"Fish
Worshiper Ray Troll"
Front Page Photo
by Carl Thompson
Ketchikan: Friday
Night Insight Series Host Ray Troll Defends the Practice of Fish
Worship By Sharon Lint - Last night's Friday Night Insight
was held at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center. It offered
a presentation by Ray Troll entitled, "Fish Worship: Is
it Wrong?" The residents of Ketchikan who are familiar with
Ray's artwork expected an irreverent, humorous, divine production.
They were not disappointed. - More...
Saturday - February 26, 2005
National: Defense
spending increases to states uneven By Thomas Hargrove -
The enormous boom in defense spending spurred by the war on terrorism
has echoed unevenly in America as military contracts shrank in
some states while doubling or even tripling in others.
The nation is undergoing one
of the largest military buildups in history, according to White
House figures, rising from $333 billion for defense and homeland
security in 2001 to $492 billion last year. The Defense Department
reports that it allocated $203 billion to hire military contractors
in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., up from $135 billion in
2001, a 50 percent increase. - More...
Saturday - February 26, 2005
National: Social
Security change not an easy sell by Margaret Talev - If President
Bush is counting on Republicans like Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
to sell his concept of Social Security reform to a skeptical
public this year and to deliver a majority vote on Capitol Hill,
he could be in trouble.
Capito was one of dozens of
members of Congress spending this week's recess talking to voters
in her district about how to retool the worker-funded program
for retirees and the disabled. It's a major concern in West Virginia,
where a higher than average proportion of adults receives Social
Security benefits - more than one in four - and where an estimated
two-thirds of elderly women rely on the program to stay out of
poverty. - More...
Saturday - February 26, 2005
 Ketchikan:
Listen to this story... The Natural Resources
Defense Council is conducting a letter-writing campaign to dissuade
a Washington state businessman from leasing the Ketchikan Gateway
Borough-owned veneer mill in Ward Cove. As Deanna Garrison reports,
T.F. Incorporated says it has been bombarded with faxes and letters
asking it to abandon plans to operate the veneer mill.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- Saturday - February 26, 2005
Ketchikan: Listen
to this story... The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday
that it plans to allow Ketchikan-based Alcan Forest Products
to establish a staging area in the Ward Lake recreation area
for helicopter logging operations nearby. Deanna Garrison has
the story.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- Saturday - February 26, 2005
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