Gales and some storm force winds being reported throughout most coastal areas and the inner channels of the Southern panhandle today. Here is a table with the highest observations. #akwx
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A Flood Watch has been issued for the southern half of the Panhandle through Thursday. Here is the complete statement: forecast.weather.gov/product.php?si #akwx
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The Ketchikan Daily News won’t be delivering a newspaper Monday, as our delivery crew and pressmen are under the weather.
The edition is available online at ketchikandailynews.com.
We anticipate delivering Monday & Tuesday editions Tuesday morning. Thank you for your patience!
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In January, the Federal Subsistence Board will determine whether the thresholds have been met. If so, the board will direct staff to start a 2-year process to analyze the proposal. The Federal Subsistence Board's final decision on the KIC proposal would occur in early 2025.
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The RAC agreed with the Office of Subsistence Management staff analysis that the proposal met the four thresholds required to proceed for further study.
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The Ketchikan Indian Community’s proposal to re-designate the Ketchikan area as rural will move forward to the next step after a unanimous vote today by the Southeast Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council.
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Here is the Tuesday morning storm briefing we did on Facebook. #akwx
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New record high temperatures set for Oct 16th at Ketchikan (New: 65. Old: 63 set in 2015) and Juneau (New: 62. Old: 54 set in 2015). The new Juneau record is also the second highest temperature recorded in the month of Oct there. Only a 63 degree reading in 2018 is higher. #akwx
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The Ketchikan Police Department is reporting via social media that a law enforcement response to Coast Guard Base Ketchikan this morning was due to a false alarm.
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The Canvass Board today finished its count of questioned, absentee and special need ballots, for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough municipal election. Among the results, Borough Mayor Rodney Dial has won reelection; Borough Prop. 2 failed.
Election to be certified on Oct. 17.
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The Alaska Earthquake Center is reporting that a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 occurred at 9:57 p.m. Sunday about 47 miles southeast of Ketchikan and 37 miles east-southeast of Metlakatla.
'This earthquake was reported felt in Ketchikan.'
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With questioned ballots still being counted, the Canvass Board has updated the Ketchikan Gateway Borough municipal election results to include today's tallies of absentee and special needs ballots.
With today's tally of absentee, questioned and special needs ballots complete, the City of Ketchikan's unofficial final results show incumbents Mark Flora (769 votes) and Lallette Kistler (610 votes) retaining 3-year seats, and Jack Finnegan (819 votes) winning the 1-year seat.
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Here's the final update of unofficial results from today's City of Ketchikan Municipal Election. There remain absentee, questioned and special needs ballots to be reviewed by the Canvass Board.
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Here are the latest and last unofficial results from today's Ketchikan Gateway Borough Municipal Election. There remain absentee, questioned and special needs ballots to be reviewed by the Canvass Board.
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Here's the latest update in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Municipal Election. Update includes unofficial results from
Ketchikan Precinct #1.
Here's the latest update in the City of Ketchikan Municipal Election. Update includes unofficial results from
Ketchikan Precinct #1.
There are 255 absentee ballots, three special needs ballots and 35 questioned ballots from precincts outside of the City of Ketchikan and City of Saxman that remain to be reviewed by the Canvass Board.
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The unofficial results for all precincts outside of the City of Ketchikan have been reported.
The unofficial vote on Ketchikan Gateway Borough Proposition 2 (Nonareawide library power) is 692 yes votes to 851 no votes.
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Here are the first Ketchikan city precinct unofficial results to report in the City of Ketchikan municipal election.
Ketchikan Precinct #3
Unofficial results of today's Ketchikan Gateway Borough Municipal Election continue to be reported. The North Tongass #2 Precinct is in.
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Here's the next round of unofficial results to be reported for today's Ketchikan Gateway Borough Municipal Election. Includes the Saxman Precinct.
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The first preliminary results of today's Ketchikan Gateway Borough Municipal Election are in, this from the North Tongass #1 Precinct.
