Wolff Point's Helicopter Landing Facility Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson     Viewpoints Opinions/Letters There Is No Free Ride by Charlotte Glover - Ketchikan - 06/30/04 City Council, we need your help by Bobbie McCreary - Ketchikan - 06/30/04 No Prosperity Zone by Thomas Ferry for the Newtown Development Group - Ketchikan - 06/30/04 The Bridge by Kevin Mackey - Ketchikan - 06/30/04 Help Save ADFY by Marya Tyler - Ketchikan - 06/30/04 The Bridge by Archie Inoncillo - Ketchikan - 06/30/04 The Bridge by Timothy Droke - AZ - 06/30/04 My Philosophy of Life, Tlingit Style by Don Hoff Jr. - TN - 06/30/04 Read More Viewpoints Publish A Letter June 2004 Click on the date to read the stories & to view photos published on that day... S M T W T F S   31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30       Today's Front Page Front Page Archives                  Ketchikan: Tongass National Forest Lifts Fire Restrictions; However, warns conditions are still relatively dry - Restrictions on open fires outside of campgrounds and smoking outside of vehicles or cleared areas have been lifted on the Tongass National Forest effective June 29th. - Read more... Wednesday - June 30, 2004 Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... The U.S. District Court appears primed to rule on a lawsuit brought last year by six environmental groups against the U.S. Forest Service. As Deanna Garrison reports, the lawsuit challenges the Forest Service's revised Tongass Land Management Plan and seven timber sales that the plaintiffs say were in part justified by information included in the plan. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Wednesday am - June 30, 2004 Alaska: 12 bills covering issues from over-due child support to job training signed into law - Governor Frank Murkowski on Tuesday signed into law 12 bills passed during the regular session of the Legislature, covering issues ranging from real estate brokers to Permanent Fund dividend applications, from child support to theraputic courts, and from rural housing to job training.- Read more... Wednesday - June 30, 2004 Alaska: Governor Signs Crime Bills at State Crime Lab - Governor Frank Murkowski on Tuesday signed a package of nine crime bills, designed to help law enforcement agencies fight crime more effectively. - Read more... Wednesday - June 30, 2004 Alaska: Governor and Attorney General Praise Crime Legislation; New Laws Provide More Weapons for Fighting Crime - On the final day of the legislative session, state lawmakers passed comprehensive legislation introduced by Governor Frank Murkowski to bolster the state's ability to wage war on crime. - Read more... Wednesday - June 30, 2004

The June Allen Column is made possible in part by these sponsors. Cick on each name to visit each web site. June Allen Column Remembering 'Swede' Risland (1915-1991);The town's most memorable logger - People still remember Swede Risland and chuckle when telling stories about him or about his incredible generosity. In his prime he made big money in the woods and all his life he gave it away as easily as he made it! The old logger was no fashion plate and in his later years he had to coax his battered old smoking and coughing yellow pickup all the way up Main Street until it gratefully reached the summit and rolled down Grant Street toward the tunnel - its cargo of salvaged miscellany rattling as it slid forward to clatter against the cab. Swede loved to clean out and organize long-neglected old warehouses and storage sheds and found many a rusty but still-good treasure waiting to be shared and recycled. - Read the rest of this story by June Allen... Saturday - June 19, 2004 Alaska's Deepwater Highway; A part of Alaska history Ketchikan's American Legionnaires; Here's to 'the boys' of Post #3 - Ketchikan's Cruise Ship Industry; A light-hearted look at its origins Ketchikan's First City Players; Did you hear that applause? A biography of Alaska's herring: A little fish of huge importance... Read more stories by June Allen...

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