Author: Leila Kheiry

Assembly to consider $2.5M for Whitman Lake Dam

A $2.5 million grant to help the City of Ketchikan build the long-planned Whitman Lake hydroelectric dam is on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly agenda Monday.

POW council to get borough study update

The Prince of Wales Island Community Advisory Committee will get an update Tuesday from Sheinberg Associates on a $30,000 borough formation study the Juneau-based company recently started.

Craig schools awarded nutrition grant

The Craig School District is one of seven recipients of the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Community Transformation grant program.

School district’s budget reserves get a boost

A big chunk of the extra $1.5 million that the Ketchikan School District will receive this year will be held in reserve following a decision Wednesday night by the School Board.

Hospital demo contract faces two appeals

Two companies have filed appeals to the City Council’s Nov. 1 decision to hire local contractor BAM Construction to demolish the asbestos-laden former hospital.