Author: Eric Stone

Ketchikan businesses reckon with another summer without cruise ships

Some managed to limp through 2020, but there’s uncertainty how they’ll survive a second season without cruise visitors.

Alaska Airlines milk run flight turns back shortly after takeoff from Ketchikan

An Alaska Airlines milk run flight made an emergency landing Tuesday minutes after taking off in Ketchikan.

Ketchikan school board to consider dialing back pandemic restrictions Wednesday

As of Tuesday afternoon, the local risk level remains high. That means local pandemic response officials continue to recommend that the district’s middle and high schools remain at half-capacity.

Faced with rising costs and aging infrastructure, Ketchikan City Council raises utility rates

Water and power rates are going up in Ketchikan. That’s following a vote by a divided Ketchikan City Council after concerns were raised about steady losses by the city-run utility.

Secondary schools in Ketchikan to remain half-full for at least another week

Most of Ketchikan’s secondary school classrooms will remain half-full for another week as the area’s pandemic risk level remains elevated. But some school board members pushed to fully reopen schools despite emergency officials’ advice.