Author: Leila Kheiry

City Council OKs legislative funding priorities list

The Council also heard some concerns from Manager Karl Amylon about the city’s sometimes contentious relationship with the Ketchikan Gateway Borough.

Borough Assembly to eye list of funding priorities

Legislative priorities are on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly agenda for its regular meeting on Monday, and management has suggested some projects for the Assembly to consider, including the shipyard and the Ward Cove layup facility.

District appeals Department of Education rulings

The Ketchikan School District is appealing a couple of decisions by the state Department of Education that, if the appeals are denied, could cut into the district’s finances.

Two sick Ketchikan eagles recovering in Sitka

A couple of eagles from Ketchikan were sent to the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka last week, and both are recovering from whatever ailed them. But what that was remains a mystery.

City to start legislative priority list process

The Ketchikan City Council is kicking off the annual legislative priorities process during its regular meeting Thursday, with a discussion of which projects it wants on the community’s funding list, used for lobbying the governor and Legislature each year.