Ketchikan City Council green-lights local hiring preference for city and borough residents
City Council members acknowledged that the move was largely symbolic.
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Ketchikan uses $2M Norwegian Cruise Line donation to keep port fund afloat through May
“I would very much love to to put it towards sewer lines or any a huge list of other needs that we have in the community,” said City Council member Riley Gass. “But I think right now we’re in get through this crisis mode.”
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Ketchikan City Council to again consider extending COVID-19 emergency declaration
The declaration is currently set to expire at the end of this month. Thursday’s meeting will be the second time the city council has tried to pass an extension.
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Ketchikan City Council to consider extending local emergency declaration through August 1
Notably absent from the agenda is a proposal to shutter or withdraw the city’s support for the Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center. Council Member Riley Gass had asked that the council consider standing down the EOC at its June 3 meeting.
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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.
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Faced with rising costs and aging infrastructure, Ketchikan City Council raises utility rates
Water and power rates are going up in Ketchikan. That’s following a vote by a divided Ketchikan City Council after concerns were raised about steady losses by the city-run utility.
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Ketchikan’s City Council wants to defend Trump administration’s Roadless Rule rollback in court
The Ketchikan City Council voted 6-1 Thursday to spend $5,000 on legal work to intervene in federal court.
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Officials propose cutting 15 city jobs as Ketchikan grapples with tourism revenue shortfall
City officials say those layoffs wouldn’t even come close to closing a $1.75 million budget gap.
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