Scott Bowlen

Staff Writer at Ketchikan Daily News

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Atkinson family honored at keel laying ceremony

4 days ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

Family members of the late Solomon Atkinson of Metlakatla traveled to the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, this past month to participate in the keel laying ceremony for the new U.S. Navy ship that will be named USNS Solomon Atkinson. Solomon Atkinson had an extraordinary 22-year Navy career before returning to Metlakatla, where he served as mayor and was deeply involved in the community and veterans issues until his passing in 2019.
Deer proposals set for hearing

5 days ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

A public hearing on requests for three special actions to change federal subsistence regulations for deer harvests in Game Management Unit 2 is scheduled for Tuesday in Klawock, according to an announcement from the Federal Subsistence Board. The requests from the Southeast Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council are either partly or fully related to the Federal Subsistence Board’s 7-3 vote on Feb.
Shipyard the focus of AIDEA public meeting

1 week ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

The state entity that owns the Ketchikan Shipyard wants to find a new shipyard operator quickly and hopes to avoid a gap between its arrival and the exit of the current operator.
Dilts pleads out to 2nd-degree murder

1 week ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

Blaise A. Dilts, 24, has pleaded guilty to a single count of second-degree murder related to the March 21, 2023, beating death of Lincoln Peratrovich, 80, at Peratrovich’s home in Klawock. Dilts’ guilty plea was accepted by Ketchikan Superior Court Judge Daniel Doty on Thursday afternoon during a change-of-plea hearing at the Ketchikan Courthouse.
Weapons and drugs nabbed during North Tongass arrest

2 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

On Saturday afternoon at the City of Ketchikan landfill a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit from Anchorage detonated explosive materials from two unrelated circumstances, and which had been found within a short distance of each other by two different parties. On Thursday, the Alaska State Troopers received a report that a survey crew had found an unexploded grenade on a beach near mile 8 North Tongass Highway.
Ferry board approves Long-Range Plan

2 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

The Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board on Friday endorsed the Long-Range Plan that’s intended to guide Alaska Marine Highway System operations, finance, workforce development and capital investment strategy through the year 2045. Meeting in Juneau, AMHOB members also unanimously recommended that the AMHS and the Alaska Department of Transportation “make all due effort to move toward the planned and reasonable removal” of the 62-year-old ferry Matanuska from service.
Ferry board endorses Long-Range Plan

2 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

The Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board on Friday endorsed the Long-Range Plan that’s intended to guide Alaska Marine Highway System operations, finance, workforce development and capital investment strategy through the year 2045. Meeting in Juneau, AMHOB members also unanimously recommended that the AMHS and the Alaska Department of Transportation “make all due effort to move toward the planned and reasonable removal” of the 62-year-old ferry Matanuska from service.
Lawsuit seeks timber return

2 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

A lawsuit filed in federal court seeks to compel U.S. agencies to make old-growth timber from the Tongass National Forest available for sale at volumes required by a 1990 act of Congress and the U.S. Forest Service’s 2016 management plan for the Tongass. The complaint filed on March 6 on behalf of the Alaska Forest Association, Viking Lumber Co. and Alcan Timber Inc.
New shipyard operant likely as AIDEA rejects Vigor proposals

3 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

The state entity that owns the Ketchikan Shipyard has announced that it will “promptly identify” a new operator for the shipyard after rejecting proposals that the shipyard’s current operator had submitted with the goal of obtaining another 10-year extension of its existing operation contract.
New pastor leads Baptist Church

3 weeks ago | ketchikandailynews.com | Scott Bowlen

The Gateway Baptist Church has new pastor in Jason Smoker, whose longtime appreciation for Alaska was a factor in bringing him to Ketchikan to lead the GBC congregation following the recent retirement of its 27-year pastor and now Pastor Emeritus John Judson. Smoker has been with the independent Baptist church located on Denali Avenue since arriving in town in early March. Talking with the Daily News earlier this month, Smoker was enthusiastic about his new surroundings and church community.

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