What can local officials do to address the COVID-19 surge? Not much, says Ketchikan’s emergency manager
“What we really need is we need people to get vaccinated,” Ketchikan fire chief and emergency manager Abner Hoage said.
Read More
Tag: Abner Hoage
City Council to consider nearly $200,000 budget transfer for Ketchikan Fire Department
Ketchikan’s fire department is asking the City Council to approve nearly $200,000 in budget transfers to cover higher-than-expected overtime and supply costs.
Read More
Ketchikan’s emergency operations center will shut down July 23. Here’s what that means.
With just 14 cases of COVID-19 since June 1, and the community’s risk level at “low,” Ketchikan’s emergency operations center says it’s planning to demobilize late next month.
Read More
City officials: Cruise ships will bypass Ketchikan if major COVID-19 outbreaks continue
“We’ve been told point-blank by industry representatives that they will bypass a community that’s in a red zone, that has major outbreaks,” Ketchikan City Manager Karl Amylon said.
Read More
Community spread, test positivity remain high as Ketchikan faces worst COVID-19 outbreak to date
According to a New York Times database, Ketchikan’s rate of new cases is the sixth-highest in the country as of Tuesday.
Read More
LISTEN: Ketchikan’s emergency manager reflects on a year of leading the local pandemic response
Abner Hoage, Ketchikan’s fire chief and emergency manager says getting up to speed on COVID-19 last spring was “like drinking from a fire hose.”
Read More
Ketchikan plans mass vaccination clinics starting next week. Here’s how to sign up
Some 1,500 appointments were posted Tuesday. That’s enough to vaccinate more than 10% of the borough’s total population. About a third of the community has received at least one shot so far.
Read More
Local officials cancel evacuations along Ketchikan Creek
Water levels at the Ketchikan Lake Dam have fallen enough that officials no longer anticipate a risk of dam failure.
Read More
Fundraising Thermometer
NOAA Weather
Pick. Click. Give.
KPU Tile
