MAKING CONNECTIONS – Alaska Airlines cargo handlers unload boxes of Starlink satellite dishes among other items from a recent flight arriving in Sitka. The flat gray boxes have become a common sight at the airport. For the past week and a half the town has been making  adjustments to deal with the lack of internet connectivity caused by a break in the GCI fiberoptic cable. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson) 

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Assembly to Decide On Nonprofit Grants
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By SHANNON HAUGLAND
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GCI Offers Gym Pass, Show Tickets as Amends
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Unsafe Bridge Blocks Upper Indian River Trail
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Dunleavy Vetoes Rules Limiting Work Quotas
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Gov Vetoes Clarification Of Taxes on Rental Cars
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September 5, 2024, Police Blotter
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September 5, 2024, Community Happenings
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Sitka City Attorney Selection Process Continues
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Thanks to the generosity and expertise of the the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska broadband department, Tidal Network ; Christopher Cropley, director of Tidal Network; and Luke Johnson, Tidal Network technician, SitkaSentinel.com is again being updated. Tidal Network has been working tirelessly to install Starlink satellite equipment for city and other critical institutions, including the Sentinel, following the sudden breakage of GCI's fiberoptic cable on August 29, which left most of Sitka without internet or phone connections. CCTHITA's public-spirited response to the emergency is inspiring.

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20 YEARS AGO

September 2004

Photo caption: Jan Nelson, a White Elephant shop volunteer, stands with George Rohrer as he tries out a new public address system installed in the shop. The equipment was bought using money donated to the White Elephant in memory of George’s wife, Violet, a longtime White E volunteer.

50 YEARS AGO

September 1974

Photo caption: A dahl sheep, a totem bookend and a fishing boy won awards for Sitkan Robert C. Turner at the International Wood Carvers Congress, in Davenport, Iowa. The three pieces also took first place at the Fur Rendezvous Handicraft Show earlier this year.

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