Author: Leila Kheiry

$5.5M bond backage on Tuesday’s ballot

Voters in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough will decide whether or not to approve a $5.5 million bond proposition for school capital improvement projects.

Local election is Tuesday

The City of Ketchikan mayoral race offers local voters pretty much the only choice in this year’s municipal election. There are eight other candidates running for city and borough seats, but with no challengers, each of those is guaranteed to win.

Local election forums

Candidates for Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly, Ketchikan School Board, Ketchikan City Council and city mayor talked with KRBD during live call-in forums this week.

Three hikers rescued from Deer Mountain

A locator beacon turned what could have been a long, drawn-out, overnight search operation on Ketchikan’s Deer Mountain into a quick and successful afternoon rescue.

Brown Mountain Road delays, closures announced

Forest Service officials on the Ketchikan-Misty Fiord Ranger District announce that cable logging operations will continue on Brown Mountain Road through Friday, Sept. 28.