Ketchikan Borough to help fund city tourism projects

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted Monday to approve about $230,000 of the borough’s cruise passenger head tax funds to help pay for City of Ketchikan tourism-related projects.
The Assembly also approved $25,000 to help fund publication of the “Our Town” magazine; and $40,000 from the borough’s economic development fund to pay for legal expenses.
That last item is related to the borough’s challenge of the state’s assessment of Vigor Alaska shipyard&r