Author: Hunter Morrison

Sivertsen delivers annual State of the City address

Ketchikan City Mayor Bob Sivertsen said on Wednesday that the state of the city is strong, and highlighted the city’s budget, capital improvement projects, and local economic drivers.

Labor union files charges against Ketchikan shipyard operator

Local 23 claims that JAG Ketchikan has refused to negotiate with them on employee benefits from a 2023 collective bargaining agreement. But JAG says it’s not legally obligated to abide by that agreement.

One year later, Ketchikan remembers rockslide that bisected island’s main road

This month marks one year since a non-fatal rockslide split Ketchikan’s only highway in two. In the days following, locals came out of the woodwork to help their neighbors get to where they needed to go.

Ketchikan not selected for underwater tunnel project

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough is not the winner of a contest that could’ve built a free, underwater commuter tunnel between the city and Gravina Island. The option was considered an alternative to the airport’s aging ferry fleet.