The day after, members of Mellanie Isnerâs family gathered at her home.
Isner had owned and operated the Alaska Liquor Store at the Stedman Street site since 2004, but her working life stretched back to Jan. 2, 1963 when sheâd started a 20-year career in banking. In the mid-1980s she switched to owning and operating the Alaska Bar and Liquor Store at two  downtown Ketchikan locations, retiring momentarily before restarting at Stedman Street.
But what now?
Among the family members present at Isnerâs home was Jessica Isner, the youngest of Mellanieâs three daughters. Jessica had been managing the Alaska Liquor Store since 2005.
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.
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Print article KETCHIKAN - The owners of a Ketchikan 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, the 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.
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.