Sitka Police received a report of a nuisance Brown Bear at a home in Halibut Point on Tuesday. Police, ADF&G, and Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to the scene. Their investigation found that the bear had damaged the property as it tried to gain access to the inside of the home through a window. Further investigation […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Sitka Police responded to the 5300 block of Halibut Point Road at 6:04 pm on Monday after receiving a report of a bear that had attacked, killed and eaten a dog near a residence there. Responding officers were unable to locate the marauding bear as it had left the area prior […]
On April 11th, after the completion of a plea deal, sentencing took place in Sitka Court for the 2009 Defense of Live/Property shooting of a Brown Bear in Katlian Bay. It was on October 11, 2009 that 49-year-old Patrick Hughes of Sitka shot and killed a Brown Bear in Katlian Bay in defense of life and […]