A Washington man has plead guilty to Misrepresentation of Indian Produced Goods and Products. The charge stems from his involvement in a larger conspiracy to sell over $1 million of fake Alaska Native Art in Ketchikan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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