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Ketchikan, Alaska is located in Ketchikan Gateway County. Zip codes in Ketchikan, AK include 99950, 99901, and 99919. More Ketchikan information.

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Yesterday | Anchorage Daily News

Ketchikan woman takes deal for fraud

A midwife and nurse practitioner who continued to write prescriptions and bill Medicaid after her license was suspended has accepted a plea deal in which she will spend a year in prison.

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Yesterday | KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Begich visits Ketchikan

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A Booktalk052412 STRONG WIND THIS EVENING CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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Tuesday | Ketchikan Daily News

Kayhi Class of '12 graduates

It is important to remember how we got here. For if we should forget, we are likely to lose the prize.

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Mon May 28, 2012

Anchorage Daily News

Ketchikan midwife pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud

In a plea agreement, Eileen Small has agreed to serve a year in prison, spend five years on probation, perform 80 hours of community service and pay more than $10,000 restitution.

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Sun May 27, 2012

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Ketchikan police seize nearly 1 pound of heroin

A 38-year-old Ketchikan man has been charged with attempted drug misconduct in a case in which law enforcement officers seized nearly a pound of black tar heroin.

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Fri May 25, 2012

Examiner.com

Summer Escape: Fishing at the Waterfall Resort, Ketchikan AK

Alaska is a very popular place for outdoor activities, especially in the short summer season.

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KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Ketchikan Chamber chooses Stedman as Grand Marshall

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A Booktalk052412 MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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Wed May 23, 2012

Alaska

End of the Trail: End of Trail

Ted Schlapfer, 91, peacefully passed away in Bend, Ore., on March 7, 2012. He was fully accepting of his own passing and clearly looked forward to the territory ahead and reuniting with his wife, Beth, who passed in April 2009.

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Capital City Weekly

Photo: 'Ketching' Red Apples

SaraJustine Black received the Red Apple Award this year for outstanding volunteer service from Delta Kappa Gamma in Ketchikan.

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Tue May 22, 2012

Ketchikan Daily News

Boro, school budgets OK'd

Monday is Arbor Day in Alaska, a day to celebrate trees. In Ketchikan, you can't really get away from trees, what with that 17-million acre national forest that surrounds us, so it's only right that the community has been officially recognized as a Tree City.

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KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Ketchikan attempts Guinness World Record

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A booktalk051712 MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

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Ketchikan Daily News

Redistricting plan draws opposition

Monday is Arbor Day in Alaska, a day to celebrate trees. In Ketchikan, you can't really get away from trees, what with that 17-million acre national forest that surrounds us, so it's only right that the community has been officially recognized as a Tree City.

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Mon May 21, 2012

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Coast Guard rescues Alaska kayaker

The Coast Guard was called over the weekend to rescue a kayaker near Ketchikan. The Coast Guard says the man was severely hypothermic and not wearing a life vest when found in the water Sunday in Thorn Arm near Ketchikan.

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Sun May 20, 2012

KTUU-TV

Ketchikan Man Sentenced for Murder

A 19-year-old Ketchikan man convicted of second-degree murder and evidence tampering has been sentenced to 36 years in prison.

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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Ketchikan man becomes resident centenarian

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - Henry Neligan turned 100 last Sunday, but he's not acting the centenarian.

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Fri May 18, 2012

KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Rossiter sentenced for 2011 stabbing death

On the air since 1991, Charlotte Glover delivers a digest of library news, book reviews and the latest scoop from the book world.A booktalk051712 MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SUN BREAKS MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING.

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Alaska

My View North: A Marriage of Sorts

May has finally arrived, and I'm thinking fondly of the summer ahead: staycations .

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Thu May 17, 2012

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Variety of art proposed for new Ketchikan library

Public art for the new Ketchikan Public Library could include a Northwest Coast-style medallion by master carver Nathan Jackson.

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Sat May 12, 2012

TrekEarth

Red Boat

Dawn brings fog and mist to the downtown Thomas Basin Harbor where fishing boats are tied up at the docks.

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Wed May 09, 2012

Capital City Weekly

Southeast history: The demise of the Baronovivch Saltery

In past columns, we learned about Charles Vincent Baronovich, pioneer at Kasaan Bay and how he married the daughter of Chief Skowl, started a trading post and smuggled liquor and other items from Canada.

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