Ketchikan is the new rain boot capital of the world.
A normal, rainy day in Alaska’s First City turned historic Saturday, when a sea of 1,976 rain-boot-wearing runners and walkers amassed on the Third Avenue Bypass to break the Guinness World Record for largest rain boot race.
A normal, rainy day in Alaska’s First City turned historic Saturday, when a sea of 1,976 rain-boot-wearing runners and walkers amassed on the Third Avenue Bypass to break the Guinness World Record for largest rain boot race.
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Ketchikan is the new rain boot capital of the world.
A normal, rainy day in Alaska’s First City turned historic Saturday, when a sea of 1,976 rain-boot-wearing runners and walkers amassed on the Third Avenue Bypass to break the Guinness World Record for largest rain boot race.
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By NICK BOWMAN
Daily News Staff Writer
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough operating budget and the Ketchikan School District budget go before the Assembly for the second time during its regular meeting on Monday.
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The Ketchikan Gateway Borough operating budget and the Ketchikan School District budget go before the Assembly for the second time during its regular meeting on Monday.
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By NICK BOWMAN
Daily News Staff Writer
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough operating budget and the Ketchikan School District budget go before the Assembly for the second time during its regular meeting on Monday.
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By ANDREW SHEELER
Daily News Staff Writer
The Rasmuson Foundation has recognized longtime Ketchikan carver Norman Jackson as a recipient of one of its “mid-career” artist fellowship grants.
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The Rasmuson Foundation has recognized longtime Ketchikan carver Norman Jackson as a recipient of one of its “mid-career” artist fellowship grants.
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By ANDREW SHEELER
Daily News Staff Writer
The Rasmuson Foundation has recognized longtime Ketchikan carver Norman Jackson as a recipient of one of its “mid-career” artist fellowship grants.
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By NICK BOWMAN
Daily News Staff Writer
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approved a $42.1-million Ketchikan School District budget — including a $300,000 increase in local funding — during its regular Monday meeting.
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The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approved a $42.1-million Ketchikan School District budget — including a $300,000 increase in local funding — during its regular Monday meeting.
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By NICK BOWMAN
Daily News Staff Writer
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approved a $42.1-million Ketchikan School District budget — including a $300,000 increase in local funding — during its regular Monday meeting.
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By MARJORIE CLARK
Daily News Staff Writer
The State of Alaska has received a pass from the federal government this week when it comes to the accountability measures of No Child Left Behind, and in Ketchikan, that was greeted as good news Monday.
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The State of Alaska has received a pass from the federal government this week when it comes to the accountability measures of No Child Left Behind, and in Ketchikan, that was greeted as good news Monday.
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By MARJORIE CLARK
Daily News Staff Writer
The State of Alaska has received a pass from the federal government this week when it comes to the accountability measures of No Child Left Behind, and in Ketchikan, that was greeted as good news Monday.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Alaska State Troopers responded to a trio of unrelated weekend collisions in the Ward Lake area.
At 1:45 a.m. Saturday, troopers received a report of a vehicle crash near the intersection of the North Tongass Highway and Revilla Road. Kristin Peterson, 23, of Ketchikan was driving south on North Tongass when she lost control of her vehicle and ran off the road. The North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department took Peterson to the hospital after she reported back and neck pain. Troopers said Peterson was wearing her seatbelt. They are still investigating the cause of the crash.
At 1:45 a.m. Saturday, troopers received a report of a vehicle crash near the intersection of the North Tongass Highway and Revilla Road. Kristin Peterson, 23, of Ketchikan was driving south on North Tongass when she lost control of her vehicle and ran off the road. The North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department took Peterson to the hospital after she reported back and neck pain. Troopers said Peterson was wearing her seatbelt. They are still investigating the cause of the crash.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Alaska State Troopers responded to a trio of unrelated weekend collisions in the Ward Lake area.
At 1:45 a.m. Saturday, troopers received a report of a vehicle crash near the intersection of the North Tongass Highway and Revilla Road. Kristin Peterson, 23, of Ketchikan was driving south on North Tongass when she lost control of her vehicle and ran off the road. The North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department took Peterson to the hospital after she reported back and neck pain. Troopers said Peterson was wearing her seatbelt. They are still investigating the cause of the crash.
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By DAN JOLING
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.
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ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.
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By DAN JOLING
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.
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By RACHEL D’ORO
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — Joan Naviyuk Kane feels the pull of an ancestral place where she’s never been, a crumbling ghost village built on stilts across the rocky face of a remote western Alaska island.
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — Joan Naviyuk Kane feels the pull of an ancestral place where she’s never been, a crumbling ghost village built on stilts across the rocky face of a remote western Alaska island.
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By RACHEL D’ORO
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — Joan Naviyuk Kane feels the pull of an ancestral place where she’s never been, a crumbling ghost village built on stilts across the rocky face of a remote western Alaska island.
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By DAN JOLING
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.
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ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.
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By DAN JOLING
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.
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By BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press
JUNEAU — The State of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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JUNEAU — The State of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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By BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press
JUNEAU — The State of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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ANCHORAGE (AP) — Former police lieutenants in Juneau and Barrow who are charged in criminal cases could have their law enforcement certifications revoked when the Alaska Police Standards Council meets Tuesday in Kenai.
“We have close to 20 (cases) we’re taking a look at this time,” said Kelly Alzaharna, director of the council that is appointed by the governor and made up of four police chiefs, the commissioners of Corrections and Public Safety and four members of the public.
