Ketchikan’s tribe wants to change the community’s designation under federal subsistence rules to give residents more access to subsistence resources. The tribe is asking to change from urban to rural status- which would apply to all 14,000 residents in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The tribe hopes that recent changes to the designation process will help it win approval.
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“A lot of people are upset,” said Derek Anderson. He and his wife own a fishing lodge in Craig on Prince of Wales Island. He says the public engagement meeting in Klawock was standing room only and full of emotion – subsistence, commercial, and sport users came together. “The main voice was no, this is not a good program for Southeast Alaska, in any way, shape, or form.”
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On September 18, Ketchikan District Court Judge Kristian Pickrell approved a one-year protective order requested by Judy Zenge against Brian Buchman. Zenge was concerned about Buchman stalking her.
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Bo Meredith has been working with salmon in Southeast for nearly 25 years, first as a commercial fisherman and then as an area management biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He’s based out of Ketchikan. He spoke with CoastAlaska about what state managers have been seeing with this year’s salmon runs.
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The Ketchikan City Council has voted to cut hours at the town’s only 24-7 emergency shelter due to safety concerns from neighbors. The city’s annual lease for the shelter, First City Haven, expired in May and has since been month-to-month. The new lease allows 22 hours of operation per day for the first six months. For the second six months, the shelter would be opened only at night.
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