Wrangell Sentinel -

Alaska Power & Telephone Co. has announced it is designating its offices in Ketchikan as its new corporate headquarters — moving the nameplate from Washington state — the first time it will be headquartered in Alaska.

AP&T's current headquarters are in Port Townsend, Washington.

"We're not picking up jobs and moving them out of state (out of Washington) at this time," AP&T spokesman Jason Custer said March 19. "We're mostly just designating Ketchikan as our new headquarters. We'll eventually be selling the building in Washington. ... We don't have a lot of folks who are out-of-state, currently...