Ketchikan residents are going to be paying for this cold, dry winter. Ketchikan Public Utilities Electric Division started supplementing the community’s hydroelectric power with more expensive diesel about a week ago. With no rain or warmer temperatures expected anytime soon, KPU officials expect to continue running those generators into the foreseeable future.
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Haines Assembly considers candidates for interim, permanent manager positions
This time last year, Haines Public Facilities Director Brad Ryan took on the role of interim manager after the previous manager resigned. But he declined to be considered for the full-time position.
Ketchikan Council to consider DOT plans for downtown
The Ketchikan City Council will talk Thursday about the Alaska Department of Transportation’s proposed redesign of Front, Mill and Stedman streets, which make up the primary corridor running through Ketchikan’s downtown.
Juneau mayor meets with pro-road boosters ahead of 2017 legislative session
A road to Juneau is all but dead in the water this budget year but Juneau’s mayor and like-minded advocates are determined to keep pushing for the half-billion dollar project.
Petersburg Assembly moves forward with self-pay paving
Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday moved ahead with a program that could offer paving for some roads in the community if neighborhoods agree to pay the cost of that paving.
British Columbia will clean up mine near Juneau
British Columbia says it will stop polluted Tulsequah Chief Mine water from entering a salmon-rich river that flows into Southeast Alaska near Juneau.
Two new Petersburg police officers are sworn in
The Petersburg Police Department has two new officers this week. The two were sworn in at the borough assembly meeting today.
Longtime Ketchikan pediatrician retires
Ketchikan pediatrician Dr. David Johnson has hung up his stethoscope as of Friday, Dec. 30, officially retiring about 46 years after he first arrived to practice medicine.
Ketchikan Assembly to consider more conflicts of interest
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly has rescheduled its regular meeting from Monday to Tuesday, in observance of the New Year’s holiday. The agenda for Tuesday is a light one. Among the few action items is a public hearing and second vote on changes to the borough’s ethics code.
Forest plan has some changes for central Southeast Alaska
Streams and watersheds in the Petersburg area are among those placed off-limits to old growth logging in an amendment to the Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan released in December.