Ketchikan General Hospital Home Health Agency has received an "Award of Excellence" and named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite. This annual review identifies the top 25 percent best performing Medicare-certified home care agencies in the country. HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the Home Health industry.

Renee Schofield was presented the 2007 Volunteer of the Year Award for the Alaska Chapter of the March of Dimes by Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein during the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce luncheon Feb. 27.

The public is invited to the unveiling of a 3-panel mural created by students who took Artist and UAS Ketchikan Instructor Mary Henrikson's Mural Design and Painting class. The unveiling will be held on January 25, 2008 at 5:00pm at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Technical Center, 600 Stedman.

Matched for a short while within Big Brothers Big Sisters Alaska in Ketchikan, "Big Sister" Charlotte meets her "Little Sister" Tatum once a week at school. Most of the time they share lunchtimes and recess.