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The Ketchikan City Council in its regular meeting Thursday heard a presentation from the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition that outlined the various ways the organization works with other groups to address

The Ketchikan City Council at its regular meeting Thursday will present citations approved by the Alaska State Legislature to three people who were chosen to be honored for making significant

The Ketchikan City Council held a special meeting Thursday to discuss the local issues surrounding opioid and other substance abuse, and also to hear solutions that have been implemented by

Ketchikan is set to go green for the summer as the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition garden network continues to bloom. The garden network includes three gardens, located at Clover Pass Church, Tongass Federal Credit Unions campus and Rendezvous Senior Day Services (although this garden is not public), according to KWC Executive Director Romanda Simpson. Plots and beds in the Clover Pass and TFCU gardens will be open for rent by any individual who fills out an application and pays a small fee that w...

Sitting in the warm light streaming through the windows of her new residence Tuesday afternoon in Ketchikan, Jennifer reflected on her path from addiction, incarceration, assault and hopelessness to a new life full of possibilities. “This place is an absolute blessing for me,” said Jennifer, whose last name is being withheld in order to gain her perspective. Jennifer was accepted into Ketchikans first-ever Reentry Housing project, a collaborative project between the Alaska Mental Heal...

Ketchikan Assembly to Consider Resolution to Protect Individual Civil Rights Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Cards COVID-19 Record Cards Will Be Issued to Everyone After 1st Shot; 1st Vaccine Arrives in Ketchika; Statewide Face Masks Requested By Alaska Lawmakers By MARY KAUFFMAN Thursday PM (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Ketchikan Mayor Rodney Dial is sponsoring a resolution for the Borough Assembly to consider at Monday night’s meeting that will support the pr...