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 […]
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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.
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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.
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A representative of a timber industry group visited the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. He expressed support for Governor Sean Parnell’s vision for the Tongass National Forest, but a regional conservation group doesn’t think that plan will go anywhere.
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The Millennium is tied up at Berth 3 of Ketchikan’s downtown dock, which has forced the port to make some berth assignment changes on busier cruise-ship days.
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