"Stephen Bradford"

Some Ketchikan High School students dressed up as cowboys during a basketball game against its rivals from Alaska’s only Native reservation.

The 30 passengers and five crew eventually departed Seattle on a replacement plane after a roughly seven-hour delay.

Two Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly members made a move Monday to fire Borough Manager Ruben Duran, who has been on the job about seven months. The motion to fire Duran failed in a 5-2 vote following an open discussion of his job performance.

Schoenbar Middle School celebrated the end of the school year with a special totem-raising ceremony. The Pathfinder totem pole was carved by Schoenbar students over the past year under the direction of carver Kelly White.

The Ketchikan Borough has written a statement to distance itself from the state law legalizing marijuana. The assembly hopes to avoid legal entanglements with the federal government.