Ketchikan’s Third Avenue Bypass could be closed months, school …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Three days after a deadly landslide struck Ketchikan, one of two main arteries through town remains closed. Authorities said the Third Avenue Bypass will likely remain that way for the foreseeable future. Even after debris is cleared, Kacie Paxton with the Ketchikan Gateway Borough said that the closure is …
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WEB4 days ago · Ketchikan school district celebrates Irene and Nettie Jones, who helped desegregate Alaska’s schools. Decades before Brown v. the Board of Education ended segregation in schools nationwide, a family in Ketchikan sued the local school district to allow their Alaska Native daughter to attend a school for white children.
Cleanup efforts begin, crews assess further risk after fatal ... - KRBD
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Construction crews begin cleanup of the Third Avenue Bypass. (City of Ketchikan) Teams of scientists, engineers, and meteorologists continued their work Tuesday assessing the steep hillside in Ketchikan following Sunday’s fatal landslide. Kacie Paxton with the Ketchikan Gateway Borough said local and state geologists with the Department of ...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski pledges federal support for Ketchikan ... - KRBD
WEBAug 30, 2024 · The state of Alaska has activated its Individual Assistance program to provide relief funds for Ketchikan’s landslide survivors. Down the hill, there is even more debris on Second Avenue where the slide smashed through the residential neighborhood. Sen. Lisa Murkowski leaves a home destroyed in the Third Avenue landslide.
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WEBSep 29, 2024 · KRBD is hosting live forums with candidates for local office. Here are the times to tune in: Borough Assembly – Friday, 9/13 – 6-7 pm City Mayor – Wednesday 9/18 – 6-6:30 pm House District...
Ketchikan authorities ask people to avoid area of Third Avenue …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Damage from the landslide in the White Cliff neighborhood on Sunday evening. (Courtesy of Ketchikan Gateway Borough) Last updated: 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 26
Ketchikan residents describe a chaotic scene in the hours after …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Posted by Jack Darrell | Aug 26, 2024. A woman waits for the rescue of her loved ones immediately after the Ketchikan landslide. (Jack Darrell/KRBD) Marty Gillet was in his home in the White Cliff neighborhood when he said he heard something that sounded like a freight train. “I heard this weird, screechy rumbling,” he said over the sirens ...
Two injured in Water Street fire - KRBD
WEBJul 19, 2024 · Two people were injured when a fire started in a Water Street building in Ketchikan Wednesday morning. Ketchikan’s fire chief spoke about the incident with KRBD. The fire broke out in an add-on commercial structure attached to a three-unit apartment building. Ketchikan Fire Chief Rick Hines says Ketchikan Police Department officers on patrol spotted heavy […]
Pole fire causes major power outages in Ketchikan, Wrangell, and …
WEBApr 25, 2024 · Wrangell, Ketchikan, and Petersburg all lost power around noon on April 25. Jeremy Bynum, the electric division manager for Ketchikan Public Utilities said the outage was caused by a failed part on a power pole near the Landing Hotel in Ketchikan, which caused a fire to spark. The failed part was an insulator, which protects the power poles ...
Landslides and power outages across Ketchikan and Prince of Wales
WEBNov 20, 2023 · Residents were without power for a couple hours while Ketchikan Public Utilities assessed the damages Power has since been restored. Alaska Power & Telephone, a utility provider serving Prince of Wales Island, has reported landslides in Hydaburg, Black Bear Lake, and between Craig and Klawock. A road was also washed out in Coffman Cove.