Bear shot and killed on Edgecumbe Drive early Wednesday
Alaska Wildlife Troopers have concluded their investigation into the shooting death of a brown bear by a 16-year old in a Sitka neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
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Three bears shot and killed in Sitka neighborhood
Wildlife troopers shot and killed a brown bear sow and her two cubs in a Sitka neighborhood late this week (10/20/16). While it’s not the first report of an aggressive bear near downtown, the three were the first animals destroyed this year for public safety.
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Bear spray an effective deterrent, with practice!
So far, there have been two bear attacks in Southeast and summer is just getting started. KCAW’s Brielle Schaeffer decided to try her hand at using bear spray and has this story.
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Meth, heroin problem ‘hasn’t gotten better’
Detective Kyle Ferguson told the Sitka Assembly Tuesday night that nearly every crime investigated by Sitka police has some connection to drug abuse, if alcohol and marijuana is included. In the past year, abuse of heroin and methamphetamines in Sitka "hasn’t gotten noticeably worse, but it hasn’t gotten better either," he said. "That in and of itself isn’t a good sign."
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