Author: Maria Dudzak

The Ketchikan City Council Thursday night voted to terminate funding for a controversial, decorative rain gauge. The council previously approved up to $100,000 for the project.

This week, the Ketchikan City Council has been tackling a proposed 22 million dollar FY2014 general budget. The council is proposing sales and wastewater tax increases. The council is also considering nixing a controversial art project.

Several Ketchikan residents and businesses were without power Sunday night through Monday afternoon after a transformer blew in the Hopkins Alley area. Other neighborhoods experienced short interruptions in other incidents.

The Ketchikan Community Foundation recently received $50,000 from the Rasmuson Foundation after raising $25,000 locally.