Author: Leila Kheiry

Assembly OKs full library funding agreement

After rejecting an amendment that would have cut borough funding to the city-owned library by a quarter-million, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approved an agreement Monday to provide about $420,000 for library operations.

Troll, Pyles collaborate to make ‘Spawn-O-Rama’

Two Ketchikan artists have created a Plinko-style game with the hope of teaching visitors to the Sitka Sound Science Center a little about salmon, and the hazards those fish face as they return home to spawn.

Assembly to take on library funding issue

Library funding will be a topic of discussion during Monday’s Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly’s meeting.

OceansAlaska looks toward expanding seed production

Mariculture could be the next big thing in Southeast Alaska, and a Ketchikan nonprofit organization hopes to take the first steps toward making that happen.

Ketchikan breaks 2008 cruise passenger record

Preliminary counts show 960,262 passengers visited the community via cruise ship in 2013. That’s an increase of 8.4 percent over last year, and handily beat the 2008 record.