Author: Leila Kheiry

Medicare office warns of new scam in Southeast

In this scam, the caller contacts people on Medicare and tells them that they need a new Medicare card because of regulations in the new Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare.

Ketchikan Skate Park features unique design firm

You might think that getting a project like this together is a logistical nightmare. The architects, the contractors, the materials. But that’s not been the case so far.

City: Declare promenade a ‘public emergency’

The promenade was closed in late October because of “significant platform settlement and rock-wall movement.”

Education funding lawsuit: What if Ketchikan wins?

Is it really likely that the Alaska Legislature, after cutting the state budget several years in a row with more cuts expected, will give Ketchikan an extra $4 million or more each year for public schools?

Lawsuit action on Assembly agenda Monday

A $150,000 budget transfer and a contract with an Anchorage law firm will kick-start the borough’s lawsuit over the state’s education funding program.