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ANCHORAGE (AP) — Former police lieutenants in Juneau and Barrow who are charged in criminal cases could have their law enforcement certifications revoked when the Alaska Police Standards Council meets Tuesday in Kenai.
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FAIRBANKS (AP) — Low-lying areas of Fort Yukon were under water Monday, a day after breakup on the Yukon River left 15 homes uninhabitable in Circle.
The Yukon River moved past Fort Yukon late Monday morning, and village officials reported to the National Weather Service that the frontage road was impassable and water was up to the steps of the tribal hall.
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FAIRBANKS (AP) — Low-lying areas of Fort Yukon were under water Monday, a day after breakup on the Yukon River left 15 homes uninhabitable in Circle.
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Thompson finished second in the race with a run of 50.87 seconds — his first sub-51-second 400.
Thompson finished second in the race with a run of 50.87 seconds — his first sub-51-second 400.
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Thompson finished second in the race with a run of 50.87 seconds — his first sub-51-second 400.
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The Ketchikan High School girls soccer team seniors capped off their careers in a way they never would have dreamed of as freshmen — back-to-back road wins over Juneau-Douglas.
The Ketchikan High School girls soccer team seniors capped off their careers in a way they never would have dreamed of as freshmen — back-to-back road wins over Juneau-Douglas.
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The Ketchikan High School girls soccer team seniors capped off their careers in a way they never would have dreamed of as freshmen — back-to-back road wins over Juneau-Douglas.
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The Ketchikan High School softball team couldn’t fully recover from giving up six runs in the first inning Saturday on the road against Sitka, falling to its regional rivals for the second straight game, 6-5.
The Ketchikan High School softball team couldn’t fully recover from giving up six runs in the first inning Saturday on the road against Sitka, falling to its regional rivals for the second straight game, 6-5.
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The Ketchikan High School softball team couldn’t fully recover from giving up six runs in the first inning Saturday on the road against Sitka, falling to its regional rivals for the second straight game, 6-5.
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By SCOTT BOWLEN
Daily News Staff Writer
Recreational boating accidents claimed 22 lives in Alaska during 2012, resulting in the Last Frontier having the highest fatality rate in the United States.
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Recreational boating accidents claimed 22 lives in Alaska during 2012, resulting in the Last Frontier having the highest fatality rate in the United States.
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By SCOTT BOWLEN
Daily News Staff Writer
Recreational boating accidents claimed 22 lives in Alaska during 2012, resulting in the Last Frontier having the highest fatality rate in the United States.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Eighth-grade students will have the opportunity to learn about careers available in Ketchikan Thursday.
More than 150 students from Ketchikan and Craig will meet with professionals from the Ketchikan Police Department, the Ketchikan Fire Department, Alaska State Troopers, U.S. Coast Guard, Ketchikan Public Utilities, Ketchikan shipyard operator Vigor Inc., University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus Marine Transportation, Mining, and Nursing programs and University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Marine Advisory Program.
More than 150 students from Ketchikan and Craig will meet with professionals from the Ketchikan Police Department, the Ketchikan Fire Department, Alaska State Troopers, U.S. Coast Guard, Ketchikan Public Utilities, Ketchikan shipyard operator Vigor Inc., University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus Marine Transportation, Mining, and Nursing programs and University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Marine Advisory Program.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Eighth-grade students will have the opportunity to learn about careers available in Ketchikan Thursday.
More than 150 students from Ketchikan and Craig will meet with professionals from the Ketchikan Police Department, the Ketchikan Fire Department, Alaska State Troopers, U.S. Coast Guard, Ketchikan Public Utilities, Ketchikan shipyard operator Vigor Inc., University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus Marine Transportation, Mining, and Nursing programs and University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Marine Advisory Program.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — The 2013 Red Apple Awards went to scouting volunteer Karen Taylor, high school counselor Robert McClory, and the church group Ketchikan Young Life. The awards are given by Delta Kappa Gamma to its community volunteers of the year. The awards began in 1999.
This year, according to Delta Kappa Gamma member Gretchen Klein, Taylor was honored for her work as a volunteer with the Girl Scouts for more than 20 years. She herself began as a Brownie in the 1960s when she was in first grade and her mother, Judy Ren, was a Scout leader.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — The 2013 Red Apple Awards went to scouting volunteer Karen Taylor, high school counselor Robert McClory, and the church group Ketchikan Young Life. The awards are given by Delta Kappa Gamma to its community volunteers of the year. The awards began in 1999.
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By GEORGE R. PASLEY
Pentecost — the holiday that celebrates the biblical story found in Acts chapter 2, the story of the arrival of the Holy Spirit — is Sunday.
Pentecost — the holiday that celebrates the biblical story found in Acts chapter 2, the story of the arrival of the Holy Spirit — is Sunday.
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By GEORGE R. PASLEY
Pentecost — the holiday that celebrates the biblical story found in Acts chapter 2, the story of the arrival of the Holy Spirit — is Sunday.
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By SCOTT BOWLEN
Daily News Staff Writer
The Allen Marine Tour vessel St. Nona glided through still waters along the sheer cliff walls of Rudyerd Bay as passengers snapped photos, peered through binoculars or stood quietly observing the majestic terrain.
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The Allen Marine Tour vessel St. Nona glided through still waters along the sheer cliff walls of Rudyerd Bay as passengers snapped photos, peered through binoculars or stood quietly observing the majestic terrain.
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By SCOTT BOWLEN
Daily News Staff Writer
The Allen Marine Tour vessel St. Nona glided through still waters along the sheer cliff walls of Rudyerd Bay as passengers snapped photos, peered through binoculars or stood quietly observing the majestic terrain.
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