Author: Leila Kheiry

SS Legacy makes inaugural visit to Ketchikan

An “un-cruise” ship pulled in to Ketchikan recently.

High school senior files for School Board

Trevor Shaw said that if elected, he will commit to the full three-year term. After he graduates in 2014, he plans to take classes through the local University of Alaska Southeast campus.

Southeast schools receive new rating system grades

Area schools are doing… OK. Most of them fall somewhere in the middle or better-than-average range of the state’s new school evaluation system. Some schools received the top rating for this year, but a few are at the bottom. “Those schools aren’t being crushed by some state-imposed consequences,” says Eric Fry, a spokesman for the […]

It’s a race! Olsen files for Ketchikan City Council

Incumbent Ketchikan City Council Member Matt Olsen filed for re-election Wednesday afternoon, which means there will be actual competition for the City of Ketchikan’s elected body.

Millennium passengers call 911, worried about ‘riot’

Ketchikan police responded Tuesday night to several emergency calls from passengers on board the stranded Celebrity ship Millennium. Apparently, the callers thought there was going to be a riot.