Author: Leila Kheiry

No injuries in Thursday rear-end collision

According to the Alaska State Troopers online dispatch, a report came in about 4:20 p.m. that a southbound Mazda had rear-ended a truck that had stopped to wait for the car ahead to turn.

Area pot-business applications in process

A handful of entrepreneurs have started the application process to open marijuana businesses in Ketchikan and on Prince of Wales Island.

Local man charged with escape, bribery, more

A 25-year-old Ketchikan man faces multiple charges after allegedly fleeing from law enforcement officers on Tuesday.

Museum renovation planning moving forward

Ketchikan’s Tongass Historical Museum is getting a makeover – on the inside.

Aging Southeast: Seniors give back by volunteering

Go to any nonprofit meeting in Southeast Alaska, and you’ll probably find at least one senior citizen board member. Others help out at fundraisers, baking cookies, sewing quilts, selling raffle tickets, or cleaning up after an event. As part of CoastAlaska’s Aging Southeast series, KRBD’s Leila Kheiry talked to a few of the region’s active senior volunteers about what they do for their communities, and why.