Ketchikan: Canvassing Board Completes Hand Recount of 3,399 Votes; Lybrand Unofficial Winner By 6 Votes - The Canvassing Board for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough/City of Ketchikan Regular Election met this morning to recount the votes cast for Borough Assembly Candidates Barbara Bigelow and George Lybrand. Bigelow and Lybrand tied for an Assembly seat in last week's Municipal Election with both unofficially receiving 935 votes. - Read more...
Monday - October 13, 2003 - 3:00 pm

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Ketchikan: The KGB Assembly will hold a special meeting this evening at 5:30 pm in the City Council Chambers. The public is invited to attend. Presentation of the recount of votes -- Agenda ~ Information Packet: Item 3a ~ Item 3b ~ Item 3c ~ Item 3d ~ Item 3e - For meetings & agendas, check the calendar...

Ketchikan: The Ketchikan City Council will hold a special meeting at 7:00 pm in the City Council Chambers. The public in invited to attend. ~ Agenda pdf (308K) Note: Each separate item on the agenda will link to its own detail. Place your cursor over the agenda item and click to download that item. For meetings & agendas, check the calendar...

Alaska: Council Acts to Identify, Protect Marine Habitat; Conservation Group Applauds Progress on Complex Challenge - The Marine Conservation Alliance (MCA) praised the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Sunday for moving ahead with measures designed to identify and protect important fish habitat. At its Anchorage meeting, the NPFMC adopted preliminary language in response to a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to describe Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), designate Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC), and mitigate negative effects of fishing activities on EFH. - Read more...
Monday - October 13, 2003 - 12:30 am

Alaska - National: Forest Service Decides To Keep Jobs In-House ; Agency Considered Private Contractors - Employees at the U.S. Forest Service recently won the right to keep most maintenance positions in-house, reducing fears that President Bush's "competitive sourcing" initiative would trigger an exodus of jobs to the private sector. - Read more...
Washington Post - posted Monday - October 13, 2003 - 12:30 am

Alaska: Marijuana laws once again taking high profile in Alaska politics - Wev Shea has been fighting Alaska's marijuana laws for more than two decades. And what a long strained trip it's been. - Read more....
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - posted: Sunday - October 13, 2003 - 11:50 pm

Alaska: Judge orders initiative decision by Oct. 25 - Lt. Gov. Loren Leman has until Oct. 25 to certify or reject a ballot initiative that would change the way vacancies in the U.S. Senate are filled, an Anchorage Superior Court Judge has ruled. - Read more...
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - posted: Sunday - October 13, 2003 - 11:50 pm

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