When The First City was ‘no town at all’ Dalton first came to Ketchikan in 1889 By DAVE KIFFER April 26, 2023 Wednesday (SitNews) - Likely, the earliest recorded memories of what Ketchikan was like at ...

Initially, Hunt did what many people in mining communities do: He mined the miners. He decided he could make more money selling mining gear than looking for gold. His family soon joined him and his ...

Tongass Roadless Rule Reinstated Murkowski, Sullivan: Tongass is a National Forest, Not a Political Football Posted and Edited By MARY KAUFFMAN January 29, 2023 Sunday (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - ...

Fifty years ago, a great novel took shape in Ketchikan Silko's 'Ceremony' was created in a vacant law office on Ketchikan Creek; 'I was so homesick, I tried to remake the homeland that I missed so ...

Reconciliations took decades to come Native churches in Ketchikan, Juneau closed in 1962 By DAVE KIFFER October 09, 2022 Sunday (SitNews) - Last summer, the national branch of the Presbyterian Church ...

Amylon was fresh out of Bucknell University in 1978. when he was hired to be confidential assistant to the city manager of Watertown, New York, By 1982 he was the acting city manager and then became ...

Dunleavy said, “Once again, I thank those legislators who prioritized Alaskan’s needs over everything else. Our families are experiencing runaway inflation, soaring fuel prices and economic fallout – ...

Viewpoints: Letters / Opinions Another parent complaining or a problem of Nepotism in school sports programs? By Steven Booth March 07, 2022 Monday PM Just another parent complaining about their child ...

Resolution of mining threat to Skagit Headwaters, but the threat of Canadian mines to American rivers remains January 30, 2022 Sunday PM (SitNews) Seattle, Washington - U.S.-based conservation groups ...

For the first 40 years of American control of Alaska, there was little interest in fur farming, but then a rise in fur garment prices around the turn of the 20th century changed things. In 1904, the ...

After noon, Sullivan’s de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver was on its way back to town. Another commercial carrier, Taquan Air, was flying one of its own airplanes, also on a flightseeing tour, back to ...

In a past newsletter I told you about my full support of Ballot Measure 1, the Fair Share Act. I want to reinforce now how important passing Ballot Measure 1 is to the future of Alaska. Today the ...