'Fairweather'
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Ketchikan: KGH
earns excellent marks in re-accreditation survey - The Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
surveyed Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH) for re-accreditation
on January 19-21, 2005. The survey encompassed all KGH programs
including the hospital, home health care, long-term care and
clinics. -
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Tuesday - February 15, 2005
 Ketchikan:
Listen to this KRBD story... Facing new regulations
and a dwindling food supply, a Ketchikan soup kitchen might be
forced to scale back the number of meals it provides to the needy.
As Deanna Garrison reports, the Alaska Department of Environmental
Conservation is proposing changes to its food safety regulations
that could make it more expensive to operate the soup kitchen.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
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Tuesday - February 15, 2005
POW: Listen to this story.... A bill reintroduced
by Senator Lisa Murkowski that would extend the federal energy
regulatory permit for the Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project
near Hydaburg has cleared committees and is headed for a vote
on the Senate floor. The bill would five the Haida Corporation
another six years to begin work on the project. But as Jay Marble
reports, there is not much interest on Prince of Wales Island
in building it.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
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Tuesday - February 15, 2005
National: Oil
drilling debate in Alaska, Gulf likely to heat up again -
The windswept tundra of far northeast Alaska is home, at least
part of the year, to animals such as the caribou, polar bear,
musk ox and 135 species of migratory birds.- More...
Tuesday - February 15, 2005
National: New
armor for Humvees must be in place by Tuesday - As the deadline
for "hardened" Humvees arrives Tuesday in Iraq, the
U.S. death toll tied to the workhorse vehicles is nearing 400.
- More...
Tuesday - February 15, 2005
National: U.S.-North
Korea standoff: A Q&A - The United States is butting
heads with North Korea again over its development of nuclear
weapons. Here's a review of the situation. - More...
Tuesday - February 15, 2005
National: 90
million-year-old tree growing at U.S. Botanic Garden - In
the west wing of the U.S. Botanic Garden, most plants share a
garden, intermingling and exposed to the greenhouse air. The
Wollemi Pine is special. It lives in its own cushy, private glass
case. - More...
Tuesday - February 15, 2005
International: 2004
deadliest in nearly 500 years for earthquakes - According
to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 2004 was the deadliest
year for earthquakes since the Renaissance Age, making it the
second most fatal in recorded history, with more than 275,950
deaths reported from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent
tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26. The total death
toll for earthquakes in 2004 was 276,856; less than 1,000 casualties
were reported around the world prior to the Indian Ocean event.
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Tuesday - February 15, 2005
Technology: As
spyware grows, efforts to defeat it also increase - It's
the computer era's version of an earlier generation's spy vs.
spy intrigue. - More...
Tuesday - February 15, 2005
Alaska: Juneau
to pay $36,793 for air and water violations - The City and
Borough of Juneau, Alaska will spend $36,793 to settle two complaints
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging the City
violated the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act at its Douglas
and Mendenhall Wastewater Treatment Plants. - More...
Tuesday - February 15, 2005
Alaska: Activists,
zoo fight over fate of Maggie the elephant - The Alaskan
now attracting the most national media attention is Maggie, the
African elephant who lives at the Alaska Zoo. -
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Tuesday - February 15, 2005
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