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Ketchikan: July Unemployment Rate Declines - The state's unemployment rate fell five-tenths of a percentage point in July to 6.5 percent which was reported as due to typically strong summer employment gains. Unemployment numbers through the first seven months of 2004 reveal a relatively stable job market characterized by modest but steady employment growth. Dan Robinson, an economist with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, reported the numbers.

July's labor force in Ketchikan was reported as 7,965. Of that number 417 of the labor force were reported unemployed and 7,548 reported employed. Ketchikan's July unemployment rate was 5.2 percent which is down from Ketchikan's unemployment rate of 6.4 percent in June. (For more details, click on the Labor Force by Region graphic for a full size chart.)

Anchorage's unemployment rate was unchanged in July at 4.9 percent, while Fairbanks saw a drop of five-tenths of a percentage point to 5.3 percent. Juneau's unemployment rate held steady at 5.0 percent. - More...
Monday - August 30, 2004

Ketchikan: Station Ketchikan boat crew tows fishing vessel to safety...
Monday - August 30, 2004

Lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus Photo credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); ADFG

National: Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of ocean catch - U.S. saltwater recreational fishing catch rivals commercial fisheries for many depleted fish stocks including red snapper, black seabass, and lingcod

Taking a hard look at the common belief that recreational fishing accounts for only 2-3% of total landings in the U.S., a new study published in the journal Science (August 26th) reveals that recreational catches account for nearly a quarter of the total take of over fished populations, including many of the most economically valuable species such as red snapper, red drum, lingcod, and bocaccio. - More...
Monday - August 30, 2004

'So It Goes' by Humorist Jason Love - What Is Money? - I look around and see legions of people living the American Dream. We are surrounded by nice cars, spacious homes, manicured streets, and terrific school systems. For all intents and purposes, we have "arrived."

Lately, however, I have worried about how we can maintain this standard of living. After all, I'm kind of attached. What is this thing called "money," and how do we have so much of it? - More...
Monday - August 30, 2004