Author: Eric Stone

Budget up for debate at Ketchikan school board meeting Wednesday

It’s more or less a flat budget: anticipated spending for next school year would be about $100,000 less than last year. That’s a difference of about a quarter percent.

Ketchikan borough assembly to consider granting additional powers to borough manager

The emergency ordinance would allow the manager to reassign borough staff and transfer resources.

Ketchikan council won’t allow cruise ships to dock downtown during shutdown

They accepted the recommendation of Ketchikan’s city manager, Karl Amylon, who argued that allowing the gargantuan ships to dock would add more stress to Ketchikan residents’ lives — residents who are already facing the stressful reality of life in a pandemic.

State paid former Ketchikan superintendent to develop virtual school, documents say

The state justified the $15,000 sole-source deal signed last April by saying Robert Boyle had unique knowledge of and experience with virtual schooling.