Author: Leila Kheiry

Rescue workers continued looking Friday for 60-year-old Cathleen Currie of Hyder, but might suspend the search soon. Currie was reported missing from her camp on the Salmon River near the Southeast Alaska community of Hyder, which is on the mainland next to the Canada border.

Beginning Monday, nominating petitions for open Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly and School Board seats are available.

Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling to uphold most of the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform measure commonly called ObamaCare, resulted in mixed reactions.

The City of Ketchikan Wastewater Division will conduct a smoke test of the Stedman Street sewer line near Schmolck Mechanical Contractors starting at 10 a.m. Friday.

Ketchikan Medical Center has won a three-year, $3 million grant from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. The grant will go toward improving patient care coordination.