Ketchikan, Alaska - Most of the stories about Alaska’s involvement in World War II deal with the Japanese attack on the Aleutians and the tragic relocation of hundreds of Aleuts from their homeland to ...
Ketchikan, Alaska - Sixty years ago this Fall, long before digital cable and large screen televisions, the residents of Ketchikan were just beginning to experience the first cable television operation ...
Ketchikan, Alaska - A half century ago, two identical passenger planes performing identical missions crashed in the waters off Southeast Alaska. One plane, with 102 people on board, successfully ...
Ketchikan, Alaska - When it gets a little wetter, or colder, or hotter than usual, Ketchikan residents immediately head to the historical records. Was that 5 inch rainfall the other day a record ...
Ketchikan, Alaska - Twenty years ago this week, the hammer fell on the community of Ketchikan. On March 25, 1997, Louisiana Pacific announced the closure of the Ketchikan Pulp Mill, the primary engine ...
Ketchikan, Alaska - To some Ketchikan’s downtown tunnel seems redundant. After all, according to a “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” newspaper column in 1967, it was the only tunnel in the world that could ...
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Every so often, when exploring a remote island in the Alexander Archipelago, one can come upon aset of puzzling remains. Fences and wire and sometimes dozens of rotting ...
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - This summer's announcement that a multi-ship cruise terminal is planned for the old Ketchikan Pulp Mill site in Ward Cove is a reminder of the important economic role the ...
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Visitors to Annette Island are often fascinated by the remains of what once was one of the largest airfields along the Alaskan coast. The Annette Island airport was once ...
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Multiple arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation by Officers of the Ketchikan Police Department into the sales of the controlled substances Marijuana, Butane ...
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - A Petersburg man was recently convicted of hindering the lawful hunting by others, and for harassment. The conviction stems from a summons by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers ...
Ketchikan, Alaska - At the beginning of most cruise ship sailings, the passengers gather for a safety lecture. It's not really a drill because they don't get into lifeboats or rafts that are then cast ...