Author: Leila Kheiry

Assembly OKs 6 projects for federal funding program

The State of Alaska has asked municipalities to submit three to five capital improvement project proposals for a federal infrastructure funding program. So, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly submitted six.

Assembly to consider capital projects for federal funding

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday will talk about what projects the borough should submit for a federal infrastructure funding program.

Board extends Superintendent’s contract through 2020

Wednesday’s vote marks the third extension of Superintendent Robert Boyle’s contract, which was drafted in 2014.

State shoots anti-drug video at Ketchikan airport

Earlier this month, a handful of Ketchikan residents grabbed carry-on luggage, boarded the airport ferry and headed across the Tongass Narrows to the Ketchikan International Airport. They weren’t traveling anywhere, though. They were extras in a state anti-drug video.

NPR Our Land series focuses on Southeast Alaska

NPR’s Melissa Block and producer, Elissa Nadworny, were in Southeast Alaska for a couple weeks for a special series about this region of the state. They spent a few days in Ketchikan, and stopped in at KRBD.