Author: Leila Kheiry

Library schedules flag-raising ceremony

The Ketchikan Public Library will host a public flag-raising ceremony at 8:15 a.m. Monday, at the new library building on Copper Ridge Lane.

Woman slips, falls into frigid Connell Lake

A fishing trip went awry Saturday afternoon when a 32- year-old woman fell into the icy water at Connell Lake. Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad retrieved the woman and her two companions. They suffered nothing worse than mild hypothermia, and a punctured raft.

Council approves 2013 budgets, Whitman grant

The Ketchikan City Council approved the 2013 City and Ketchikan Public Utilities budgets Thursday night. The KPU budget passed unanimously, but the city budget passed in a split vote — four to three.

Commercial property assessments going up

Ketchikan Gateway Borough commercial property assessments for 2013 will be done within the next 30 days, and the borough warns that the taxable value of some parcels will increase substantially.