How Dan Ortiz fended off a conservative challenge in his right-leaning House district
The Ketchikan independent defeated a conservative Republican challenger in a district that supported President Trump by 14 points.
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Independent Rep. Dan Ortiz wins re-election to southern Southeast’s House District 36
With nearly 3,700 absentee and early ballots added to the tally, the Ketchikan independent has a more than 20-point lead over his Republican challenger Leslie Becker in unofficial results.
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Independence Day outage knocks out power to Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg
“It could have been an eagle, it could have been a raven, it could have been some other kind of mammal like a squirrel,” Bynum told KRBD Monday.
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Ketchikan school board member Leslie Becker to challenge Dan Ortiz for House seat
“Our expenses and our budget are out of control,” she told KRBD Wednesday. “We spend almost twice as much as most other states do per capita for running our state budget, and we don’t have the revenue to support that.”
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Despite recent drought, southern Southeast’s wholesale power provider won’t raise rates — yet
Drought put a strain on Southeast Alaska’s hydroelectric power generators. The agency that supplies electricity to Ketchikan, Petersburg and Wrangell said recently it won’t raise its rates to compensate — at least not yet.
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