reported someone banging on a door. Officers determined that no crime had occurred, and the parties were separated. An...
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20 YEARS AGO
October 2006
Photo caption: Dan Kelliher makes his way up Harbor Mountain Sunday in the annual Mountain Madness bicycle hill climb. Kelliher was the first rider to reach the top of the mountain, doing so in a near-record 36 minutes and 36 seconds.
50 YEARS AGO
October 1976
From On the Go: Those fireworks were a big thrill for the kids – and the adults. Some kids had never seen fireworks before and couldn’t figure how they worked. As one mother said, “I’ve never said ‘I don’t know’ so man times in one evening in my life.”
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