Alaska’s Sen. Dan Sullivan was in Ketchikan on Wednesday afternoon, part of a tour through Southeast Alaska. While in the First City, Sullivan met with representatives of local businesses to talk about Republican proposals for reforming the federal income tax system.
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Ketchikan School Board candidate David Timmerman was arrested Friday afternoon and faces charges of misdemeanor assault and threatening a witness, a felony. Through his attorney, Timmerman denied the allegations on Monday.
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The Ketchikan City Council will consider a resolution Thursday encouraging the state Marijuana Control Board to draft regulations allowing smoking lounges in Alaska; and will vote on an ordinance to ban Uber, Lyft, and other similar companies from operating within the City of Ketchikan.
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Sooner or later, the Cascadia fault zone is going to unleash a monster earthquake and tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest, including parts of Alaska. When that day comes, you hope that essential services are located high enough so that they don’t get washed away when you most need them.
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The pot-tax vote was the result of a larger discussion about how the borough can continue to financially assist local nonprofit agencies. The borough has been using money in its economic development fund, but that fund has been depleted.
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Browne cited family and work obligations, and said she can’t dedicate the time needed to do the job the way she feels it should be done.
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McPherson Music has been the cornerstone of Ketchikan’s music scene since the 1980s. Now, though, McPherson Music is for sale.
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