Author: Leila Kheiry

Assembly to consider $2.5M Whitman Lake grant

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday will consider a $2.5 million grant to the City of Ketchikan to help fund the long-planned Whitman Lake hydroelectric dam project.

USFS, SEACC at odds over log storage permit

The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing a complaint filed by a Southeast environmental group that claims the federal agency misrepresented or omitted information when applying for a state log-storage permit.

Uneven settlement causes water main break

Residents in the Denali Avenue area were without water for about five hours Wednesday after a cast-iron water main on that street broke.

State investigating SEACC complaints against USFS

The State Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating allegations by the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council that the U.S. Forest Service misrepresented or left out information from an application to store logs from the Tonka Timber Sale in Alexander Bay, located in Wrangell Narrows.

POWCAC approves project priority list

The Prince of Wales Island Community Advisory Committee last week approved a new resolution listing the island’s transportation project priorities for consideration by state and federal officials.