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Municipal Election Day in Ketchikan!
The intersection at Tongass Avenue and Jefferson Street was busy today with candidates and supporters waving campaign signs and greeting passing motorists.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. Now awaiting results.
(Staff photo by Jared Boekenhauer)
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Ketchikan School District Business Manager Katie Jo Parrott on Friday resigned her position with district, effective in 30 days. Parrott is the sole candidate challenging incumbent Rodney Dial in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough mayor's race.
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Friday is looking to be a break day for rains over much of SE AK. The weekend rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches are expected over the southren panhandle. In the longer range, more rain for the panhandle, mainly the southern portion is possible for the start of next week. #akws
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Effective Today July 18, 2022-- Ketchikan Borough Transit expands Sunday service and adds mid-day commuter to Clover Pass & Franklin Roosevelt Drive seven days a week. Ketchikan Transit service is now the same every day! See the new schedule here: ow.ly/amhJ50JXKiK
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More information here on tonight's Ketchikan City Council selection of Delilah Walsh as the new City of Ketchikan/Ketchikan Public Utilities manager.
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The Ketchikan City Council has voted 6-1 to select Delilah Walsh as the new city manager/KPU general manager, and to start negotiations for employment ‘terms and conditions acceptable to the council.’
Walsh now is utilities director for the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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SEAK get ready for some heat!!! Very warm conditions are going to develop this weekend & early next week with high temps in the 80s and a potential for 90s over the inner channels. For more info. inws.ncep.noaa.gov/a/a.php?i=7157 #akwx
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Congratulations to Team Pure & Wild — shown here sailing Wednesday thru Nichols Passage on the approach to Ketchikan — on winning the 2022 R2AK in 4 days, 4 hours and 32 minutes.
The crew is Jonathan McKee, Matt Pistay, Alyosha Strum-Palerm.
(KDN photo by Dustin Safranek)
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The clouds and light rain anticipated for Sunday and start of the week has arrived. This is a couple day break in the warm and dry weather that has been found through much of SE AK. Dry and warm expected to return end of the week. #akwx
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Southeast Alaska is in the start of a small weather pattern shift expected to last a couple of days, before the warmth returns next week. Here's a couple of forecasts showing temperatures/winds/PoPs and potential rainfall, For Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan. #akwx
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It's been chilly in the 50s for much of the Panhandle. Some parts of the region only managed to get into the high 40s Monday. But change is in the air as temps rise into the 60s & 70s by Thursday. #akwx
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Curious about the rain impacting SE AK today? Here is one of the forecast models we use showing this round of precipitation moving from N to S across the panhandle over the next 24 hours. #akwx
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In this weekend's edition of the Ketchikan Daily News:
Command of U.S. Coast Guard Base Ketchikan transferred from Cmdr. Arthur Dehnz to Cmdr. Timothy Boettner on Friday during a ceremony at the base.
bit.ly/3aMRp1J
(KDN photo by Dustin Safranek)
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750 miles for cash and glory.
Not necessarily in that order.
The 2022 Race to Alaska launches Monday from Port Townsend, Wash., with 38 full-race teams set to aim their wind-and-human-powered watercraft toward the finish bell in Ketchikan.
bit.ly/3NF9cqa
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High temps compared to normal in #Ketchikan have been up and down so far this month. The forecast has an upward trend in high temps through the coming week with near normal max temps by the end of the week. #akwx
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Don't forget to vote in the special primary election for Alaska's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives!
In-person absentee voting at Gateway Recreation Center closes at 5 p.m. today. Mail-in postmark deadline is Saturday.
bit.ly/3xgkDxA
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In today's Daily News:
‘We're in their world and we definitely need to be aware that those animals are present.’
Presentation by ADF&G Biologist Ross Dorendorf gives tips for living in bear country. bit.ly/39kPiSr
(KDN photo by Dustin Safranek)
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