The Ketchikan City Council decided Thursday to try selling the former Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility without setting a minimum bid. The state closed the youth detention center in fall of 2016.
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Big change announced for Ketchikan salmon derby
Citing concerns of declining Chinook salmon stocks throughout Southeast, the Ketchikan CHARR King Salmon Derby Committee decided to skip the derby that traditionally starts on the Memorial Day weekend. They’ll hold a silver salmon contest later in the summer, instead.
Hydaburg man faces felony assault charge in stabbing
Justice Raven Peele stabbed the adult victim with a knife multiple times, troopers said. Peele is facing a charge of felony first-degree assault.
Humans are main source of bacteria in tested Ketchikan water, report says
A final report from last summer’s coastal bacteria monitoring program was released last week, showing that human waste was the biggest source of high bacteria levels along Ketchikan’s coastlines.
Rare metals mining company plans to build processing plant in Ketchikan
Ucore Rare Metals says there no timeline for when the plant will be built, but when it is, it will initially employ about a dozen people and eventually about 30.
Man and woman from Ketchikan face federal drug charges
A Ketchikan man and woman have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges, according to an announcement Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Anchorage.