Author: Leila Kheiry

Council talks hydropower, government relations

Hydropower opportunities for the community and the city’s relationship with the borough were the big topics of conversation during Thursday’s Ketchikan City Council meeting.

Two file for 2014 state House Republican primary

Rep. Peggy Wilson of Wrangell filed for re-election a couple of months ago, and Ketchikan’s Glen Thompson filed his letter of intent Thursday to oppose Wilson in the Republican primary.

Subsistence Board to hear public comment

Both the Federal Subsistence Board and the Southeast Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council are meeting in Ketchikan later this month to hear the public’s opinion.

Hospital, city officials tout bond proposition

This fall, City of Ketchikan voters will decide whether to accept up to $43 million of new debt to pay for renovations at the city-owned hospital building, which is run by PeaceHealth. Advocates say the bonds will be paid through existing taxes, and that the renovations are badly needed.

Future uncertain for local library consortium

It’s one of those things you may have heard about, but don’t quite know what it is, or what it does. But, due to budgetary belt tightening and shifts in technology, there is a chance the nearly two-decades-old agreement may not last much longer.