Author: Leila Kheiry

Special Council meeting about compensation plan

A special Ketchikan City Council meeting Thursday has been scheduled for a presentation about the city’s compensation plan.

School Board to consider more laptops for schools

During its regular meeting Wednesday, the Ketchikan School Board will consider whether to purchase 60 MacBook Air laptop computers to be used for elementary and middle school physical education.

Elementary student honored for quick action

A slightly embarrassed young man stood in front of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly Monday night to accept a proclamation honoring him for helping a fellow student who was choking on a carrot.

Borough Assembly meeting schedule won’t change

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly will continue gathering the first and third Monday of each month for its regular meetings. On Monday, the Assembly rejected a proposal to instead meet every three weeks.

Comments: Stop closing old logging roads

Access to the national forest was the primary topic of concern at last week’s Tongass land management plan public meeting in Ketchikan. The event was part of the mandatory five-year review, and was one of a series of public meetings taking place throughout Southeast Alaska.