Category: Local News

President Biden approves disaster declaration for Ketchikan landslides

by Michael Fanelli | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

The major disaster declaration opens up FEMA funding to help pay for the cleanup and repair costs to the city of Ketchikan.

A statewide task force is trying to stop the spread of highly invasive green crabs in Southeast Alaska — and they need your help

by Jack Darrell | Nov 19, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

The European Green Crab Subcommittee is asking the public to help them fight the spread of an especially harmful invasive species.

Ketchikan gets first snow of the season

by Jack Darrell | Nov 18, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Ketchikan woke up Monday morning to a winter wonderland.

Ketchikan School Board approves full week off for Thanksgiving

by Michael Fanelli | Nov 15, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

The School Board voted on Wednesday to alter the district calendar starting next fall, so students will have an entire week off for the November holiday.

Borough Clerk Kacie Paxton named Citizen of the Year

by Jack Darrell | Nov 15, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Kacie Paxton, Ketchikan’s Borough Clerk and the spokesperson for the island’s Emergency Operations Center, received the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award at their “Celebration of the Stars” gala.

31-day wolf-trapping season set to begin on Prince of Wales Island

by Jack Darrell | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced a month-long wolf trapping season on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The 31-day window is expected to open on Nov. 15.

Ketchikan sends off the first Capitol Christmas Tree to come from the Tongass

by Michael Fanelli | Nov 13, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

Community members packed into a parking lot recently to get a glimpse of the “People’s Tree,” as it set off on the long trip to Washington D.C.

A dog on Prince of Wales Island is helping to conserve wolves by tracking their poop

by Jack Darrell | Nov 12, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

Nov. 15 marks the beginning of wolf-trapping season on Prince of Wales Island. Last summer, managers hired a dog named Barley to sniff out an important source of data for tracking and understanding wolves – their poop.