7 fully vaccinated people test positive for COVID-19 on UnCruise ship sailing in Southeast Alaska
Posted by Eric Stone | Jul 26, 2021
The UnCruise Wilderness Explorer is seen docked at Ketchikan’s downtown Berth 4 on Sunday. UnCruise says seven people aboard the 74-passenger vessel have tested positive for COVID-19. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
Seven fully vaccinated people aboard a small cruise ship that docked in Ketchikan over the weekend have tested positive for COVID-19. The ship’s operator UnCruise canceled a sailing due to depart this past weekend in response.
The 74-passenger Wilderness Explorer sailed to Juneau from Ketchikan Monday evening.
UnCruise spokesperson Liz Galloway said in a statement Monday evening that the four positive passengers would isolate in a Juneau hotel. Three positive crew members would isolate aboard the Wilderness Explorer, she said.
Late winter snowstorm in Ketchikan wreaks havoc on land and sea
Posted by Eric Stone | Mar 15, 2021
Snow berms, a somewhat rare sight in Ketchikan, persisted Monday even after snow turned to rain. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
Ketchikan residents woke up this weekend to find their homes, cars and roads covered in as many as 20 inches of heavy, wet snow. They weren’t alone: communities across Southeast felt the impact of a late winter storm.
Ketchikan doesn’t often see nearly 2 feet of snow in a day, especially not this late in the year. The storm knocked out power in the early morning hours Saturday.
Alaska Supermarket Damaged by Rockslide to Close Permanently February 5, 2021
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) The owners of an Alaska supermarket that was severely damaged by a rockslide plan to permanently shutter the business.
Tatsuda’s Supermarket Inc. CEO Katherine Tatsuda announced the closure of the store in Ketchikan Monday, Ketchikan Daily News reported.
“It is with sadness in my heart that I tell you Tatsuda’s IGA will not be returning but this is not the end of the Tatsuda family serving our community,” Tatsuda wrote in a social media post.
Tatsude said she made the decision with her father and co-owner, Bill Tatsuda Jr.