Author: Leila Kheiry

City Port and Harbors Director Steve Corporon writes that both of the state’s proposed bridge designs have a vertical clearance of 200 feet. The largest ship that now stops in Ketchikan has an air draft of 200 feet, and at least two ships that might enter the Alaska market require even more clearance.

We did it. We really, really did it. We knew we did it, of course, but now everyone else knows, too.

A seasonal downtown business that hasn’t paid sales tax for about three years faces closure. On Monday, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough filed a motion in Ketchikan Superior Court seeking a preliminary injunction against Seamus Brodie, who owns The Alaskan Gem Store on Mission Street.