Eleven residents and two staff members have been diagnosed with the disease.
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Alaska Senate approves budget that includes $5,500 payments to residents
The budget proposed by the Finance Committee would have put away $1.2 billion in state savings accounts. But the plan that emerged from the Senate would take almost as much from savings, according to committee co-chair Sen. Bert Stedman.
Alaska Senate votes for $1,300 energy relief payment in addition to PFD
The amendment adding energy relief payments passed 12-7 on a bipartisan basis with several members crossing caucus lines.
Ketchikan advocates call for local, state and federal action to address opioid crisis
Statewide, officials say nearly 60% of fatal drug overdoses involved fentanyl.
Optimism abounds as Ketchikan kicks off cruise season
Though it’s not clear how full the ships will be, the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau is projecting a record 637 port calls by 48 ships this year.
Cruise lines expect early-season ships to be 30-50% full, Ketchikan officials say
Officials in Ketchikan are expecting a soft start to the cruise season despite industry projections that passenger numbers could be nearly as high as pre-pandemic seasons.
Cruise ships visiting Alaska this summer will require most passengers to be vaccinated
Federal COVID-19 protocols that were mandatory for last year’s cruise season are optional now, but cruise lines visiting Alaska are still expected to follow them this year.
Federal investigators outline circumstances of fatal August 2021 Misty Fjords crash
Investigators have not yet pointed to a cause for the crash.
Proposal to name Ketchikan’s Eagle Park after tourism promoter gets chilly reception
A cedar monument in the park — “Thundering Wings” by Lingít master carver Nathan Jackson — depicts an eagle taking flight.
The Malaspina ferry could be reborn as a museum for the Alaska Marine Highway
State transportation authorities announced Monday that they’d entered negotiations to sell the Malaspina to the owners of a private cruise ship dock in Ketchikan’s Ward Cove.