Author: Leila Kheiry

Council objects to SEAPA streamlining eport

The Ketchikan City Council voted Thursday to reject a report from D. Hittle and Associates, and send the city’s objections to the SEAPA board.

Sealaska timber touts habitat maintenance

Sealaska Corporation is in the business of cutting trees. Part of that is timber regrowth, which officials say maintains or even improves habitat for deer and fish.

Council to consider SEAPA streamlining report

A report calling for streamlining operations at the two Southeast Alaska Power Agency hydroelectric dams is back on the table for Thursday’s regular Ketchikan City Council meeting.

Parnell: Design smaller ferries, build them here

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell announced Tuesday in Ketchikan that the state will immediately begin negotiations with the Ketchikan shipyard to design the first of at least two smaller ferries for the Alaska Marine Highway System, rather than the 350-foot ferry that had been planned.

Assembly moves forward with $2.5M Whitman grant

Ketchikan’s long-planned Whitman Lake hydroelectric dam project is a little closer to getting built, after the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly introduced a grant Monday to help the city with construction costs.