Author: Leila Kheiry

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.

Mixed response to Jackson Street Halloween tradition

Some who live on Jackson Street welcome the annual trick-or-treat rush, but others would like to share the responsibility with different neighborhoods.