The Ketchikan School District is going to hire an independent investigator to look into the district’s actions regarding former teacher Doug Edwards, who faces charges that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at the high school, as well as other locations.
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Coast Guard, partners search ferries for illegal activity, drugs
U.S. Coast Guard and Alaska law enforcement agencies seized 56 grams of heroin, an ounce of methamphetamine, and almost 2 pounds of non-commercial marijuana in a large-scale search for illegal activity on ferries in Washington state and Alaska.
Updated: Eleven people survive floatplane crash on Prince of Wales Island
An airplane with 11 people on board has crashed on Mount Jumbo on Prince of Wales Island. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, all 11 have reportedly survived. Petty Officer Charly Hengen said the plane crashed about 2,000 feet up the mountain.
Tourists assist in Deer Mountain rescue
Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad received report about 11 p.m. Saturday of the missing boy. Chris John said the boy called 911 using a cell phone, but the calls were cut off so rescuers were unable to determine his location.
Ferry Columbia still under repair, expected back in service July 13
The Columbia is expected to resume its schedule after leaving Bellingham on July 13.
Melted ice cream and uneaten crab: misery aboard the ferry LeConte
A power failure aboard the LeConte kept the doors from opening and passengers couldn’t disembark in Angoon. During that time, they were fed the galley’s melting ice cream, a fatal dog fight ensued and a seafood dinner donated by a local lodge ended up uneaten in the ship’s freezer.
Yakutat sockeye fishery blindsided by historic low return
Commercial sockeye fishing in Yakutat has been closed due to historic low returns, leaving set-netters in a bind until coho and chum season later in the summer. Unlike other salmon fisheries around the Southeast, biologists never saw this coming.
13-year-old kayaker found safe on shore after capsize
A 13-year old girl was found safe on shore Tuesday after her kayak capsized in Shelikov Bay, about 15 miles from Sitka.
Caught in immigration mess, U.S.-born Tsimshian teacher fights to stay in ancestral territory
Mique’l Dangeli teaches Sm’algya̱x — the Tsimshian language — to children and adults in British Columbia. Now, she’s fighting to stay.
Taku River levels subsiding after glacial dam release
Boaters should watch for debris being washed downriver and into Taku Inlet.