'Saxman Sunset' Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson    Viewpoints Opinions/Letters Northend Serious Dumpers burying Southend Litterbugs by Jerry A. Cegelske - Ketchikan - 03/22/04 Sitnews is the best by Samuel Bergeron - Ketchikan - 03/22/04 Let's go on vacation by Samuel Bergeron - Ketchikan - 03/22/04 Spring and standing eggs by Nancy DeWitt - Ketchikan - 03/22/04 We all have the right to choose! by Suzan Thompson - Ketchikan - 03/22/04 Rights entitled by the Constitution by Myra Callahan - Ketchikan - 03/22/04 What's going on in our town? by Patti Fay Hickox - Ketchikan - 03/21/04 Read more Viewpoints Publish A Letter March 2004 Click on the date to read the stories & to view photos published on that day... S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  31       Today's Front Page Previous Stories & Photos           Ketchikan - Statewide: February Unemployment Unchanged Statewide at 8.9%; Ketchikan's Unemployment Rate 11.3% - Alaska's unemployment rate remained at 8.9 percent in February. The state's rate typically reaches its highest levels in January and February and then declines steadily to a low point in August that is two to three percentage points lower than the winter level according to information released Friday by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The comparable national rate ( not seasonally adjusted) was 6.0 percent. The much less seasonal national economy rarely sees unemployment rate fluctuations of greater than one percentage point over the course of a year. Dan Robinson, an economist with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, reported the numbers. Around Southeast Alaska, Ketchikan reported as 11.3 percent unemployment in February down from January's reported unemployment rate of 11.8 percent. The unemployment rate for Prince of Wales' for February was reported as 19.0 percent down from January's 20.2 percent . Wrangell-Petersburg reported 15.9 percent down form January's 16.4 percent and Sitka reported 8.8 percent down from January's 9.1 percent. Juneau reported 7.3 percent down from January's 7.5 percent. - Read more... Monday - March 22, 2004 - 1:00 am

The June Allen Column is made possible in part by these sponsors. Cick on each name to visit each web site. June Allen Column A biography of Alaska's herring: A little fish of huge importance In general, not many people are interested in herring. It's not exactly a glamour fish. You won't see a snapshot of a grinning fishermen posing for the camera while holding up a trophy eight-inch goggle-eyed herring by the tail. And when was the last time you had baked, fried, roasted, grilled or pickled herring? The only time most people come in contact with herring is when they skewer a chunk of it onto a hook for bait when salmon fishing. - Read the rest of this story by June Allen... Sunday - March 14, 2004 - 12:40 am Nulato AK: a small village but big in history... Ketchikan's Creek Street Dance Hall; echoes of music from the past... A Story of an Unfriendly Arctic Island And the heroine who survived it... Ketchikan's Volunteer Legacy; Buckets to hydrants to hi-tech... Thanks, Ladies, for the Library - From Bookcase to Building(s)... KETCHIKAN COLD STORAGE and colorful Mgr. Jim Pinkerton... Read more stories by June Allen...

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