On Sunday evening, Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan received a report of a disturbance involving two males on a beach near mile 2 of the South Tongass Highway. Troopers arrived at the scene to find one of the men involved in the disturbance had got aboard his boat and left the area. He was reported […]
Ketchikan, Alaska – In front of a packed, joint Ketchikan Chamber and Rotary meeting, Governor Sean Parnell Monday signed legislation authorizing the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) to finance the Bokan and Niblack mines on Prince of Wales Island. Senate Bill 99 also provides a loan of up to $18.6 million for […]
Alaska State Troopers say a Ketchikan man is in jail on charges of Arson II, Assault III (DV), and Reckless Driving after receiving numerous 911 calls on SUnday afternoon. Troopers responded to a residence on Heron Lane to investigate disturbance calls in regards to a home there. Ketchikan-based troopers conducted an investigation there and the […]
A Ketchikan man chose to jump into the waters of Refuge Cove instead of going to jail on Wednesday, but was eventually apprehended anyway according to the trooper dispatch. 25-year-old Vincent R. Morin was contacted by the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers while aboard his family’s fishing boat at Refuge Cove in Southeast […]