During the 11th day of the Alaska Board of Fisheries’ 13-day Southeast Alaska finfish and shellfish regulatory meeting in Ketchikan on Friday, the seven-member Board held a town-hall-style committee s ...

For years, the Ketchikan Indian Community has argued that Ketchikan’s nonrural designation prevented tribal citizens from ...

The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted to reopen resident and nonresident sport fisheries for yelloweye rockfish.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries is meeting in Ketchikan to consider changes to Southeast Alaska’s fisheries. The state ...

Negotiations over state-managed groundfish harvest, including proposals to open up demersal shelf rockfish fishing, sped by on the third day of the Alaska Board of Fisheries’ Southeast Alaska/Yakutat ...

Imagine a place where the wilderness is not just a backdrop but an integral part of the town's identity. Welcome to Ketchikan ...

An Alaska black bear approaching a stream at the Neet’s Bay Hatchery north of Ketchikan. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst Just when you start to think the bears are pretty bad at fishing ...

The cruise industry was already booming in Alaska, but some locals say its continued growth is putting a strain on the environment tourists come for.