Author: Jack Darrell

Ketchikan woke up Monday morning to a winter wonderland.

Kacie Paxton, Ketchikan’s Borough Clerk and the spokesperson for the island’s Emergency Operations Center, received the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award at their “Celebration of the Stars” gala.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced a month-long wolf trapping season on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The 31-day window is expected to open on Nov. 15.

Nov. 15 marks the beginning of wolf-trapping season on Prince of Wales Island. Last summer, managers hired a dog named Barley to sniff out an important source of data for tracking and understanding wolves – their poop.

The healthcare industry funnels billions of dollars every year into new drugs and therapies to treat acute diseases. But studies from the Center for Disease Control show that American providers often fail to put the same emphasis on preventative care. That’s the goal of a new city-run program in Ketchikan.