Scott Bowlen

1 week ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

Weather permitting, work to pave the Wolfe Point bypass is planned to start Thursday and continue through potentially Saturday, according to SECON and the Alaska Department of Transportation. The paving decision was made this past week after DOT had weighed whether to continue maintaining the gravel “shoofly” bypass road that had been built to allow vehicle traffic around the site of the March 20 landslide, or to pave it over, according to DOT information.

1 week ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

Alaska’s new congressman touted Trump administration actions and Elon Musk’s budget-reduction efforts during comments made Saturday at the House District 1 Republicans Lincoln Day dinner in Ketchikan. “So the truth is, Donald Trump won Alaska by 13 points,” Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, said at the end of his speech. “This is what we voted for, and we are going to execute on what we voted for, right?

1 week ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

Marie Pearl Zellmer Robinson’s quest to become a Guinness World Record holder is a jaw-dropping success. On Wednesday, Guinness — the renowned arbiter of global records — announced that Robinson of Ketchikan now holds the world record for the largest mouth gape (female) with official distance of 7.59 centimeters (2.98 inches) between her top and bottom rows of teeth, as measured on Feb. 18 by Ketchikan dentist Dr. David Alberston.

2 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

The vehicle bypass around the Wolfe Point landslide area is anticipated to remain in place during the full slope stability improvement project that’s set to conclude by the originally scheduled date of Oct. 31, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation. DOT expects that the short “shoofly” bypass will be receiving daily maintenance on its road surface, but also is gathering information to determine whether paving the bypass would be more cost effective.

1 month ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

Update: 7:35 p.m. SaturdayNorth Tongass Highway will stay closed in the Wolfe Point area for the rest of the weekend as the debris slope from Thursday's landslide continues to be unstable, according to the local Emergency Operations Center.