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🌱 Columbia passengers face prolonged wait at Ketchikan ferry terminal

Ketchikan, Alaska Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Ketchikan! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Columbia passengers face prolonged wait at Ketchikan ferry terminal
  • Ketchikan tribe secures $5 million for Salmon Falls healing campus
  • Ketchikan chamber honors the Hamiltons and other community standouts

Also on today's calendar: Assembly - Regular and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Showers, with a high of 50 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 49, low: 42.
  • Friday: Rain, with a high of 48 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Passengers stranded in Ketchikan as Columbia awaits part (ketchikandailynews.com) — The ferry Columbia has been stuck in Ketchikan since Nov. 1 awaiting an engine part from Germany, with 34 passengers still aboard Monday evening. AMHS has provided refunds, meals and accommodations, but passengers describe mounting communication frustrations and medication concerns. Officials hoped for a Wednesday departure, contingent on the part's arrival and repairs.
   

2. Ketchikan tribe receives grant to turn former resort into healing and recovery campus (wrangellsentinel.com) — Ketchikan Indian Community has received $5 million to help turn the former Salmon Falls resort into a healing and recovery campus. The planned center, about 17 highway miles north of downtown, would expand residential and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment, helping people receive care closer to family and community.
   

3. Chamber gives annual awards (ketchikandailynews.com) — Paul and Theresa Hamilton received Citizen of the Year honors at the Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce's annual community awards Saturday. Held at the Ted Ferry Civic Center, the celebration also recognized Tongass Outfitters as Business of the Year and Barbara Morgan for contributions reflecting Ketchikan's maritime heritage and economy.
   

4. See Stories present inaugural youth film fest Saturday (kodiakdailymirror.com) — An Alaska youth filmmaking program that has documented communities from Ketchikan to the Arctic is returning to its Kodiak roots for a fundraiser Saturday. See Stories will showcase alumni films at Kodiak Marketplace, celebrating a program that has involved more than 8,400 students since 2010.
   

5. JDHS to open 4A state volleyball against top seed Dimond (juneauindependent.com) — After defeating Ketchikan for the regional volleyball title, Juneau-Douglas faces defending state champion Dimond in Thursday's state tournament opener in Anchorage. The eighth-seeded Crimson Bears take on the top seed at 10 a.m., while Sitka opens its 3A tournament against Monroe later that day.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Ketchikan

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Ketchikan

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.