Schools set to fully reopen five days a week as Ketchikan school board rejects pandemic plan
The return to full-time, in-person schooling follows months of public pressure on the board to fully reopen school buildings.
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Rapid testing machine headed for Ketchikan could speed local & regional COVID-19 results, provider says
“One of our hopes is that the machine could be potentially used on a regional basis for southern Southeast Alaska to be able to provide testing capacity to other communities nearby — Prince of Wales, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka,” Creekside Family Health Clinic manager Trevor Shaw said.
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Parents vent frustration with Ketchikan’s back-to-school plan, question administrator shakeup in dramatic town hall
What had been simmering frustration with the district’s “Smart Start” plan boiled over at an explosive town hall meeting Monday night.
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Ketchikan’s revised back-to-school plan increases face-to-face time, shuffles grade levels
The school district has been grappling for weeks on a reopening plan that would continue educating students while keeping everyone safe.
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2 new coronavirus cases reported on Prince of Wales Island Friday
One new patient is in Craig, officials say, and the other is in an unspecified community of fewer than 1,000 people.
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Vitamins, ATVs and shrubbery: What some Ketchikan store owners can’t keep on the shelves
Since the start of the pandemic, people stuck at home across the globe have picked up new hobbies, from bread baking to mask making. But what’s selling in Ketchikan? And with no tourists this summer, what’s not selling?
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Photo of the Day
Sheila Spores sent us this photo of wild irises on Cleveland Peninsula.
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