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 - In the Spring of 1900, Ketchikan was rife with rumors of war, a salmon war. Washington-based Fidalgo Island Packing was building a cannery near Inman Hill, just south of Ketchikan ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - Sixty five years ago, this week, Ketchikan experienced one of its most spectacular fires when the Canadian National steamship Prince George was destroyed after it caught fire at ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - By all accounts, it was one of the largest traffic jams in Ketchikan's history. Hundreds of cars plugged Tongass Avenue as more than 3,000 residents tried to reach the Ketchikan ...

(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - This summer's announcement that a multi-ship cruise terminal is planned for the old Ketchikan Pulp Mill site in Ward Cove is a reminder of the important economic role the ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - To some Ketchikan’s downtown tunnel seems redundant. After all, according to a “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” newspaper column in 1967, it was the only tunnel in the world that could ...

Ketchikan, Alaska - At the beginning of most cruise ship sailings, the passengers gather for a safety lecture. It's not really a drill because they don't get into lifeboats or rafts that are then cast ...

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 ...

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Ketchikan, Alaska - One hundred and twenty-five years ago , the United States Navy - then the only governmental authority in Alaska - shelled and burned the village of Angoon after a dispute and an ...