KETCHIKAN – On Saturday, Sen. Bert Stedman toured a new dock that is being built for the NOAA Ship Fairweather with Sen. Dan Sullivan, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Chief of Staff Michael Walsh Jr., and Borough Mayor Rodney Dial. They all have been working diligently to ensure that the vessel is homeported at a new dock in Ketchikan. This will bring jobs and economic activity to the community after […]
Alaska State Troopers reported a drowning of a crewmember of a commercial fishing vessel on Thursday morning. According to reporting, 62-year-old Anthony Walsh was participating in a Cook Inlet Salmon opening when he fell overboard from the fishing vessel Hooligan on Thursday morning. AST reports that his fishing partner 59-year-old Kevin Loran attempted to get him […]
Troopers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle from the East Fireweed Road Shell gas station on Thursday evening at 7:22 pm. As troopers on the scene conducted their investigation, two men, identified as suspects in the theft of a white 2001 Chevy truck at the station, returned to the scene of the crime […]