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Ketchikan LGBTQ people build community, celebrate visibility at annual pride picnic
Posted by Molly Lubbers | Jun 30, 2021
Ketchikan resident Bethany Clay draws on a poster that 2021 Pride Picnic attendees can decorate and sign. (Molly Lubbers/KRBD)
Last Saturday, the Ketchikan Pride Alliance held its annual Pride Picnic. It was a space for LGBTQ people to build community, celebrate and be visible during Pride Month.
Under the sun and out at Rotary Beach Park, community members gathered for Ketchikan’s annual Pride Picnic, chatting and laughing. On the grill were burgers and hot dogs, and on people’s faces were smiles.
It’s a much different scene than the first pride event, Ketchikan Pride Alliance President Sheen Davis said.
Swastika appears on South Tongass Highway, the second incident of racist vandalism in less than a week
Posted by Eric Stone | Apr 14, 2021
A section of South Tongass Highway near the location where the swastika was painted is shown on Wednesday. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
A second spate of racist graffiti in less than a week has appeared in the Ketchikan area. An 11-foot wide swastika and other hateful symbols were painted Wednesday along a main road just south of town.
A green and white swastika drawn across the southbound lane of South Tongass Highway appeared Wednesday morning. The spray-painted anti-Semitic and white supremacist symbol drew widespread condemnation from community members.