Author: Leila Kheiry

Ketchikan Public Utilities announced a power failure Wednesday afternoon in the vicinity of Carlanna Lake Road and the Bailey Power plant.

Niblack Mine officials and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough have a couple of years to determine whether the former Seley lumber mill on Gravina Island could become an ore processing facility.

The Ketchikan School Board will decide Wednesday whether to add a third kindergarten teacher at Houghtaling Elementary School.

Saturday marked the 37th annual Blueberry Arts Festival, organized by the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council. The festival includes a full weekend of activities that starts with a parade and art show Friday, and ends Sunday with a poetry contest and the closing night of Gigglefeet Dance Festival.

The borough and Niblack Mine developers have hammered out an agreement for Niblack to potentially use the former Seley mill on Gravina Island to process ore from the planned mine.