Author: Leila Kheiry

PAC tops the borough capital funding list

A long-planned performing arts center leads the Ketchikan Gateway Borough’s 2014 prioritized capital funding request list.

School Board to hear student survey report

The Ketchikan School Board will meet this week despite earlier plans to cancel the second meeting in August. Wednesday’s meeting will be shorter than usual, however, and will start at 5:30 p.m., rather than the usual 6 p.m.

Jack Shay sentenced to 35 years, 17 to serve

Longtime Ketchikan resident and public official Jack Shay was sentenced Monday for multiple counts of possessing child pornography.

Shelter confiscates 50 cats

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Animal Protection Department had two large cases recently. One involved the confiscation of nearly 50 cats from a woman who had been escorted off of Annette Island.

Five file for local office

Several candidates filed this week to run for City Council and mayor, and a Ketchikan School Board member submitted paperwork in hopes of re-election.