Ketchikan king salmon derby canceled due to concern over wild fish stocks
“There is more concern in 2021 for the Behm Canal wild stocks than in 2018 when the derby was first canceled,” state biologist Kelly Reppert said.
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Author: Eric Stone
Ketchikan school board set to hear pandemic update as COVID-19 outbreak shutters two schools
School district officials said in a statement Tuesday that Houghtaling Elementary will close for at least the rest of the week. Schoenbar Middle School will also be closed to students for the rest of the week.
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Ketchikan’s pandemic risk level raised to ‘very high’ for first time amid COVID-19 surge
Officials are asking residents to slow the spread of COVID-19, asking restaurants, bars, personal services and gyms to close and encouraging telework in other settings. But the emergency officials note that each organization “must evaluate these recommendations against the anticipated impacts on operations and decide on appropriate actions to take.”
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Ketchikan City Council nixes proposed pay cuts, green-lights tourism strategy, OKs guns-for-armor trade
Ketchikan’s City Council rejected a cost-cutting proposal to reduce city employees’ weekly hours. The council also green-lit funding for a community tourism strategy and OK’d a proposal to trade forfeited guns for body armor.
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Alaska travel industry figures raise concerns about CDC’s new rules for cruise lines
Travel Juneau’s Liz Perry says a portion of the rules on shore excursions caught her eye. The CDC says cruise ship operators must “prohibit self-guided or independent exploration by passengers during port stops.”
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