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🌱 How Ketchikan runners fared at the tightly contested Kayhi meet

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Good morning Ketchikan! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Ketchikan runners fared at the tightly contested Kayhi meet
  • How state crackdowns on fake "Alaskan" jewelry affect Ketchikan tourism

Also on today's calendar: OPENING at the Main Street Gallery.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 61 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Friday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 58, low: 52.
  • Saturday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 59 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Meissner, Thompson triumph in Ketchikan; Sitka, Juneau-Douglas nab team titles (alaskasportsreport.com) — Ketchikan hosted the Kayhi Cross Country Meet, where Wrangell's Jenna Meissner edged Sitka's Nova Schmidt and Juneau-Douglas' Erik Thompson led his team past host Ketchikan in the boys race. Local Ketchikan runners Benjamin Thompson and Henry Vail cracked the top 10 as Southeast schools fine-tune for state with just weeks left in the season.
   

• Second Skagway jewelry store reaches settlement with the state for misrepresenting products (khns.org) — Alaska's attorney general has reached another settlement with a Skagway jewelry store over misleading claims about "Alaskan" gold products, part of a broader crackdown that has also targeted shops in Ketchikan and Juneau. Officials say the effort is meant to protect tourists and ensure that purchases advertised as Alaskan truly support local miners, artists, and the regional economy.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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