Ketchikan’s Vigor Industrial rolled out the forward half of the Alaska Class Ferry Tazlina on Sunday. With that 800-ton portion out of the assembly hall, shipyard employees now can get started on the back half.
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Slick road leads to single-vehicle wreck in Ketchikan
A Dodge pickup is totaled after it slid into an embankment Saturday morning on North Tongass Highway. No injuries were reported.
Alaska Mental Health Trust delays Deer Mountain logging vote
Alaska Mental Health Trust’s board of trustees voted Thursday in Anchorage to reconsider an August decision to potentially move forward with logging Deer Mountain and a section of land above homes in Petersburg, and then the board delayed a final decision until the end of January.
Human rights executive director wants to prevent discrimination
Harassment complaints in Alaska are on the rise, and the executive director of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights said she expects that trend to continue, partly in light of the recent presidential elections.
Sitka woman charged in DUI incident that injured another woman
A 23-year-old woman suffered minor injuries early Friday morning after she was reportedly pinned between two cars near Harriet Hunt Lake.
Trustees to vote again on Deer Mountain plan
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority’s board of trustees meets this week, and will vote on a “reconsideration” of its August decision to move forward with logging parts of Deer Mountain in Ketchikan and a parcel in Petersburg that sits above homes.