Author: Leila Kheiry

Water treatment tests on City Council agenda

The $37,000 contract with CH2M Hill would allow a testing phase to move forward. This follows approval by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for the city to test a second chlorine injection following an ultraviolet light treatment.

Assembly OKs first read of OceansAlaska grant

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance Monday to provide nearly $400,000 to help OceansAlaska, a local shellfish hatchery, continue operations for the next couple of years.

Cause of island-wide power outage not yet clear

On a sunny, calm day, the first thought when the power goes out often is, “Did an eagle fly into a power line again?” But that wasn’t the case Tuesday morning.

Blast-induced landslide takes out hatchery pipes

Construction-related blasting up at Ketchikan’s Whitman Lake hydroelectric dam site triggered a landslide Saturday, taking out two pipes that supply water for the Whitman hatchery. To keep you from worrying: The fish are OK. But, it was touch and go there for a while.