Author: Leila Kheiry

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.

UAS Ketchikan picks 3 director finalists

The University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Campus has narrowed its search for a new director.

Coffman Cove nets $175K USDA energy grant

The City of Coffman Cove on Prince of Wales Island will receive $175,000 for an energy project through a U.S. Department of Agriculture High Energy Cost Program grant.

City property tax rate to increase by .5 mill

Bonds for the new Ketchikan Fire Department downtown station and the new Ketchikan Public Library building are cited as reasons for the half-mill property tax increase city residents likely will be asked to pay in 2013.

Ketchikan schools respond to East Coast shooting

After news of Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Ketchikan Schools Superintendent Robert Boyle talked with local police, who agreed to spend extra time keeping an eye on schools.