A local tourism conference next month is slated to look at how Ketchikan could better market itself as a cultural heritage tourism destination. As Deanna Garrison reports, conference organizers spoke about the growing visitor industry niche during a recent Ketchikan… more

The Ketchikan City Council Thursday night will consider placing before voters a $10 million bond proposition to pay for harbor improvements.
The bond would be considered at a special election scheduled for May 15^th.
Money from the bond would… more

Assembly and school board members aired some of their differences during a joint meeting of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly and Ketchikan School Board Monday night. But when all was said and done, the school board agreed to a go… more

Anticipated low eulachon returns have prompted the U.S. Forest Service to close a federal subsistence fishery in District One.
Ketchikan Misty Fiords District Ranger Jeff DeFreest announced late last week that the Forest Service is closing the federal public… more

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough is in the process of rolling out two new passenger buses. The new buses come on the heels of a double-digit growth in ridership.

The Ketchikan School Board Wednesday night approved in first reading the district’s school calendar for next year. Board members also approved contracts for the 2012/2013 school year for 133 tenured teachers. Deanna Garrison reports.

The proposed Mahoney Lake hydro-electric project would produce an estimated 9.6 megawatts – double that of the Whitman Lake project that the City of Ketchikan is planning to construct. Mahoney Lake Partnership Chairman Jason Custer discussed the Mahoney project during… more