Author: Eric Stone

Ketchikan woman who allegedly escaped from jail recaptured after nearly a month on the lam

According to a sworn statement from police filed shortly after the escape, Wright had impersonated her cellmate who was due to be released that day.

Ketchikan condemned racism and police brutality. Some wanted to go further

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police, the City of Ketchikan released a statement condemning racism and police brutality. But some members of Ketchikan’s City Council wanted to go further, leading to pushback from members of the police department and members of the public.

Ketchikan’s school board to discuss labor contract, grant application, boiler replacement

The district’s back-to-school plan is not listed as an action item on the meeting’s agenda, though board members are scheduled to discuss holding a town hall meeting later this month.