Author: Leila Kheiry

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.

Half of Ketchikan women experienced violence

A survey taken this year of randomly selected Ketchikan women shows that half of the community’s adult female population has experienced violence from a partner, or a sexual assault in their lifetime. The survey results were released during a public event Tuesday night at the Ketchikan Public Library.

City Council to review new STIP amendment

DOT has amended its Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan, and those amendments appear to be favorable to City of Ketchikan projects. Also, city managers want to hire Lacey Simpson as the new Museum Department director.