Author: Hunter Morrison

City council approves harbor use fee rate increase

The cost to use Ketchikan’s moorage facilities, harbor facilities and harbormaster services will go up by 8% beginning April 1.

Ketchikan City Council updates municipal laws related to homelessness

The changes will limit where people can sit, lay or camp within city limits. While some council members said the changes were created with safety in mind, several community members argued they could negatively impact the city’s unhoused population.

‘The Bridge to Nowhere could be replaced with the Tunnel to Somewhere’; Ketchikan borough weighs airport ferry alternatives

Ketchikan has long sought an alternative to the ferry system that connects the city to its airport on nearby Gravina Island. While past projects have failed, the Ketchikan Borough Assembly is entering into a contest that could build an underwater tunnel between the islands at no cost.