Here is a link to the Arts Council website.

KAAHC Facebook Page.

Phone: 907-225-2211

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Camp Odyssey for youth leaders is a 4-day summer camp in Wrangell. There is a fee but scholarships are available and the fee includes all costs. And Arts and Culture Camp for 1st through 8th graders is coming up mid June. And the We Belong Block Party still has space for artists, food vendors and cultural performers. Alma Manabat Parker and Czarina Cabillo give details about this and much more.

Here are links to KWC’s website and Facebook Page

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Diabetes is a prevalent health issue. Dr. Jon Miller discusses diabetes prevention and treatment, and especially the use of new GLP-1 drugs.

Here is a link to the PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center website.

Main phone: 907-225-5171

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Senior Tech Time will be a monthly event, there’s a Children’s Book Sale on May 30, the Books and Bubbles program kicks off June 5th with free books for infants through teens, and there will be tree-themed activities next month. Also, Mindfulness Yoga is taking a hiatus in May. Amie Toepfer discusses this and more.

Here is a link to the library’s website.

Here is a link to the library’s Facebook page.

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Hear about some of the nearly 500 jobs available in the Ketchikan area and other services offered by the Job Center. Reed Harding gives details during the May 18 report.

You can contact the Ketchikan Job Center at 907-225-3181.

Here is a link to find jobs on the State of Alaska website.

Here is a link to the Rapid Response site offering support to employees who are fired or laid off.

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The rain has returned, but for how long? And what is in store for Memorial Day weekend? Will it warm up? And it’s Safe Boating Week. Meteorologist Brian Bezenek gives the outlook for the week of May 18.

Here is a link to CoCoRaHS – the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network for those interested in becoming weather observers.

Here is a link to the NWS Juneau’s Facebook page.

Here is a link to NOAA’s Alaska Weather site.

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Listen to the May 15 Craig Parks and Recreation report with Victoria Merritt, Gretchen Klein and guests.

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The new exhibit “Cedar: The Tree of Life” continues at the Tongass Historical Museum, and the museums are now on summer hours (open 7 days a week from 8AM – 5PM). The final class of the season – Cedar Bark Gathering – still has space left, and there is a logo contest for the 50th anniversary. Erika Jayne Christian gives details.

Here is a link to the Tongass Historical Museum Facebook page.

Here is a link to the Totem Heritage Center Facebook page.

Here is a link to the Ketchikan Museums website.

Here is a link to the Museums’ YouTube Channel.

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Hear about ArtsCool classes and scholarships, The Fish Pirate’s Daughter auditions are coming up in late May, and the Season Reveal Party is in mid-June. Elizabeth Nelson and Amanda Glanzer discuss this and more.

Here are links:

First City Players website

First City Players Facebook page

Phone number: 907-225-4792

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Ellen Simpson, Professor of Communications at UAS Ketchikan, gives some info on communications classes, the end of this semester and start of Summer Semester May 18, an intercollege welding competition and more.

UAS phone line: 907-228-4511 or go to the UAS Ketchikan Campus website.

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