Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ketchikan.

Our newspaper information for Ketchikan is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 28 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ketchikan. In addition, the list contains another 1 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ketchikan. In total, we've identified 29 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Ketchikan.

Newspapers Published In Ketchikan ...

We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ketchikan:

Alaska Fishing News (from 1934)
- Years of publication: 1934 to 1945
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Alaska Fishing News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83045046
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9638413
Alaska Resident (from 1930)
- Years of publication: 1930 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Alaska Resident
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95060062
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33472542
First City News (from 1925)
- Years of publication: 1925 to 1926
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the First City News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94050059
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30808347
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle (from 1919)
- Years of publication: 1919 to 1957
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN82014673
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8807221
Ketchikan Daily News (from 1922)
- Years of publication: 1922 to 1923
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ketchikan Daily News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94050060
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30808424
Ketchikan Times (from 1919)
- Years of publication: 1919 to 1920
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ketchikan Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94050064
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30833099
Ketchikan Tribune (from 1930)
- Years of publication: 1930 to 1931
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ketchikan Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94050065
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30833184
Ketchikan Weekly Journal (from 1919)
- Years of publication: 1919 to 1920
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ketchikan Weekly Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94050066
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30833122
Modern Methods (from 1912)
- Years of publication: 1912 to 1913
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Modern Methods
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94050067
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30833196
Southeastern Log (from 1971)
- Years of publication: 1971 to 1989
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Southeastern Log
- Holdings for: LCCN SN79005385
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 4581538
The Alaska Examiner (from 1924)
- Years of publication: 1924 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Alaska Examiner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97060014
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37411051
The Alaska Pioneer (from 1918)
- Years of publication: 1918 to 1919
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Alaska Pioneer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94050063
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30833037
Continue List (16 more) ...
- The Alaska Review (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Alaska Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050057
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30808302
- The Daily Miner (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Miner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94052783
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30689217
- The Daily Progressive-Miner (from 1915)
  - Years of publication: 1915 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Progressive-Miner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050061
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30832968
- The Helm Bay And Ketchikan Miner (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 190?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Helm Bay And Ketchikan Miner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97060004
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36810169
- The Ketchikan Daily Alaska Fishing News (from 1945)
  - Years of publication: 1945 to 1947
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ketchikan Daily Alaska Fishing News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87062009
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15038224
- The Ketchikan Daily News (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ketchikan Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN80001024
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2252788
- The Ketchikan Miner (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ketchikan Miner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30821147
- The Ketchikan Mining News (from 1907)
  - Published during 1907
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ketchikan Mining News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050055
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30821109
- The Ketchikan Record (from 1989)
  - Years of publication: 1989 to 199?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ketchikan Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97060083
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38079056
- The Mining Journal (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1907
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Mining Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84021932
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2701847
- The Morning Mail (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Morning Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050068
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30833214
- The News Bulletin (from 1929)
  - Years of publication: 1929 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97060009
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37411044
- The Progressive Alaskan (from 1948)
  - Years of publication: 1948 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Progressive Alaskan
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050082
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31051416
- The S.E. Alaska Prattler (from 1945)
  - Published during 1945
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The S.E. Alaska Prattler
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97060013
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37411050
- The Saturday Mail (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Saturday Mail
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050070
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30905716
- The U.S.A. News Bulletin (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The U.S.A. News Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050069
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30833241

Newspapers Neighboring Ketchikan ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Ketchikan area:

Published In Metlakatla [Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area] ...
- The Metlakahtlan (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Metlakahtlan
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050044
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30686280

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Ketchikan: www.city.ketchikan.ak.us/

The official website for State of Alaska: https://alaska.gov/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ketchikan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ketchikan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.3505, Longitude: -131.6723