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Saturday
August 16, 2003

 

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From the Past: 'Ketchikan Pulp Mill 1953'
Submitted for publication by Weston Davis

Ketchikan: Front Page Photo - This is from Weston Davis' Grandmother's collection. Davis said as far as his Grandmother knows, the photographer has passed away. His name was Alex Kamkoff, an engineer working on the pulp mill construction project. The photo was a gift (1953).Contact Weston Davis concerning any republication requests. © applies...
Saturday - 12:05 am

Cultural Exchange Camp - click here...

Cultural Exchange Camp 2003
photo by Debbie Patton
Story by Bruce Dixon

Ketchikan: Cultural Exchange Camp 2003 - Ketchikan Indian Corporation and the Village of Saxman teamed up to offer a first ever regional Cultural Exchange Camp at Mahoney Lake. Cape Fox Corporation graciously allowed the use of their beautiful site as a staging area for the Camp. KIC and Saxman have been holding camps separately for years and it was decided to join forces and invite Metlakatla and Prince of Wales residents as well. Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska assisted in funding the Camp with Tribal Wellness funds. - Click here to read more...
Saturday - August 16, 2003 - 12:05 am

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arrow Candidates Filed - click here...

Alaska: Grand Jury Indicts Couple For Nearly Starving Their Four Year Old Daughter - The Anchorage District Attorney's Office announced that on Thursday an Anchorage grand jury indicted a couple for three counts of felony assault for nearly starving their four year old daughter to death. The couple locked the victim without clothing in a room darkened by aluminum foil covering the windows and lit only by a dim blue light. The little girl's seven year old brother helped her get milk occasionally, and she drank water from a toilet. - Click here to read more...
Saturday - August 16, 2003 - 12:05 am

Alaska: Attorney General Appoints New Fairbanks District Attorney & Statewide Sexual Assault Coordinator - Attorney General Gregg Renkes announced Friday the appointment of Fairbanks District Attorney Teresa Foster as the new statewide Sexual Assault Coordinator in the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, and career prosecutor Jeffery O'Bryant as the new district attorney for Fairbanks. - Click here to read more...
Saturday - August 16, 2003 - 12:05 am

Memories of Ketchikan by Andrew Aamot...

'Memories of Ketchikan'
Photo Gallery - click here

photos by Andrew Aamot

Alaska: AK will host President of Iceland; Arctic Council and Northern Forum Chairs - Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson will lead a delegation of business and government leaders to Anchorage beginning this weekend. - Click here to read more...
Saturday - August 16, 2003 - 12:05 am

Ketchikan: Virus sickens about 2 dozen passengers on Holland cruise - Some were taken off ship and flown home - A gastrointestinal virus has infected about two dozen passengers on a Holland America Cruise Lines ship. - Click here to read more...
Seattle PI - Posted: Saturday - August 16, 2003 - 12:05 am

Ketchikan: Man survives bear attack - A man walked away from a brown bear attack near Hyder this week after a hiking companion hit the animal in the head with rocks. - Click here to read more...
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Posted: Saturday - August 16, 2003 - 12:05 am

Ketchikan: Clerk certifies consolidation petition - A petition that would start the process of consolidating Ketchikan's two local governments was certified Thursday by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Clerk. - Click here to read more...
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Posted: Saturday - August 16, 2003 - 12:05 am

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Ketchikan:Gravina Access Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Now Available Online - Click here to read or download the report...
DEIS public comment period closes on October 06, 2003
Posted: Wednesday - August 06, 2003 - 2:10 pm

 

 

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