Ketchikan News

Dawn brings fog and mist to the downtown Thomas Basin Harbor where fishing boats are tied up at the docks.

In past columns, we learned about Charles Vincent Baronovich, pioneer at Kasaan Bay and how he married the daughter of Chief Skowl, started a trading post and smuggled liquor and other items from Canada.

Alaskan high school seniors Alec P. Pankow, of Ketchikan and Brigit M. Noon, of Fairbanks were named as U.S. President Scholars today by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

The Young Entrepreneur Foundation of the National Federation of Independent Business has announced the Alaska recipient of the 10th annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program that rewards entrepreneurial talents among high school students.

The nearly 9 inches of rain that fell at the Ketchikan airport Sunday and Monday swamped the monthly average of 8.2 inches.

A search is under way in Port Protection, about 50 miles north of Klawock, for a 13-year-old girl who did not return from a hike Sunday evening according to Alaska State Troopers.

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A Booktalk041912 STRONG WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS.

A 22-year-old man was arrested after taking a naked noon-time stroll around downtown Ketchikan.

Nearly 2,300 vehicles, including those belonging to city crews and private citizens, delivered more than 500 tons of trash to the Deer Mountain Landfill between April 21-April 28.

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A Booktalk041912 MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough officials are weighing what to do with a photograph of former Mayor Jack Shay after it was stolen from its spot alongside pictures of other mayors, then put back up and removed again due to complaints, after the 80-year-old pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.

The Moving Wall is scheduled to be in Ketchikan from May 6-14 and Juneau from May 15-22, with a wreath-laying ceremony planned for May 15.

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A Booktalk041912 SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING.

The former mayor of Ketchikan has pleaded guilty to seven counts of possession of child pornography.

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A Booktalk041912 SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING.

We would like to sincerely thank the two gentlemen who assisted us on April 11 at Exit 169 when we... KETCHIKAN, Alaska - The CEO of a company developing a mineral prospect on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska says mine construction could begin by 2015.

A change-of-plea hearing for former Ketchikan mayor Jack Shay has been scheduled for Monday.

The Ketchikan Daily News says the Ketchikan-based Williams Inc. has operated the A&P store in the Foodland Shopping Center in downtown Juneau since 1995.

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A Booktalk041912 PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...OCCASIONALLY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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