Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan
Ketchikan City Council introduces ordinance to temporarily bans retail pot sales
Despite nearly an hour of strong public comment in opposition, the Ketchikan City Council voted Thursday to move forward with a temporary ban on retail marijuana within city limits.
Ketchikan assembly OKs local retail pot regulations
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly adopted three ordinances Monday that put local regulations in place for any future marijuana business in the borough.
POW wolf season closes after 5 harvested
The contentious wolf hunting and trapping season on Prince of Wales Island will close on Sunday. Conservation groups previously filed an ESA petition for the POW wolf population which is currently being reviewed.
Ketchikan Borough moves forward with commercial pot
Pot was the main topic of conversation during Monday’s meeting of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly, as it considered an ordinance to establish regulations for a commercial marijuana industry.
‘Companion’ Christmas trees from Tongass en route to DC
This year’s National Christmas Tree is a 74-foot spruce from Alaska’s Chugach National Forest. The tree is traveling across the U.S. on its way to Washington, D.C., and as of Sunday, was in Indiana.
Still no sign on 5th day of search for missing hiker
Rescue crews and family members of 22-year-old Justin Nathan continued searching for him on Sunday, the fifth day that he has been missing on Deer Mountain, but found no clues.
Search for missing Ketchikan hiker stretches to 3rd day
A 22-year-old Ketchikan man remains missing on Deer Mountain as the search stretched into a third day.
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With suitcases full of salmon, Ketchikan couple heads to Oman
A Southeast Alaska commercial fishing couple is headed to Oman, on the southern Arabian Peninsula. They’re taking about a hundred pounds of frozen wild Alaska salmon with them on a diplomatic trip to share American culture, Alaska seafood and small business management techniques.
Southeast shelters assist 40+ animals rescued from Ketchikan house
Ketchikan’s animal shelter has gotten some relief in recent weeks after rescuing more than 40 animals from one home in early October.
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Feds change subsistence rural/non-rural rule
The U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture announced Friday that they have updated subsistence management regulations defining which parts of Alaska are rural or non-rural, marking a likely end to the City of Saxman’s struggle to regain its rural subsistence status.
DOT picks less expensive Gravina ferry option; Ketchikan laments
The Gravina Island Access Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement process has moved forward now that the State of Alaska has chosen its preferred alternative, but Ketchikan officials were not excited about the choice.
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No emergency listing for Price of Wales Island wolves
A petition asking for emergency Endangered Species Act listing for Prince of Wales Island wolves was essentially denied by the U.S. Department of the Interior office in Anchorage.
Ketchikan’s PeaceHealth Medical Center awarded $3.6 million grant
PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center announced this week that it has been awarded a $3.6 million grant for the entire PeaceHealth system from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to help improve community health through changing clinical practices.
Report: Southeast’s economy is shrinking
After several years of growth, Southeast Alaska’s economy is shrinking again. It’s not by much, but the numbers show few reasons for optimism.
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Change on the horizon for Alaska ferry system
Change was the theme of the Alaska Marine Highway System presentation during Day 1 of Southeast Conference’s annual fall meeting in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
6 groups file for emergency ESA listing for POW wolves
Six conservation groups on Monday petitioned for an emergency Endangered Species Act listing for the Alexander Archipelago wolf.
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State sets POW wolf harvest quota at 9
A wolf harvest quota has been set for Game Management Unit 2, which is Prince of Wales Island and surrounding islands. According to a joint news release from the U.S. Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, biologists have set the state harvest at nine wolves.
Ketchikan man dies from stab wounds
A 33-year-old Ketchikan man died Monday after he was stabbed early Monday morning at a home on Park Avenue. According to the Ketchikan Police Department, dispatch received a call about the stabbing at about 8:40 a.m.
Draft petition calls for a third city in Ketchikan
Consolidation has failed in Ketchikan many times in the past. Now, a group of people in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough’s North End is trying something completely different: They want to create another city in the borough, which would add a fourth local government in a community of about 13,000 people.
Ketchikan Borough To Vote on Tobacco Tax
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough has completed drafting an ordinance that would impose a $3-per-pack tobacco tax within borough boundaries. The ordinance also would tax other tobacco products – including e-cigarettes – at 75 percent of their wholesale price.
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