"Bill Evans"

The changes came two days after the release of a report that found Alaska’s only state-run psychiatric hospital is an unsafe place to work.

Teacher, choreographer and performer Bill Evans is in Ketchikan for a two-week dance intensive at Ketchikan Theatre Ballet. Classes in modern dance and tap began Aug. 15, and Evans also choreographed a piece for the Gigglefeet Dance Festival.

Opposition to the bill came primarily from two conservative assemblymembers who said the measure infringes on residents’ religious and speech rights.