Thursday
March 25, 2004
'Bear
Valley Rainbows'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
 Ketchikan:
Listen to this story... Wards Cove Packing
has struck a deal with Boyer Towing to sell the Wards Cove Cannery
in Ketchikan. As Deanna Garrison reports, Boyer says it is not
sure what it is planning to do with the historic cannery building.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - March 25, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen
to this story... Weather in Southeast Alaska this spring
is expected to be slightly warmer that usual, according to a
forecast released recently by NOAA.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - March 25, 2004
Hydaburg:
Listen to this story... Last week a canoe
of Haida design was put on a barge in Seattle and shipped to
Hydaburg. It was built by students at Alternative School Number
One, a Seattle Public School for children in grades kindergarten
through eighth. Jay Marble recently spoke with the school's principal,
Ron Snyder, about the canoe project.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - March 25, 2004
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Aerial view of the
existing Museum/Library site, with the Centennial Building highlighted.
Interior Cross-section
of the proposed building, facing north, showing the four levels.
Concept for a new, expanded museum
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Ketchikan: Concept
for a new, expanded museum for Ketchikan - This concept for
a new, expanded museum for Ketchikan, was developed by Anchorage
architects Livingston Slone under contract to the City. The 30,000
square-foot structure would be built on the site of the existing
Centennial Building, which now houses both the Tongass Historical
Museum and the Public Library.
The concept incorporates all
of the requirements for a first-rate showcase of Ketchikan history
and culture: downtown location; high visibility; ease of access;
expanded exhibit space for permanent and temporary exhibitions;
increased storage areas for artifacts and archives; a dedicated
space for public programs, classes, and kids' activities; efficient
work areas; appropriate environmental controls; dramatic views
of Ketchikan Creek from inside the building; and a spectacular
display of the Tongass Historical Society's restored Grumman
Goose aircraft. - Read
more and view the museum plan...
Thursday - March 25, 2004 - 12:15 am
NW: Underwater
lumberjack harvests flooded forests - A CHAINSAW-WIELDING
robotic submarine is roving beneath Lois Lake in British Columbia,
Canada. But it's not a prop left over from a sci-fi movie. Rather,
it's chopping down a forest that was left submerged decades ago
when the valley was flooded by a hydroelectric dam. After it
cuts the trees, they are floated to the surface, where they are
dried out and sold to mills for use in furniture and construction,
like any other lumber. - Read
more...
Thursday - March 25, 2004 - 12:15 am
Alaska: Unemployment
insurance frauds trigger federal prison sentence, jail terms,
stiff fines - U.S. District Court Judge John W. Sedwick has
imposed an eight month federal prison sentence on a former Kodiak
school bus driver found guilty of 21 felony counts of mail fraud.
- Read
more...
Thursday - March 25, 2004 - 12:15 am
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The Robert Atwood Building,
20 stories above Anchorage. Seismic instruments are placed throughout
the building and in boreholes in nearby Delaney Park.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
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Alaska: Anchorage
high-rise wired for motion by Ned Rozell - Over thousands
of years, the toes of five glaciers have advanced and retreated
over what is now the Anchorage bowl, leaving behind deposits
of water-saturated clay. Upon that clay sit Anchorage's largest
buildings.
Large earthquakes can cause
this soil to act like a liquid, which is why scientists recently
outfitted the Robert W. Atwood state office building with one
of the densest clusters of seismic instruments in the country.
- Read
more...
Thursday - March 25, 2004 - 12:15 am
Columnists
Dick Morris: A
Blowout In The Making - The Bush ads are working: Two weeks
ago, the Washington Post poll showed Sen. John Kerry ahead of
President Bush by 11 points, and the Gallup Poll had him up by
8, while more recent polls reflect a dead heat between the two.
- Read
more...
Thursday - March 25, 2004 - 12:15 am
Michael Reagan: Chasing
our Tails - As I write this the commission studying the 9/11
disaster is seeking to get to the bottom of the matter, when
we already know what the bottom is - the failure of the CIA and
the FBI and their refusal to share intelligence. - Read
more...
Thursday - March 25, 2004 - 12:15 am
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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. -
The Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce
would like your help in nominating this year's Theme and Grand
Marshall. - 