Ketchikan Police Chief Jeff Walls asked the city council for a nearly 200% increase to the department’s budget for capital improvement projects. He’s requesting over $1.8 million to replace outdated infrastructure for both the police and fire departments. Walls said that if the city doesn’t act soon, some of these emergency response systems could fail.
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A Saxman man was reported missing Monday at roughly 11 a.m. and Alaska State Troopers are investigating.
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During the holiday season, the Governor’s Mansion in Juneau is decorated with a tree from the Tongass National Forest. Each year, the community that provides the tree rotates. This year, it was Ketchikan’s turn.
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A team of researchers have been given almost $2 million to see if seaweed in Southeast Alaska is absorbing rare earth elements.
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The drama students of Ketchikan High School are the only theater troupe in Alaska licensed to perform the official Broadway musical Frozen. The Kayhi Drama Kings were chosen by Disney in a national competition as one of 55 schools in the country given the rights to perform the play which has never before been seen off-Broadway.
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