Author: Leila Kheiry

Mr. Spock beams (OK, cruises) into Ketchikan

From the final frontier to the last frontier, Leonard Nimoy paid his first visit to Alaska since 1972 this week, with stops in Anchorage, Seward, Sitka, Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan.

Sockeye fishing closed for Hatchery Creek on POW

Due to an expected low sockeye return this season, the U.S. Forest Service Thorne Bay District Ranger has closed the subsistence sockeye fishery at Hatchery Creek on Prince of Wales Island.

Wilson talks redistricting, Gravina Access Project

State Representative Peggy Wilson met with about 10 local residents at a public forum yesterday. Among some Ketchikan-specific issues, she also discussed the statewide debate over redrawing district lines. That debate may be influenced by today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Planned KPU Telecom outage set for late tonight

Vandals recently damaged components of the Ketchikan Public Utilities fiber optic cable system, and repairs will mean service interruptions to some customers.