Category: Local News

Vigor Alaska’s shipyard in Ketchikan is possibly laying off up to 80 local employees this winter, as the company wraps up construction of two Alaska Marine Highway System ferries.

An investigation into the Ketchikan School District’s actions regarding sexual abuse and harassment complaints about a former teacher will start in about two weeks.

It started during public comment with Gretchen Pikul from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. She was in town for the department’s weekly testing of beach water samples.

Dimitri Shein is one of three Alaska residents running for U.S. House in the Democratic primary.

Wednesday’s special assembly meeting was called after sponsors of a petition to recall Ketchikan School Board President Trevor Shaw turned in more than enough valid signatures last week.