Tribal groups on Prince of Wales challenge Ketchikan's rural status

Tribal groups on Prince of Wales challenge Ketchikan's rural status

The view from the top of Carlanna Lake Trail includes the lake below, Tongass Narrows and nearby Gravina Island. (KRBD file photo by Leila Kheiry) Two tribal groups on Prince of Wales Island are asking the Federal Subsistence Board to reverse Ketchikan’s rural designation. The board’s decision last year to reclassify Ketchikan from a non-rural designation allows all residents to hunt and fish on lands once closed to them.  The Craig Tribal Assoc…