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$20K OK'd for tourism project | Local News | ketchikandailynews.com


City of Ketchikan Mayor Bob Sivertsen was absent, with Vice Mayor Dave Kiffer presiding.
The council in its June 20, 2019 meeting approved the expenditure of the $20,000 for the program, but it was set aside when the COVID-19 challenges arrived and the money was not spent. The borough, according to information from Borough Planning Director Richard Harney, has approved $80,000 to support the project.
Harney explained the aim of the project during Thursday s meeting.
“In order for us to be sustainable moving into the future, to try to get our community to be more resilient, we talked about this tourism strategy a few years ago, before the pandemic hit,” he said. ....

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200K vax doses given in Alaska


KETCHIKAN (KDN) — The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center announced two new cases of COVID-19 and one new hospitalization on Thursday.
Statewide, 213 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Alaska’s total number of vaccine doses administered also topped 200,000 on Thursday.
Both of the new local cases were still under investigation — as to the source of the infections and potential close contacts — on Thursday, according to an evening press release from the Emergency Operations Center.
“During the contact investigations, Public Health will coordinate with the positive person to reach out to anyone who may be a close contact and instruct them to quarantine,” the release noted. ....

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