VOCAL EXERCISES - Artist in the Schools instructor Sarah Branton of Cherry Creek, Colorado, leads an exercise in the Sitka High School band room this morning as she teaches students how to improve their volume. Branton will be here all week working with choirs at Blatchley Middle School and Sitka High. Her instruction is part of the effort to rebuild school choir programs and numbers following the pandemic. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
May 30, 2023, Police Blotter
The following calls were logged as of 8 a.m. today.
May 26
At 6:14 a.m. a man was reported refusing to leave a business on Smith Street. No one wanted to press charges, but the man was trespassed.
At 10:49 a.m. a fender bender was reported on Japonski Island. Drivers were given self-report forms.
Tools were reported stolen at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park. A case was opened.
A case was opened on a report of possibly stolen property in the Indian River subdivision.
May 27
At 12:07 a.m. a man was reported trying to get into an apartment on Orion Street. Police found no signs of criminal activity.
A fight was reported at a downtown bar at 1:30 a.m. One man refused to get medical care, and no one wanted to press charges.
At 5:43 a.m. an intoxicated man was reported at Crescent Harbor, and at 6:47 p.m. another intoxicated man was found sleeping in the 200 block of Katlian Street. Both men left the areas.
May 28
A trespassing report came in from totem park at 8:50 a.m.
At 7:38 p.m. a call came in about a missing boat with five occupants. See story on page 1.
A woman was reported flashing near a downtown bar at 9:58 p.m. She was gone when police arrived.
A caller said she’d heard her stolen bike had been seen, spray-painted, in the 700 block of HPR.
May 29
A report of harassment in the 2000 block of SMC came in at 11:40 a.m.
At 4:21 p.m. multiple calls came in about a driver swerving recklessly in the 600 block of SMC.
A disturbance was reported at the airport at 11:24 p.m.
Sitka Police
Charles O. Miyasato, 43, was charged Friday with violating a protective order.
Eric Hidalgo, 34, was charged Saturday morning with assault in the fourth degree.
Robert C. Sommerville, 37, was charged Saturday with assault in the fourth degree, disorderly conduct, and terroristic threatening.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department received five ambulance calls Friday and one fire call, which turned out to be someone having a backyard barbeque and not a fire.
On Saturday, four ambulance calls came in; on Sunday five; on Monday 5 more; and two by 8 a.m. today.
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AK COVID-19
At a Glance
(updated 9-12-2023)
By Sentinel Staff
The state Department of Health and Social Services has posted the following update on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alaska as of 8:57 a.m. Tuesday, September 12.
New cases as of Tuesday: 278
Total cases (cumulative) statewide – 301,513
Total (cumulative) deaths – 1,485
Case Rate per 100,000 – 38.14
To visit the Alaska DHSS Corona Response dashboard website click here.
COVID in Sitka
The Sitka community level is now "Low.'' Case statistics are as of Tuesday.
Case Rate/100,000 – 152.50
Cases in last 7 days – 13
Cumulative Sitka cases – 3,575
Deceased (cumulative) – 10
The local case data are from Alaska DHSS.
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20 YEARS AGO
September 2003
Sitka Tribe of Alaska is “upset and disturbed” about the Senate appropriations bill that cuts spending for Alaska tribal courts, STA Vice Chairman Gil Truitt said today. He was referring to Sen. Ted Stevens’ move to divert Department of Justice grants from tribal courts and tribal police officers to fund the Village Public Safety Officer program.
50 YEARS AGO
September 1973
Photo caption: Receiving service pins at a Carpenters Union Local 466 dinner meeting at the Kiksadi Club were, from left, Arthur Littlefield, Alvin Helm, Harley Finch, Dave Gibson, Gerald Hughes, Fred Nelson, Walter Moy, Edward Nelson, William Sutton and Don Stromme.