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January 29, 2004
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Alaska: Judge
raises Exxon damages; Punitive award from 1989 oil spill put
at nearly $7 billion with interest - An Anchorage federal
judge Wednesday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $4.5 billion
in punitive damages to commercial fishermen, Alaska Natives and
others whose livelihoods were hurt by the 1989 oil spill in Prince
William Sound. - Read
this story... Alaska: Exxon
Plans Quick Appeal in Valdez Case; Exxon Mobil Plans Quick Appeal
on $6 Billion Damage Order From Exxon Valdez Disaster - Forming
another appeals court showdown, a federal judge is ordering Exxon
Mobil Corp. to pay $4.5 billion in punitive damages plus interest
to thousands of Alaskans who suffered losses from the 1989 Exxon
Valdez oil tanker catastrophe. - Read
this story... Alaska: State
offers standard for qualified teachers; HOUSSE: Instructors earn
points for their achievements, or take test - The federal
No Child Left Behind Act requires all students to have highly
qualified teachers in each of their core academic subjects by
the end of the 2005-06 school year. - Read
this story... |
Ketchikan:
Ketchikan: North Tongass Fire Department Ready To Respond; Will be answering all emergencies in their area Feb. 1st - North Tongass Fire Department Chief Steve DeChellis said the North Tongass Fire Department is now prepared to respond to all fires and EMS calls in the North Tongass District. DeChellis said, "As of February 1st, the North Tongass Fire Department will be answering all emergencies in their area. It's been a long and challenging road, but we did it." Chief DeChellis said it took
six-months of preparation to be able to respond to all the calls
in the North Tongass District . He said, "Some people might
think that 6-months was way too long for doing such a deed. As
the Fire Chief with the North Tongass Fire Department, I think
that we needed at least 6-months to prepare for such a task.
With regards to the number of hours needed to train all of its
members in fighting fires and in responding to EMS calls, getting
the appropriate fire apparatus and stalking it with all the right
equipment, and all other matters that need to take place prior
to being ready to respond to all calls in ones area, 6-months
isn't a long time at all." - Read
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Alaska: MidAmerican
Natural Gas Pipeline Application Accepted - Governor Frank
Murkowski announced Wednesday that the state has reviewed and
accepted the application submitted last week by a consortium
of companies, led by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, to
enter negotiations on fiscal and tax issues related to building
a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Canada. - Read
more... Alaska: Sen.
Murkowski Says It's Vital For All Gas Provisions In Energy Bill
To Pass - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Wednesday that it
is vital for Congress to approve comprehensive energy legislation
quickly so that regulatory and financial incentives go into effect
to help move Alaska's huge reserves of natural gas to gas-starved
Lower 48 markets. - Read
more... Alaska: New
Labeling Bills Would Benefit Fish Consumers - Alaska fish
consumers get a heads up when peddlers of farmed or genetically
modified fish are trolling for customers in Alaska under the
provisions of a pair of Senate bills introduced Wednesday. -
Read
more... Alaska: Plans
Announced To Protect Alaskans' Privacy Rights - Senator Gretchen
Guess (D-Anchorage) and Representative Eric Croft (D-Anchorage)
announced plans Wednesday to protect Alaskans' privacy rights.
It was brought to their attention by a survivor of domestic violence
that the list of PFD applicants and their addresses are currently
public information. Although this appears benign on the surface,
to victims of violent crime, disclosing their mailing address
can be a terrifying and potentially life-threatening mistake.
- Read
more... National: Cyber
Alert System Unveiled - The National Cyber Security Division
(NCSD) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday
unveiled the National Cyber Alert System, an operational system
delivering to Americans timely and actionable information to
better secure their computer systems. - Read
more... Mike Reagan: It's
Time to Strike Back - Hatred of President Bush is what drives
the Democratic candidates for their party's presidential nomination,
says Larry Sabato, the widely respected political observer at
the University of Virginia - and he thinks it's time for President
Bush to wake up to that fact and go on the offensive. - Read
more... |
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A fire department in any community, large or small,
commands citizen respect. When fire sirens blare, traffic obediently
tries to pull over and people hold their breaths - hoping it's
not their house, their business, their school or anyone they
know. Fire has been a frightening scourge in history from Nero
in Rome to Chicago's Mrs. O'Leary to Ketchikan's Bill Mitchell.
As new American communities sprang up in the "Go west, young
man" spirit of the nineteenth century, one of the first
things responsible pioneers did was establish fire departments.
When the westward-ho movement reached the Pacific coast and the
settlement-surge angled north, fire departments were among the
very first organizations founded in Alaska. -
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