Ketchikan News

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA From jewelry shop owners to tour operators, Ketchikan's cruise ship industry appears to be suffering the effects of a weakened global economy.

Senator Bert Stedman, a Sitka Republican.Hit "more" for additional reports on the Palin-Parnell transition.

Gov. Sarah: Doesn't want to be a lame duck, but comes off lame quitting her job.

The bait is in the water, can you pull up a fish recipe to share with our readers.

Dear Editior: The information in this letter was taken from the June 12, 2009 SitNews, Ketchikan, AK article entitled "Historic Agreement Moves Alaska Gasline Forward". I want to commend Governor Palin and her fellow Alaskans for passing The Alaska Gasline Inducement Act , which set the stage for Trans Canada and ExxonMobil to enter into an ...

A cruise ship company will bypass Ketchikan next year in favor of tours out of Juneau and Anchorage.

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA Two arts organizations have purchased the former Fireside Building in Downtown Ketchikan.

Three 40-foot cargo containers bound for Ketchikan went overboard in what was described as a weather-related mishap in British Columbia's Milbanke Sound.

The city of Juneau is founded. 1881: John Treadwell buys claim on Douglas Island from Pierre Erussard: He organizes the Alaska Mill & Mining Co.

While the fate of the commercial salmon fishery in Southeast remains undecided this season, there are some promising signs.

Last week, I was on a cruise to Alaska. You may ask, 'What does that have to do with a column on religion?' The answer would be, 'Nothing, except for the interdenominational service I attended while on board.' The Celebrity Cruise liner Infinity had a full capacity of 1,950 guests in its 975 staterooms throughout its 12 decks in the 965-foot long ...

The Mat-Su Borough plans to spend $25,000 to study how much it will cost to run a passenger ferry between Anchorage and Mat-Su, and other potential ports of call.

Ketchikan police are looking for information on who cut mooring lines to nine float planes at Taquan Air's dock.

Students from the marine biology classes and the maritime class at Ketchikan High School participated in a science cruise on the F/V Jack Cotant May 7. High school teachers Julie Landwehr and Rick Collins worked with UAS staff Barbara Morgan, UAF Marine Advisory Program agent Gary Freitag and UAS Fisheries Technology student Jessica Davila to give ...

Longtime Juneau resident Rosalind Elizabeth Howard died June 18, 2009, in Juneau.

In her latest spat with the late night talk host David Letterman it seems that Sarah Palin just cana t quit on chasing a bridges to nowherea .

The Matanuska state ferry returns to service next week. The ferry, which has been out of service since last year, is scheduled to sail Tuesday from Ketchikan to Prince Rupert in Canada's British Columbia.

A 26-year-old Ketchikan man who led Alaska State Troopers on a high-speed chase has been indicted on four felony counts.

A controversial new commercial fishery for Dungeness crab in Southeast Alaska is set to start today after a judge denied a request to block it.

The state ferry Columbia is behind schedule because of crankshaft problems. The Columbia's crew noticed a pinhole leak to a five inch valve in the sanitation sea suction system as the vessel was setting to sail Wednesday night from Ketchikan to Bellingham, Washington.