Blasting near Ketchikan’s city-owned downtown docks began at about 12:10 p.m. Tuesday as part of an effort to ease navigation for large cruise ships in the narrow channel. An underwater rock formation makes it difficult for massive cruise ships to get in and out of port.
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Drought put a strain on Southeast Alaska’s hydroelectric power generators. The agency that supplies electricity to Ketchikan, Petersburg and Wrangell said recently it won’t raise its rates to compensate — at least not yet.
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Ketchikan’s borough assembly will consider whether to protest a liquor license application in Saxman during its Monday evening meeting. It’ll also consider a resolution asking Canadian authorities to address transboundary mining pollution and a few items dealing with land use in the borough.
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Three people were arrested on Prince of Wales Island after postal inspectors and state troopers found nearly one-and-a-half ounces of methamphetamine in a package bound for a logging camp near Keete Inlet. That’s according to a state trooper dispatch dated Thursday.
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Tribal leaders will have more input on school hiring in Ketchikan after the school board approved a plan in a split vote Wednesday night. In an unrelated matter, the Ketchikan board will be looking for a new board president in January.
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