Cannery work remembered By Arnold C Anderson - Many years ago in 1948 I went to Ketchikan Alaska to work in the Ketchikan Packing Company. I was a college kid out of work and had gone up there at my own expense. It was a time when fish traps were allowed for their last year. The traps were used everyday except Sunday. It was amazing how many fish were caught and were brought in by fish trap tenders. - More...
Tuesday PM - February 18, 2014

Blocked? By Mamie Alexander - I am trying to find out how a private company can place equipment in a State Correctional Institution and charge people subscription fees to receive phone calls from inmates. This happened to me in the recent past. I was told the company had set up their equipment in the facility and in order to receive calls we had to subscribe to their services. I would like to know what has happened to this company, is it still there selling subscriptions and is this why the phones are blocked? Is it legal? 0 More...
Tuesday PM - February 18, 2014

Legalizing Cannabis By Alan R.(Rudy) McGillvray - To all my fellow Alaskans, cannabis consumers or not, yes, horrors of horrors, Rudy smokes and otherwise consumes cannabis? Yes I do, and as such, I have no problem with it other than staying flush with enough cash to maintain my level of consumption, which amounts to 4 grams a month (maybe 8 grams) and it lasts about 3 days. But, that is NOT why I decided to write this. - More...
Tuesday PM - February 18, 2014

18 Trillion Debt By A.M. Johnson - A lesson in politics: Senator "Murky" Murkowski is about fooling low information voters once again. The Ketchikan Daily News on 2/14/14 reports a Juneau source reporting Senator Murkowski voted against raising the nation debt limit yet again and again. In the reporting the Senator is quoted "Raising the debt limits is an abdication of Congress in addressing the national debt." Well, we have national debt now at 18 Trillion dollars ($18,000,000,000,000,000,000). - More...
Tuesday PM - February 18, 2014

It snows in Alaska! By Mary E Hemli - This last week we have had snow in Ketchikan. It is good for our water shed. On Tuesday there was a message up by the front of the Hospital saying the city bus could not make it up the hill so people would have to walk down to Tongass to catch the bus. I am 66 years old and have to be at the Hospital for some antibiotic infusion. I could not walk down to Tongass to catch the bus, what are we doing hiring from Georgia and Virginia? I have never seen the bus not go to the hospital It is a Hospital and the people there are usually sick. I have live here 30 years and this has never happened. - More....
Tuesday PM - February 18, 2014

RE: Explanation please! By Gina Palmer - After reading the letter from Kaisa Polanska, I thought I would write and enlighten her as to why KTB has not responded to her "right to know' why the artistic director was let go. - More...
Tuesday PM - February 18, 2014

Explanation please! By Kasia Polanska - Recently, I was surprised to learn that the new Ketchikan Theater Ballet artistic director, who was hired just this past summer, would not be returning to the school after only a few months with KTB. When I called the KTB office to find out why, I was told that the reasons were unknown. According to the information that I have received since then, the now former KTB artistic director was fired by email, without warning, and without the possibility to discuss the reasons in person. - More...
Wednesday PM - February 12, 2014

Open Letter to the U.S. Postal Service By Damon Knight - The simple fact here, is that our mail delivery has gone from great, to good, to bad (and even horrific) since LOCAL mail sorting was stopped in Ketchikan. - More...
Wednesday PM - February 12, 2014

Postal Service Reform Bill By Donald Bodda - I have to agree with the bill for getting the US Mail delivered more promptly - it was a big win for Alaska. - More...
Wednesday PM - February 12, 2014

Rezoning By Marty West - I see merit on both sides of this argument. My question is – what does it mean to have a “heavy industrial” and “unrestricted development” zone? - More...
Wednesday PM - February 12, 2014

How Much Do You Care!!! By Bonnie J Abbott - I had some interesting things happen recently, after my letter in SitNews, I was approached by several, all said the same thing, but I knew none of them. Three different stores, in one week. What they said was surprising to me. What they said is how much they agreed and like my letters recently in SitNews and all said keep up the good work Bonnie! I haven't heard that much in my life so it felt good to have strangers approach me and let me know how much it meant to them. - More...
Wednesday PM - February 12, 2014

Property Taxes? By Dennis Gudgeon - Can anyone explain to me how my property value is able to go up $32,800. in one year's time when I haven't done any improvements to the property? - More...
Monday PM - February 10, 2014

Astounded by the Gov.'s Remarks By Glen Thompson - The following are my personal opinions and do not represent the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in any way: I just listened to Governor Parnell interview with KRBD in Ketchikan regarding an unplanned visit to our fair city.  I was astounded by his remarks.  After over six years of appeals to the legislature and the administrations of both Governor Parnell and Governor Palin, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough filed a last resort lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of state statutes that require a local contribution for schools. - More...
Monday PM - February 10, 2014

Ketchikan Postal Services By Ron Haberman - I would like to take this opportunity to respond to a letter to the editor regarding the U.S. Postal Service written by David G. Hanger of Ketchikan and published on Feb. 3, 2014. First, the U.S. Postal Service’s goal each and every day is to better serve the changing mailing and shipping needs of American industry and the American public without burdening the American taxpayer. Contrary to Mr. Hanger’s statement, the Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies solely on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. To that end, the Postal Service has been very aggressive in reducing costs, including decreasing its annual cost base by $16 billion and reducing the size of its career workforce by more than 200,000 employees since 2006. - More...
Monday PM - February 10, 2014

Postal Service By Norm Noggle - I haven't ever written offering my appreciation for the work of a politician. However, I must give thanks to Sen. Begich for his recent work to get our mail delivery system back in order. According to what I read today, he has a firm commitment from the Postal Administrator that our local mail will no longer be routed thru Juneau and sorting will be done in Ketchikan. - More...
Monday PM - February 10, 2014

Postal Fix By Suzan Thompson - I'd like to thank Senator Begich for his quick intervention in the postal problems plaguing Ketchikan and other Alaskan communities. When a United States Senator listens to his constituents and acts quickly and decisively to fix a problem, government works. - More...
Monday PM - February 10, 2014

Thank You By Rob Holston - To all of those who attended the Celebrate Life Banquet, Thank You. - More...
Monday PM - February 10, 2014