Ketchikan’s Welcome Arch support pole will need repairs

Ketchikan’s Welcome Arch sustained significant damage Wednesday night after an allegedly drunken driver hit one of the supporting poles with his vehicle.
City Manager Karl Amylon gave some details to the Ketchikan City Council during Thursday’s regular meeting. He said a Ketchikan Public Utilities truck was used to hold the sign up temporarily.
“We think that the actual sign itself it OK, but the superstructure that holds it in place took a serious hit,” he said. “S