Ketchikan News

Divided by islands and water, Southeast Alaskans are also united-by the Xtra Tuffs in the hallway, the ability to filet a salmon and their support of and participation in the Monthly Grinds.

Will Ketchikan make its average annual rainfall of 156 inches this year? On Nov.

ACOA/CODA Meeting, Wed. & Fri., Noon-1pm, Northern Lights United Church, 400 11th St; Sun.

United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Karl Leroy Cox, a resident of Ketchikan, Alaska, was sentenced on November 20, 2009, in federal court to 120 months imprisonment, and 15 years of supervised release for his conviction for distribution of child pornography.

Community Connections board members shovel gravel at a ground breaking ceremony in Ketchikan for the Opportunity House, an eight unit apartment complex for individuals with disabilities.

When Melody Douglas started working for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District there wasn't a single computer to be found.

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA More individuals and utilizing the Salvation Army's soup kitchen and food pantry in Ketchikan.

How should the Ketchikan Gateway Borough dispose of its Ward Cove property? Subdivide and sell it.

The snowfall Friday surprised a lot of Ketchikan residents who weren't quite ready to accept the onset of winter weather.

November 15, 2009 4:29 pm ET - 2 Comments In anticipation of the release of Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue , Media Matters for America has compiled a list of Palin's Top 10 falsehoods from before the book was published.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - The creak and groan of moving sea ice reverberated through the fiberglass hull of Sprague Theobald's 57-foot Nordhavn power boat Bagan in mid-August as it sat somewhere in the Northwest Passage, high above the Arctic Circle.

The Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators held its annual conference the week of Oct.

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA The debate over what to do with the Ketchikan Gateway Borough's portion of the former Ketchikan Pulp Mill site will continue for now.

United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today, November 9, 2009, that Eulogio Seludo, a resident of Ketchikan, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 63 months for his convictions of trafficking methamphetamine in Ketchikan.

Industry representatives told the state House Finance Committee Wednesday that small businesses battered by this year's decline in visitors cannot suppply the funds themselves.

The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte and Fairweather returned to service last week following regularly scheduled overhauls.

ALASKA STATE MUSEUM, 395 WHITTIER ST. Three solo exhibits will open at the museum this Friday, each of which will be on display through Jan.

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA Hundreds of area residents are expected to flock to this weekend's annual Ketchikan Health Fair.

Link: Juneau Empire The Coast Guard is looking to move into the realm of heating with biomass products, and the first project it's considering is in Southeast Alaska.

InnerSea Discoveries is a new brand created by the owner of American Safari Cruises, which has operated luxury yacht cruises in Alaska since 1997.