Swastika appears on South Tongass Highway, the second incident of racist vandalism in less than a week
The spray-painted anti-Semitic and white supremacist symbol drew widespread condemnation from community members.
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Half-pound of black tar heroin, hundreds of pills reportedly seized at Ketchikan International Airport
Alaska State Troopers reported Tuesday that authorities had seized a half pound of heroin and more than 200 illicit pills during a Friday bust at Ketchikan International Airport.
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Some health mandates list stiff penalties. But it’s unclear how — or if — they’ll be used.
officials in Thorne Bay say they’re having trouble enforcing state and local emergency orders requiring that most out-of-state travelers quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
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Ketchikan police, state troopers say they haven’t charged anyone for breaking quarantine
“Nobody’s taking it seriously,” said Ketchikan hardware store manager Janice Walker. “And why should they? If nobody’s going to do anything, why bother?”
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Ketchikan woman charged with arson
A Ketchikan woman has been charged with felony arson. That’s following an early Tuesday morning fire that heavily damaged her ex-boyfriend’s rural home on North Tongass Highway. And a sworn statement by police indicates that an Alaska State Trooper may have driven her to the scene of the crime.
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Meth found in package leads to three arrests on Prince of Wales Island
Three people were arrested on Prince of Wales Island after postal inspectors and state troopers found nearly one-and-a-half ounces of methamphetamine in a package bound for a logging camp near Keete Inlet. That’s according to a state trooper dispatch dated Thursday.
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State troopers’ plan to move dispatch to Anchorage draws criticism from Ketchikan borough
Local officials are pushing back against a plan to close Ketchikan’s state trooper dispatch center, and to relocate its seven staff to Anchorage. The plan — which also includes transferring dispatchers in Wasilla and Soldotna — was the subject of much concern at the latest meeting of the Ketchikan Borough assembly, whose mayor believes that centralizing dispatch operations could leave Southeast communities high and dry in a disaster.
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