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September 16, 2003
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Photo by Dick Kauffman Ketchikan: Front
Page Photo - Downtown Ketchikan is hidden from view by the
Moose Lodge in this photograph. In the distance, cruise ships
can be seen at the downtown docks....
Ketchikan: Forest Service Approves Two Records of Decision - The Forest Service recently approved the harvest of timber at two sites within the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. The Madan Record of Decision
will permit the harvest of 26.5 million board feet of timber
from 2,118 acres of National Forest on the mainland near Wrangell
Island and the Licking Creek ROD will allow for the harvest of
17 million board feet of timber from 799 acres on Revillagigedo
Island near Ketchikan. - Read
more... Alaska: State
Terminates $100 Million ACS Telecom Contract - Citing a material
breach of contract due to ACS's failure to perform, the State
of Alaska has terminated a $100 million telecommunications agreement
with Alaska Communications Systems. Commissioner of Administration
Mike Miller notified ACS Chairman and CEO Chuck Robinson in a
letter dated September 10 of the state's intent to proceed with
disentanglement as provided by the contract. - Read
more... Alaska:
Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman - The Coast
Guard suspended its search Sunday for a missing fisherman last
seen in the water after his skiff capsized Saturday sending him
and three relatives into the water in Hoonah Sound, killing one.-
Read
more... Ketchikan: Making
Mariners; Shippers and union help Alaskans work toward careers
at sea - If Eileen Lammers of Ketchikan was exhausted after
working all night in the engine room and talking all morning
to the media, it didn't show. - Read
more... Alaska: Eagle,
Alaska Airlines jet collide near Petersburg - A collision
between Alaska Airlines Flight 65 and a bald eagle Sunday killed
the bird and delayed about 50 passengers traveling between Southeast
Alaska, Anchorage and Seattle, Alaska Airlines officials said.
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Ketchikan: Ketchikan's
Night Lights - This photo of Ketchikan's night lights was
recently taken by Elwin M. Klein. View
a larger photo... Alaska: Murkowski
Pushes Alaskan Energy at Western Governors' Association Meeting;
Also Meets with Alberta Premier Ralph Klein to Discuss Nat. Gas
Pipeline - Governor Frank H. Murkowski addressed his colleagues
at the Western Governors' Association on Sunday to push ANWR
and the Alaska natural gas pipeline. Murkowski also met with
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein to discuss his support for an Alaska
natural gas pipeline that follows the Alaska-Canada Highway.
Attending the annual Western Governors' Association meeting were
the governors of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska,
New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, and the premiers
of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. - Read
more... Alaska: Natural
Gas Pipeline: Jobs and Economic Growth; Democratic Legislators
call for special session vote - Citing Alaska statute
(AS 24.05.100), House and Senate Democrats today formally petitioned
Senate President Gene Therriault (R-North Pole) and Speaker of
the House Pete Kott (R-Eagle River) to poll all members of the
Alaska State Legislature "on whether to return to Juneau
for a special session to address developments regarding Alaska's
natural gas." - Read
more...
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