Author: Leila Kheiry

A downed eagle was on its way Monday to the Sitka raptor center after some local volunteers captured it Sunday night in the Carlanna Lake area and kept an eye on the bird overnight.

While the City of Ketchikan has chosen to endorse one of the Gravina Access ferry options, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly is scheduled Monday to vote on a resolution in favor of either bridge option.

Citing concerns over how a bridge could affect the cruise industry, the Ketchikan City Council voted Thursday to endorse one of the four ferry options offered in the state’s most recent Gravina Access project study.

The airport ferry Oral Freeman broke down in the middle of Tongass Narrows Thursday afternoon, and had to be pushed by other boats into a slip to allow passengers to disembark.