07/12/11 An Alaska cruise ship appears to have limited the spread of an ongoing gastrointestinal illness.
07/12/11 KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A former Kake police officer has been sentenced to six months in prison in a federal case of illegal trafficking of sea otter pelts. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Michael E. Smit...
07/12/11 The Alaska Federation of Natives Board of Directors announced today that Alaska Native Iditarod winner John Quniaq Baker will deliver the 2011 AFN Convention keynote address.
07/11/11 KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A fishing boat caught on fire after it grounded eight miles south of Ketchikan. The Coast Guard reports all five crew members of the 58-foot fishing vessel got off the ship lat...
07/11/11 Six former Annette Island School District teachers are suing the Metlakatla-based district, alleging they were not retained by the school board on the basis of race.
07/11/11 DANELLE LANDIS Ketchikan Daily News KETCHIKAN, Alaska Paul Dawson, veteran and father of a veteran, wanted to get something done. He knew that Prince of Wales Island needed a veterans' memorial, so he jumped in and took the lead. "It's hard to push a chain, but you can sure get on it and drag it," he said of motivating others. He planned fundraisers and recruited help from several sources around ...
07/11/11 KETCHIKAN, Alaska - Paul Dawson, veteran and father of a veteran, wanted to get something done. He knew that Prince of Wales Island needed a veterans' memorial, so he jumped in and took the lead. ...
06/19/11 Frances Elaine Wise, beloved wife and mother, passed away peacefully at home on June 14, 2011. She was born December 14, 1926, in Omak, WA, to Floyd J. and Alta G. (Castleberry) Williams. The Williams family moved to Chelan in 1931, as Floyd was a partner in the new Chelan Box and Manufacturing Company with his brother-in-law, Harry Wall.
06/17/11 Cascade Creek LLC, the private corporation attempting to acquire licensing to build a hydropower project in Thomas Bay, northeast of Petersburg got an earful from local, state and federal agencies on Wednesday, June 15.
06/15/11 HALIFAX, NOVA--(Marketwire - June 15, 2011) - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU)(OTCQX:UURAF) ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to comment on recent gains in the price of dysprosium. During Q2 2011, dysprosium oxide spot prices have obtained successive new highs, largely owing to significant changes in pricing regimes originating in China, which supplies essentially 100% of this ...
06/15/11 A recent norovirus outbreak onboard the Alaska cruise ship Sea Princess sickened more than a hundred passengers.
06/15/11 The Associated Press Here is a sampling of editorial opinions from Alaska newspapers: June 10, 2011 Alaska Journal of Commerce: Government, trade groups cobble Alaska economy Three American organizations that aim to promote American jobs and improve American economies have stymied efforts to do just that. And Alaska is taking the brunt of it all. For months, we have been reporting on a veritable ...
06/15/11 The days of independent logging camps are a thing of the past. Known as a "gippo" logger, a hard-working man with a small crew and the proper equipment could obtain a U.S. Forest Service timber sale. After men fell and limbed the timber, the logs were dragged into the bay.
06/14/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska A native of Ketchikan has been selected as the student representative on the University of Alaska Board of Regents. Gov. Sean Parnell on Monday announced the appointment of Mari Freitag. She's currently the vice president of the student body at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. KINY radio in Juneau reports the political science major was ...
06/10/11 WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin appeared to sour on the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere" in 2007, writing in private emails to her staff that she might support returning funds for the bridge to the federal government for other infrastructure projects.
05/27/11 DANELLE LANDIS Ketchikan Daily News KETCHIKAN, Alaska "We got to miss school and go fishing" Fawn Mountain Elementary School fourth-grader Asher Ilten yelled. He leaned against the railing of the Ketchikan School District's F/V Jack Cotant while holding up his limp, fiercely spined rockfish. Cheers flew as grinning kids, stuffed into yellow, red and blue lifejackets jostled to show off their ...
05/25/11 Capt. Derrick Ray and Josh Harris each give us their side of the escalating conflict we've seen this season
05/25/11 KETCHIKAN - Ketchikan artists are invited to submit artwork for Community Connections' 17th annual "Families Together" Calendar. This year's theme is "resilience." You can think in terms of either psychological or physical resilience.
05/25/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska State health officials say a man who ate clams from a beach near Ketchikan on Sunday developed symptoms characteristic of paralytic shellfish poisoning. Samples from the clam harvest have come back positive for a toxin that causes the potentially life-threatening illness in people who have eaten contaminated shellfish. Health officials ...
05/24/11 , May 24, 2011 (ENS) - Marine biologists from the United States and Canada are on a three-week expedition studying sea otters to document the ecological health of the Pacific coastline. | 
