Articles from the November 29, 2023 edition


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  • Ian Carl Campbell dies at 43

    Nov 29, 2023

    Ian Carl Campbell passed away on Aug. 25, 2023, in Spokane, Washington. A memorial gathering to celebrate his life will be held in the spring of 2024. Everyone is welcome to honor his memory. Ian was born on March 10, 1980. "In heartfelt remembrance of Ian Carl Campbell, who passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023," his family wrote. "Ian's untimely departure has left a void that can never be filled, and the sorrow of his absence will forever linger by those who knew him and loved...

  • Sitka rejects second petition to limit cruise ship visitors

    Shannon Haugland, Sitka Sentinel|Nov 29, 2023

    The Sitka city clerk has rejected a second application to gather signatures for putting an initiative on the 2024 ballot to limit the number of cruise ship visitors to the Southeast community. City Attorney Brian Hanson recommended rejection of the application on the grounds that the proposed ordinance “would not be enforceable as a matter of law.” The attorney said, “Initiatives must be drafted clearly enough so that the voters know what they are voting on and so future disputes over the initiative’s meaning are avoided.” The initiativ...

  • Prosecutors say California inmate directed large Alaska drug ring

    Zachariah Hughes and Michelle Theriault Boots|Nov 29, 2023

    From a prison cell in California, federal prosecutors allege, a 56-year-old inmate directed an Alaska drug trafficking ring that in recent years smuggled huge quantities of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine to some of the state’s smallest villages through a network of postal shippers and drug couriers. In Alaska, meanwhile, a woman incarcerated at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center recruited a fellow inmate on the verge of release to join the drug ring, federal prosecutors wrote in an indictment unsealed in October. That woman, the U.S. A...

  • Dressing is special on Thanksgiving

    Nov 29, 2023

    Sabrina Yoder, her daughter Addy and even their dog Isa dressed up for the annual Turkey Trot at the Nature Trail behind Evergreen Elementary School on Thanksgiving Day. Costumes were encouraged, but not required, though many runners and walkers came in fun attire for the 13th annual event....

  • Searchers find body of Otto Florschutz

    Caroleine James, Wrangell Sentinel|Nov 29, 2023

    The body of Otto Florschutz, 65, was recovered from the landslide area at 11-Mile Zimovia Highway shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, 10 days after he was declared missing in the slide. With help from scent-detection dogs, Wrangell Search and Rescue and other volunteers located and recovered the body from the landslide debris, according to an Alaska Department of Public Safety announcement on Friday, Dec. 1. Derek Heller, 12, is the only missing person who has still not been found from the slide that killed his parents and two sisters....