Jack Darrell, Author at KRBD

Ketchikan gears up for holiday boat parade

Ketchikan’s boat parade has grown over the years. Santa Claus even started showing up. Well, one of Santa’s helpers – otherwise known as South Tongass Fire Chief Steve Rydeen.

Ketchikan to receive $4.5 million for affordable housing units

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has offered Ketchikan $4.5 million to build affordable housing units. That’s according to the Ketchikan borough mayor, Rodney Dial, who attended the Alaska Municipal League Conference in Anchorage Dec. 7-9. At the conference, Dial and other community representatives from Ketchikan and nearby Saxman met with the housing corporation to discuss their current housing crisis.

Sale of Trident processing plant raises questions for Ketchikan

Trident Seafoods announced on Dec.12 that it’s selling a third of its Alaska plants. For Southeast Alaska, that includes the Petersburg and Ketchikan processing plants.

Republican Bynum announces run for AK House seat against nonpartisan incumbent Ortiz

It appears there will be an election rematch next year for the southern Southeast seat in the state House of Representatives. On December 15, Republican Jeremy Bynum filed to run for the District 1 seat currently held by Ketchikan independent Representative Dan Ortiz.

Ketchikan grand jury indicts four on felony drug trafficking, downtown business owners frustrated

A Ketchikan grand jury last week indicted four people and police arrested another on felony drug charges. That adds them to a growing list of roughly 20 people actively facing felony charges for fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in the city. Outside the courtroom though, the broader community is bearing the brunt. The topic came up at a Ketchikan City Council meeting on December 11.