The declaration calls for coordinated efforts between the city and the borough, as well as state and federal assistance, to restore Ketchikan Public Utility’s Ward Cove Electric Substation.
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4 Alaska Native boarding school students to be repatriated
It’s a big discovery, but there’s a lot more work to be done, said the director of Indigenous research and healing at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Documentation is limited and there are many children who died in boarding schools who have never been identified.
Ketchikan’s borough assembly condemns discriminatory remarks made by planning commissioner
At the borough assembly regular meeting on Monday, members unanimously approved a resolution requesting D-Svenson resign from her position.
Metlakatla educator named Alaska’s superintendent of the year
Alaska superintendents can be nominated by anyone who has personal knowledge of their performance and qualifications. The selection committee, composed of former winners, veteran superintendents and community leaders, looks not only at a nominee’s commitment to students, but to their colleagues and community.
Three rescued from boat fire near Ketchikan
The Coast Guard and the South Tongass Fire Department assisted in extinguishing the fire. When they arrived, all three passengers were aboard the charter fishing boat. They were all adults and no injuries were reported.
Native leaders say disrespectful social media trend symptom of larger problem
There’s a new social media trend of people dancing around Alaska Native totem poles to a Lil Jon song, replicating a scene from the 2009 movie “The Proposal.” Ketchikan Indian Community, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and Alaska Native Heritage Center sent out a joint press release last week…