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Ketchikan: Ketchikan Community Risk Level Raised to HIGH; Ketchikan High School Closed Through Friday, May 7th - The  Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center and Ketchikan School District have seen an increase in COVID-19 cases in the past couple of weeks, including an increase in community spread cases. There are 12 new cases reported in Ketchikan today, and 9 cases reported on Monday.  Seven of those cases were determined to be close contacts to a known positive case, three were attributed to...

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Commercial fishery hauls slow down as major spawning begins in Sitka Sound Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 7, 2021 The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery remained open for the 11th day in a row Tuesday (4-6-21)  Seiners hauled in around 900 tons of herring during Monday’s opening, according to a press release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Estimates are not yet available for today’s/Tuesday’s opener. To date, the commercial fleet has harvested around 14,700-tons of herring,...

Herring fishery exceeds 13,000 tons, now open daily Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 5, 2021 (Photo provided by Rich McClear) The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery opened for the eighth day in a row on Sunday (4-4-21). The fishery was open for five hours, and fishermen caught around 1700 tons of herring. According to a press release from ADF&G, the fishery captured around 1400 tons when it was open for two-and-a-half hours on Saturday. 13,800  tons have been harvested since the fishery first ...