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Tsimshian master carver’s life and work remembered
A crowd of more than one hundred people gathered Saturday at Healing Heart park in Craig on Prince of Wales Island.
MAC recommends buffers, hours for pot shops
Ketchikan’s Marijuana Advisory Committee agreed last week to recommend draft ordinances regulating commercial marijuana activity within the borough.
Assembly delays adoption of schools $ motion
The ordinance officially recognizes cash, in-kind and on-behalf contributions to the school district. Some of the details that caused concern among school district officials include how much the district is charged for shared facilities, such as athletic fields and the borough pool.
Longtime resident George Lybrand, 92, dies
Lybrand, a World War II veteran, founded Southeast Engineering in Ketchikan in 1982. He first entered local politics in 1987, when he won a seat on the Ketchikan City Council. He served four years on that body, as well as a couple terms on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly.
Polls open Tuesday for local elections
Twenty-one Ketchikan residents are running for local office in the borough and City of Ketchikan. Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday at seven precincts across the island.
Ketchikan police warn of PFD phone scam
Following yesterday’s payment of Permanent Fund Dividends, citizens of Ketchikan have been targeted by scams, according to the Ketchikan Police Department.
Active underwater volcano found near Dixon Entrance
Southeast Alaska has more volcanoes than most residents realize. Geologists just found a new one, south of Prince of Wales Island. Unlike the others, it's not dormant
Little support for local school vouchers proposal
A proposal to change the way the Ketchikan Gateway Borough funds local education has received enough negative feedback that the Assembly member who proposed it wants to postpone the idea indefinitely.
Museum plan delayed, except for restrooms
The Ketchikan City Council didn’t accept or reject a conceptual design for the planned renovation of the city’s Centennial Building. Members instead agreed Thursday they’d like to move forward with improving the heavily-used restrooms, but want more time spent on the rest of the plan.
Federal-state land transfer testimony heard
Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Chelsea Goucher recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to testify in support of transferring federally managed lands to state control.
