Police have arrested and charged a third Sitkan involved in last week’s drug bust. 47-year-old Casey Munro Douglas has been charged for vehicle theft, assault and criminal mischief for allegedly driving his truck into a police cruiser and evading police in a high speed chase down Monastery Street.
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Police arrested two Sitkans yesterday after a drug bust turned into a high-speed car chase that ended in front of a local school.
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A Grammy Award-winning band is bringing bluegrass tunes to Sitka this week.
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Keilani Stockton and Timothy Benolken, of Craig, welcomed their child Wilder David Benolken at 12:15 p.m. on January 9 -- the first baby born in Sitka in the New Year.
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Two AFS exchange students are spending the school year in Sitka.
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Jeff Budd joins us to share the rundown for this Saturday's "New Beginnings" Grind. This is the 30th season for the non-political, family-friendly event.
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Sitka’s police chief is still in the role, but the city is advertising for the job.
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Firefighters quickly extinguished a potentially dangerous wildfire in Sitka National Historical Park Monday evening (1-6-25). The cause of the blaze is unknown, but winds in excess of 40 mph contributed to the hazard.
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A fuel spill that affected national park lands and leached into Indian River shortly before Christmas has been contained, according to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
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2024 was an especially challenging year for Sitka. The community coped with tragedies, school layoffs, a low salmon harvest, and no internet for 16 days. But somehow Sitka came together and pulled through. Call it resiliency – or muscle memory – but when things are difficult, Sitkans manage to find their way home.
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