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KETCHIKAN – At 2:22 a.m. Monday, May 4, Ketchikan Public Utilities Telecommunications Division engineers became aware of a drop in local internet service and immediately contacted their downstream provider CityWest, located in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. By 6:30 a.m., KPU knew that the internet had been cut by vandals northwest of Prince George, British Columbia, resulting in an internet blackout in Ketchikan. Acting KPU Telecom Division Manager Dan White, in a phone call with the Daily News on Monday, explained what happened and how t...
On Thursday, May 7, the Alaska Judicial Council will hold a public hearing to solicit public comment on 21 Alaska District and Superior Court judges, plus one Alaska Supreme Court Justice, who will be on the ballot in this year’s judicial retention election. A retention election determines whether each judge will spend another term in office via voters’ decisions to vote “yes” or “no” on their retention. Retention elections are nonpartisan and they occur in evenly numbered years. The Alaska Judicial Council invites community members, including...
