The Ketchikan City Council in a regular meeting Thursday is set to hold a public hearing concerning a new sales tax structure, with an increase in the summers and a
The Ketchikan City Council, in a regular meeting, Thursday is scheduled to consider approving changes to the Ketchikan Municipal Code addressing camping in parking lots, as part of an effort
Posted by Eric Stone | Dec 31, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic shaped a strange year in the far southeast reaches of the state. On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, officials in Ketchikan reported the first positive coronavirus test in Southeast Alaska.
That was before masks, travel restrictions and lockdowns and the virus spread quickly at first. After the governor ordered some businesses to close and local officials encouraged folks to hunker down, the immediate threat passed.
But the threat of the pandemic was two-pronged not just a public health crisis, but an economic catastrophe for Ketchikan and much of Southeast Alaska after health officials banned cruising in U.S. waters.