Ketchikan News

BAD FOR BUSINESS: Longer stays may not be practical. Published: July 21st, 2008 02:11 PM Last Modified: July 21st, 2008 03:12 PM KETCHIKAN -- Ketchikan city officials are hoping to convince the various cruise ...

"You must see Alaska," state the travel brochures. They're right! Go to Alaska -- to the monarch of the north -- and you'll be changed forever.

The Pole on the Point in front of the Totem Bight clan house in Ketchikan, Alaska, lies on the ground June 27, 2008, after being carefully lowered by Brian Nicholas and his crew.

Ketchikan city officials are hoping to convince the various cruise lines to stay a bit longer in their southeast Alaska community.

The lofty poles at Totem Bight State Park retain an aura of grandeur, although rain, insects and time have taken a toll.

Several young people have been learning a lot about something very old the past few weeks as a result of a joint effort between the Kasilof Regional Historical Association and the Kenai National Wildlife ...

GCI , an Alaskan telecoms network operator in the Alaskan long-distance market, has announced today that engineers have begun to lay a new undersea fiber-optic cable in parts of the largest and northern most ...

No other state in the Union can offer such an adventure for travelers seeking great distances and faraway places.

The expanse of glaciers glistened crystalline white as our small twin-engine float plane banked to give us a better look.

The Spirit of Glacier Bay cruise ship, which ran aground in Tarr Inlet on Monday, began taking on water Thursday night while traveling from Juneau to Ketchikan for repairs.

Alaska has a viable natural gas pipeline project. Oil and pipeline companies see that; that's why they're in Alaska where the gas is.

"A perfect match!" is how "Little Brother" Jerry feels about being matched with his "Big Brother" Norm in Ketchikan's Big Brothers Big Sisters .

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA Former Anchorage Representative Ethan Berkowitz says this country is having a Jeffersonian moment and is ready to embrace change.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly will let voters decide in October whether to purchase South Point Higgins Beach.

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich says he has never faced an easy race and he doesn't expect his bid to unseat U.S. Senator Ted Stevens to be any different.

Alaska lawmakers are gearing up to head to Ketchikan for the final leg of their monthlong trek around the state for hearings on Gov.

It's rhubarb time. Do you know of any delicious rhubarb recipes? If so, contact auntie Emo.

A Ketchikan jury correctly convicted a Greenpeace ship's captain of criminal negligence for sailing in Alaska waters without the proper oil spill response plan, the state appeals court ruled Thursday.

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority Board Tuesday agreed to maintain daily all-year round-trip passenger vehicle ferry service between Prince of Wales Island and Ketchikan, and service every Friday, Saturday and ...

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA Charter Boat operators, longshoremen, merchant mariners and other maritime professionals will be required to obtain a new federal security credential starting this April.