Thursday
September 30, 2004
Sperm
Whale Tail
Photo courtesy of Jan Straley
Alaska: Searching
for a solution to fish-snatching whales by Ned Rozell - In
his decades of fishing in Southeast Alaska, Sitka fisherman Dennis
Hicks has lost a good number of fish to giant thieves - sperm
whales that pluck black cod off his longline hooks. - More...
Thursday - September 30, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... Candidates for
Ketchikan City council discussed consolidation, economic development
and the Gravina Access Project during a Ketchikan Chamber of
Commerce luncheon Wednesday. As Deanna Garrison reports, there
are three candidates running for three open council seats.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - September 30, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... The four candidates
vying for two open seats on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly
sounded off a variety of issues during a KRBD call in show Tuesday.
Deanna Garrison reports.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - September 30, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... The Ketchikan
Gateway Borough next week will ask voters to approve nearly $8
million in bonds for two school construction projects. As Deanna
Garrison reports, the City of Ketchikan is also seeking permission
to issue $20.5 million in bonds for sewer main repairs and a
variety of Ketchikan Public Utilities projects.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - September 30, 2004
Ketchikan: Loggerville
tours in Ketchikan defy court order; Businessman wants shops,
museum; borough cites safety - Businessman Rob Holston defied
a court order and took more than 100 people on a tour of the
Loggerville camp in Ward Cove over the weekend. - Read
this story...
Anchorage Daily News - linked
Thursday - September 30, 2004
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Pilot Eric Johnson
in Ketchikan in September 2003 where he was flying Beavers for
Taquan Air. Johnson is one of five who still remain missing after
10 intensive days of searching.
Photo courtesy James Dalton of Seattle, WA
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Southeast Alaska: Coast
Guard suspends search for missing aircraft, occupants; 10 days
of searching yields no clues about five missing people, float
plane - After 10 intensive days of searching by air, sea
and on foot, the Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing
float plane, its pilot and four tourists in Southeast Alaska
at 4:09 p.m.Wednesday, pending any further developments. - More...
Thursday - September 30, 2004
Alaska: AMHS
Fuel Surcharge to Apply to Car Deck, Staterooms - The Alaska
Marine Highway System will begin applying a 10 percent fuel surcharge
to vehicle tariffs and stateroom charges for all ferry reservations
beginning Friday, October 1st. The surcharge has been in effect
for passenger tariffs since June. - More...
Thursday - September 30, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... After hearing
complaints from downtown business owners, the Ketchikan Gateway
Borough Assembly Monday night directed the Planning Commission
to take another look at a proposed ordinance that would limit
the size and style of signs in downtown. As Deanna Garrison reports,
the Assembly also turned down an effort by Borough Mayor Mike
Salazar to repeal term limits for Assembly Members and the Mayor.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - September 30, 2004
Columnist
 Michael
Reagan: Mission
Impossible - Democrat attacks on President Bush's fly-in
appearance on the USS Abraham Lincoln after its triumphant return
from the war in Iraq, and the sign that proclaimed "Mission
Accomplished" hanging from the carrier's bridge, are a sign
of their party's desperation. It's their mission impossible.
- More...
Thursday - September 30, 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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