Ketchikan native and 2008 Kayhi graduate Mari Freitag is in Corpus Christi, Texas, participating in a training program that transforms U.S. Navy officers into Navy pilots. Ensign Freitag is a student naval aviator with the “Rangers” Training Squadron that operates the T-6 Texan II aircraft.
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Additional charges filed against man accused in girlfriend’s strangling death
Additional charges have been filed against a Prince of Wales Island man accused in the death of his girlfriend. Albert Peter Macasaet III, 27, is charged in the July 31 strangling death of Judylee Guthrie, 27, of Hydaburg.
Engineless boat ‘Race to Alaska’ that ends in Ketchikan is on for 2017
Organizers announced last week that the Race to Alaska is a go for the summer of 2017. The 750-mile engineless boat race begins with a qualifying heat from Port Townsend, Washington, to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Pilot rescued after aborted floatplane takeoff on Prince of Wales Island
A pilot who crashed his floatplane on the shore of a lake on Prince of Wales Island shortly after takeoff was rescued Monday by a U.S. Coast Guard crew.
Bond set for man facing charges in girlfriend’s death
Bail for a 27-year-old Albert Peter Macasaet III, who is accused in the strangling death of his girlfriend, was set for $100,000 Tuesday, Aug. 16, as well as the terms and conditions of his release.
About a week after he was apprehended for the death of Judylee Guthry, 27, of Hydaburg was arraigned in Ketchikan District Court.
Ketchikan boroughwide pot tax indefinitely postponed
A proposal to establish a boroughwide retail marijuana tax was indefinitely postponed Monday following lengthy discussion and several attempts to amend the ordinance.