Friday
September 24, 2004
'Rainy
Day Sunset'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
Southeast Alaska: Southeast
Conference updated on management issues facing the Tongass
- Tongass National Forest Supervisor Forrest Cole provided several
hundred conference attendees an update on management issues facing
the Tongass during a speech at Sitka's Harrigan Centennial Hall.
Cole discussed timber supply and demand, costs, benefits, planning,
litigation costs and more. - More...
Friday - September 24, 2004
Ketchikan:
M/V Lituya Out of Service With Engine Problem - The M/V /Lituya,
providing service between Metlakatla and Ketchikan, encountered
an engine problem Thursday morning, putting it out of service
for the remainder of the Thursday and for Friday, September 24.
- More...
Friday - September 24, 2004
Ketchikan: 30
public radio and television stations to connect statewide
- Advancing the use of new technologies for public service, the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced Thursday
a $365,000 grant for the Alaska Public Broadcasting Broadband
Initiative, a project to link together 30 Alaska public radio
and television stations from Ketchikan to Bethel via a high-speed
data network. - More...
Friday - September 24, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... A 1943 plane
crash site in the Misty Fiords National Monument could provide
the clues needed to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance
of Amelia Earhart. As Deanna Garrison report, the famed aviator
was the first woman to attempt flying around the world when she
and her plane disappeared over the South Pacific in 1937.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday - September 24, 2004
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Members of the U.S.
Coast Guard Fire Department and the Kodiak City Fire Department transfer
an injured woman from the triage area to an awaiting ambulance
for transport to Kodiak Island Medical Center. The woman
was injured when the floatplane she and six others were
in crashed in Hallo Bay Thursday.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty
Officer Sara Raymer)
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Alaska: Coast
Guard rescues seven from floatplane crash in Hallo Bay -
Air crews from Coast Guard air station Kodiak safely
recovered the seven occupants including the pilot of a floatplane
that crashed earlier Thursday in Hallo Bay on the Alaska Peninsula.
Four people were reportedly injured. The extent of injuries ranged
from head wounds to hypothermia. - More...
Friday - September 24, 2004
Ketchikan: KGH
Child Care Center participates in food program - Ketchikan
General Hospital Childcare Center announces its participation
in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program administered by
the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. Meals
will be made available to enrolled children at no separate charge
without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or
disability. - More...
Friday - September 24, 2004
Alaska: Fourth
day of search for missing float plane & occupants - Coast
Guard helicopter crews, assisted by Civil Air Patrol (CAP),
Good Samaritan and Harris Air aircrew teams, continued searching
Thursday for a charter float plane and its five occupants missing
since Monday afternoon. - More...
Friday - September 24, 2004
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June Allen Column
 John
Koel, Baker to Banker; An eccentric philanthropist John Koel
was a well-known figure in Ketchikan from the day he arrived
in 1901 to the day he died in 1946. The eldest son of German
immigrants who settled in the Midwest, Koel was a 38-year-old
confirmed bachelor, a slight man with high cheekbones, a small
mustache and a tidy bankroll he had saved to finance his adventure
in Alaska. A baker by trade and already a canny businessman when
he alighted on the steamship dock, he quickly toured the new
city of Ketchikan and almost immediately opened the OK Bakery
on Dock Street, near the intersection with Main Street. - Read
the rest of this story by June Allen...
Tuesday - September 07, 2004
 Harold
Gillam: A Tragic Final Flight; Ketchikan remembers the search
Ketchikan's
'Fish House Tessie'; She was proud of the nickname
Fairbanks:
Golden Heart City; A story of its founding
Remembering
'Swede' Risland (1915-1991);The town's most memorable logger
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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