Author: Leila Kheiry

Board favors Indian Policy & Procedures ideas

Recommendations from the school district’s Indian Policy and Procedures Committee were largely accepted by the Ketchikan School Board on Wednesday.

City to enforce Cape Fox hill parking rule

The City of Ketchikan has announced that starting on Friday, police will start enforcing the no-parking rule along the hill on Venetia Way, which leads up to the Ted Ferry Civic Center.

Bill would allow road access for POW mines

A bill introduced Wednesday by Senator Lisa Murkowski would permit roads to be built on inventoried roadless land, providing land access to two proposed mines on Prince of Wales Island.

New Ketchikan Community Foundation forms

Ketchikan is a giving community, as the city’s many nonprofit organizations and sports teams are well aware. A brand-new group is forming to help focus some of that charitable spirit. The Alaska Community Foundation recently announced four new affiliates, one in Ketchikan.