Sam Stockbridge

The Assembly tonight successfully voted to override Borough Mayor Rodney Dial's veto of $1,638 in grant funding for the Ketchikan Pride Alliance. The final vote was 6-1, with Assembly Member Jeremy Bynum casting the dissenting vote.

Tonight's Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly meeting is starting. Watch live here: borough-ketchikan.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…

The opioid epidemic, a homelessness crisis, and rising crime in post-pandemic America as experienced each day on a city bus. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06…

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday will consider taking up a motion proposed by Assembly members Jaimie Palmer and Judith McQuerry to override Borough Mayor Rodney Dial's veto of $1,638 in grant money to the Ketchikan Pride Alliance. bit.ly/3MeP0d7

Read my coverage of that meeting here: ketchikandailynews.com/news/local/rai…

And "[Duran's] doing a great job," said Assembly Member Judith McQuerry. "We’re so lucky to have him and all of his experience and all of his skills, and we want to recognize that."

Last night, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approved an $18,935 salary increase for Borough Clerk Kacie Paxton, effective July 1, and a $2,400 bonus for Borough Manager Ruben Duran.

🚨I wrote about immunocompromised people—what they’ve been through, their frustrations, and their hopes. This is a plea to think about those who don’t get to be done with the pandemic, and to prioritize them as a matter of moral and medical urgency. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Our coverage of last night's superintendent candidate forum is up on our website now! Read it here: ketchikandailynews.com/news/local/sup…

I live and work here #officeview #alaska

Google just announced a seemingly innocuous technical change to how they render content in Docs, but in reality this is a watershed moment where democratic control over one of the most used applications is replaced with a centralised & obfuscated model 1/7 workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/05/Google…

lol i made one

Ketchikan EOC records 12 new positive COVID-19 test results — ‘extremely concerned’ as community experiencing largest outbreak since pandemic began. Risk Level remains at Level 3 (High). • Active cases: 67. • Berth 3 testing open 9:30-11:30, 2:30-4:30 every day.

why did they go with “democracy dies in darkness” and not “we can fix it in post”

Ketchikan High School closed Wednesday due to five positive cases involving individuals who attended wrestling tourney there on April 23-24, and one case involving an individual who attended prom there on Saturday. Full announcement attached.

I’ve noticed #burnout is coming up as a topic more in newsrooms. If we don’t solve this as an industry, we will continue to lose incredible people we can’t afford to lose. However, my view has changed on solutions... 1/9

finally, a tweet that captures my existence

The Ketchikan Public Library is closed today, Saturday, March 13 due to inclement weather. We will reopen on Monday, March 15 at 10am. Have a safe day!