Author: Leila Kheiry

Access to the Rainbird Trail from the UAS parking lot is closed until further notice due to construction at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus parking lot.

https://www.krbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/20CnclAdv.mp3 The Ketchikan City Council meets Thursday night, and among the many topics will be a discussion about Hillside Road. The city owns and maintains that road, but only up...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved an omnibus package Tuesday that includes a provision inserted by Alaska Rep. Don Young to transfer land in the Tongass National Forest to the Sealaska Corporation.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday unanimously accepted nearly $18 million in state grants for two projects. A little more than half will go to airport operations and improvements. The rest will start development of a new state moorage facility at Ward Cove. Much of Monday’s discussion, however, focused on an issue that wasn’t on the agenda: Improvements to athletic fields, specifically Dudley Field next to Ketchikan High School.

Southeast Regional Health Consortium has given about $130,000 in grants to various health programs throughout Southeast, including some on Prince of Wales Island.