A crowd marches down Ketchikan's cruise ship berths Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, during a march in support of the Women's March on Washington. ©Ketchikan Daily News
The Northern Lights dance above the Tongass National Forest near downtown Ketchikan on March 16, 2015.
Alaska Press Club 1st place scenic photo 2015.
Workers use long rolling paint brushes to touch up the side of the Holland America Line cruise ship Statendam on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, on Berth II. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Lead carver Glenn "Stormy" Hamar, center, raises his hand and dances with apprentices Harley Holter-Bell, left, Eric Hamar, right, and Justin Henricks, far right, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, during the carver's dance portion of the Náay Í'waans Rededication Ceremony in Kasaan. Stormy Hamar and crew spent more than four years renovating the Son-I-Hat Whale House which was originally constructed in 1880 and rebuilt in 1940. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Cruise ships dock in Ketchikan on a sunny May 18, 2015.
Amak Towing Company tugboat Ethan B. pulls a dead humpack whale from the bow of the Grand Princess cruise ship on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Students and other attendees pull the Pathfinder totem pole up from the ground Thursday, June 1, 2017, during the Pathfinder pole raising ceremony at Schoenbar Middle School. ©Ketchikan Daily News
A Ketchikan Public Utilities employee watches as water barrels through Ketchikan Creek on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Rainfall in excess of 8 inches over two days flooded the creek, prompting road closures and evacuations. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Jack Cotant captain Jim Castle, left, shows Ketchikan High School freshman Collin Workman how to dress a coho salmon for processing Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Chessaly Towne, 21, laughs as her “Up” themed boat slowly sinks into the water on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, during the Handmade Human-Powered Boat Race at Thomas Basin. Towne and her crewmember Caden Harney, 9, not pictured, finished second in the race. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Oysters grow in containers Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, at the Hump Island Oyster Co. farm. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Ketchikan High School graduating senior Rudy Pankow slides on paper toward a friend's camera Friday, May 27, 2016, in the Kayhi commons. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Alaska Press Club 1st place news photo 2016.
Juneau resident and avid speed skater Michael Schuler zips around the icy surface of Carlanna Lake on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Schuler, who used to live in Ketchikan, said it had been a few years since he had been able to skate on the Carlanna surface. Temperatures are expected to remain below freezing on Friday, according to the National Weather Service, but will likely climb into the 40s over the weekend.
Vigor Alaska dock master Rob Railey, left, and senior dock master of Alaska Greg Howe watch other Vigor workers reel the Alaska Marine Highway M/V Tustumena into dry dock on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the Ketchikan shipyard. ©Ketchikan Daily News
Alaska Press Club 3rd place photo story 2016
A school of salmon crowd into a calm pool of water Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Ketchikan Creek. ©Ketchikan Daily News