Ketchikan, Alaska - Most of the stories about Alaska’s involvement in World War II deal with the Japanese attack on the Aleutians and the tragic relocation of hundreds of Aleuts from their homeland to ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - A half century ago, two identical passenger planes performing identical missions crashed in the waters off Southeast Alaska. One plane, with 102 people on board, successfully ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - Twenty years ago this week, the hammer fell on the community of Ketchikan. On March 25, 1997, Louisiana Pacific announced the closure of the Ketchikan Pulp Mill, the primary engine ...

Editor's Note: Ketchikan recently hosted the first annual International Pilot Bread Festival. Dave Kiffer was in charge of the trivia contest. Naturally, he wants to show off all the historical trivia ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - From just about every direction, Coronation Island is a foreboding place. The 9 mile long by 5 mile wide t-shaped island sits in the ocean west of Prince of Wales and south of Cape ...

(SitNews) Victoria, B.C. – The Mount Polley Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel recently delivered a Final Report on its investigation into the cause of the failure of the ...

(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - After operating the first biomass boiler in the Ketchikan Federal Building, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has concluded that biomass boilers are a viable ...

(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - During World War II shortages prevailed in Ketchikan, Alaska. Allies protected us, and Norwegian immigrant families like mine imbued some of us with a work ethic as well ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - Sixty years ago this Fall, long before digital cable and large screen televisions, the residents of Ketchikan were just beginning to experience the first cable television operation ...

(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - For the past 150 years of American rule, Alaska has been seen as a “land of opportunity” by many people. One of the first was Charles Vincent Baranovich, a European ...

(SitNews) - The US government's decision to apply more sanctions on Russia is a grave mistake and will only escalate an already tense situation, ultimately harming the US economy itself. While the ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - When it gets a little wetter, or colder, or hotter than usual, Ketchikan residents immediately head to the historical records. Was that 5 inch rainfall the other day a record ...