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WEB4 days ago · Candidate Forums on KRBD. by Mike Gates | Sep 10, 2024. Mark your calendars! KRBD is hosting live forums with candidates for local office. Here are the times to tune in: Borough Assembly – Friday, 9/13 – 6-7 pm City Mayor – Wednesday 9/18 – 6-6:30 pm House District...
AP&T completes undersea fiber optic cable linking Prince of Wales ...
WEBNov 7, 2022 · Now that the undersea cable is complete, technicians are slated to begin installing fiber optic service to homes in Coffman Cove and Kasaan. Custer says that’ll start next year — and he says residents should get in touch with the company’s customer service desk to make sure they’re on the list for installation.. In its grant application, AP&T said its plans would start with 10 megabit ...
Authorities charge five people in two separate recent Ketchikan …
WEBMar 16, 2022 · Authorities have charged five people with attempting to smuggle drugs from Washington state into Southeast Alaska. Ketchikan police say two separate recent busts in the past week turned up more than 1,400 counterfeit pills thought to contain fentanyl, plus large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine. It’s the latest in a series of drug busts ...
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WEB4 days ago · Borough assembly to consider winter warming shelter for Ketchikan homeless, grants for boosting housing supply. by Jack Darrell | Sep 16, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0. The Ketchikan Borough assembly will discuss a proposal to help fund a warming shelter for the island’s homeless population and grants for …
Alaska Commercial Co. takes over operations at Metlakatla ... - KRBD
WEBJul 6, 2022 · An iconic grocery store and mini-mart in Metlakatla changed hands this summer. The Alaska Commercial Co. now operates the Leask Market and Leask Mini-Mart. Metlakatla Mayor Albert Smith said the buildings were sold about six weeks ago. “The family trust is ready to retire from the business, so they offered it …
Ketchikan in the 1940s - KRBD
WEBMar 17, 2015 · 00:00. 00:00. World War II was the overriding event of the 1940s. The war started in 1939, but the United States didn’t get involved until two years later. Margaret Antonsen remembers exactly where she was on Dec. 7 th, 1941. “I was in Dr. McKenzie’s dentist office, getting my teeth worked on,” she said. “He was in the.
State negotiating with Ketchikan dock owners to turn Malaspina …
WEBMar 14, 2022 · State transportation authorities announced Monday that they’d entered negotiations to sell the ferry Malaspina to the owners of a private cruise ship dock in Ketchikan’s Ward Cove. Ward Cove Dock Group President John Binkley says the company plans to convert the vessel to showcase the Marine Highway’s past. “We really believe that …
Behavioral health provider Akeela is closing its doors in Ketchikan
WEBApr 9, 2024 · Akeela, an Alaska-based behavioral health provider, is leaving Ketchikan. The non-profit organization, which also has facilities in Homer, Kenai, and Anchorage, announced it will be closing its doors in the First City on June 30. Akeela has operated two facilities in Ketchikan for over a decade: the Gateway Center for Human Services, which ...
Former Pulp Mill site used for startups, but progress is slow
WEBJul 16, 2018 · Some warehouses that used to store pulp product are crumbling, bricks falling to the ground. The site of the Ketchikan Pulp Company is a shell of its former self. The company closed its mill in 1997, putting hundreds of people out of work. It might not look like much from the outside. But inside one of the buildings, Phillip Walsh is …
Ketchikan Uncovered: the elusive history of the First City’s name
WEBJul 7, 2017 · Kiffer told me that, as far as he can tell, there are three commonly believed theories. The first and most common is that Ketchikan is a variation of a Tlingit word meaning ‘the spread wings of an eagle.’. The second theory is that the name comes from a different Tlingit word which means ‘the white spots on a salmon.’.