Bear unfazed by rubber bullets near Indian River in Sitka

Bears continue to wander through neighborhoods and knock over trash cans near downtown Sitka.
That’s despite fresh snow, temperatures dropping below freezing, and now the use of rubber bullets.
Multiple calls to the police came in Sunday evening reporting a bear in the Indian River neighborhood.
One came at 10:45 pm from a caller on Andrew P Hope Street requesting an escort to a visitor’s car.
After helping the woman safely to her vehicle, the responding officer located the bear near