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February 02, 2004
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Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
And the heroine who survived it There is a desolate island
in the Chukchi Sea on the frigid top of the planet. It is 83
miles north of the coast of Siberia and it is named Wrangel Island
- Wrangel with one L. It is roughly kidney-shaped and said to
be about 80 miles long and 18 to 30 miles across, with a cluster
of low mountains at its center. During the warmth of its very
brief summer, rivers flow north and south over rolling tundra
to the sea. Along the frosty riverbanks are buried the bones
of a race of woolly mammoths, evidence of dwarfed survivors of
a larger race of Russian Steppe mammoths of perhaps 20,000 or
30,000 years ago. The island today is inhabited by a tiny Russian-Eskimo
settlement and is largely visited by polar bears, seals, foxes,
ducks and geese and the occasional scientist from around the
world. - Read
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Alaska: Natives
wary of new rural commission; FUNDING: Sovereignty issues also
might be at stake as legal system is revamped. Alaska Native
groups, wary of past congressional efforts to force consolidation
of tribes and federal funding for Native programs, are gearing
up to respond to the latest initiative: a law setting up a commission
to draw up a new legal and governmental system for rural Alaska.
- Read
this story... Alaska: Highway
bill hits snag over tax hike - Alaska Rep. Don Young
pushes for 5-cent per gallon increase in federal gas tax - Read
this story... Alaska: Ads
hawk new way to figure out dividends; Permafund watchdog group
gives $1.6 million campaign thumbs down - The Alaska Permanent
Fund Corp. is planning to spend up to $1.6 million on television
and radio advertisements promoting a new method of calculating
dividends, and a newly formed citizens' group says it's a misuse
of public money. - Read
this story... |
 Ketchikan: The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly
will hold a regular meeting Feb. 2nd in
the City Council Chambers. This public meeting is scheduled to
begin at 5:30 pm |
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