Friday
October 08, 2004
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Ketchikan: Little
League Silver Salmon Derby Winners Announced; 21.0 Silver Salmon
Brings In Top Prize - It's official! Terril Howard of Ketchikan
walks away as the winner of the 2004 Ketchikan Little League
Silver Salmon Derby winning the grand prize of a $1,000 gift
certificate from Tongass Trading Company, Inc. Howard wins the
Little League Silver Salmon Derby grand prize with a fine 21.0
pound Silver Salmon. -More
about the winners and prizes awarded...
Friday - October 08, 2004
Ketchikan:
KGH Long Term Care Unit Christened With New Name - The Ketchikan
General Hospital (KGH) Long Term Care Department has been renamed
New Horizons Transitional Care Unit. The announcement was made
at a ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication of the newly renovated
unit Wednesday evening. - More...
Friday - October 08, 2004
 Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... Senate A Candidates
Bert Stedman and David Landis faced off during a Ketchikan Chamber
of Commerce luncheon Wednesday. As Deanna Garrison reports, the
candidates traded barbs on a number of state issues in what was
at times a tense exchange.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday - October 08, 2004
Alaska: Families
Seek Donations to Help in Search for Missing Relatives in Alaska
- Sixteen days ago, the FAA notified the Coast Guard that a Harris
Air Beaver float plane, carrying five men on a fishing adventure,
did not arrive at its destination in Baranof Warm Spring Bay,
Alaska. The Coast Guard ended its search after ten days. Their
families, however, have not given up, and they need your help
to continue the search. - More...
Friday - October 08, 2004
Saxman: Listen to this KRBD story... The organized
Village of Saxman Thursday announced that it is appealing the
U.S. Forest Service's plans to offer up a timber sale on Gravina
Island. As Deanna Garrison reports, Native leaders say logging
on Gravina Island would destroy critical subsistence habitat.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday - October 08, 2004
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Little League Silver Salmon
Derby Winners Announced
In third place in the
Little League Silver Salmon Derby is Stephanie Pattison of Ketchikan,
Alaska with an 18.4
pound Silver Salmon. Pattison's prize is $500 cash from Wells
Fargo...
Photo courtesy Knudson Cove Marina
Photo by Misty Pattison
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Alaska: State
Transfers Corporations Section to Occupational Licensing
- The Alaska Department of Commerce announced Thursday the transfer
of its Corporations section to the Division of Occupational Licensing.
The decision was based on the desire to eliminate data base conflicts
that existed between Occupational Licensing and Banking, Securities
and Corporations. The intent is to provide better access to public
information, and to create a single location within state government
for customers wanting to obtain a license, register a trademark,
form an LLC or register a business name. - More...
Friday - October 08, 2004
Alaska: Governor
Calls on University to Assist State - At a cabinet briefing
on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus Wednesday, Governor
Frank Murkowski urged the University of Alaska to use its research
expertise to assist the state with resource development initiatives.
- More...
Friday - October 08, 2004
Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... A petition for
the consolidation of the City of Ketchikan and Ketchikan Gateway
Borough was accepted by the Local Boundary Commission Wednesday.
Deanna Garrison reports.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday - October 08, 2004
Ketchikan:
Listen to this KRBD story... A controversial
timber sale near Ketchikan is once again being considered. As
Jay Marble reports, the Forest Service is releasing a supplemental
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Emerald Bay Sale.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Friday - October 08, 2004
Columnist
 Michael
Reagan: Iraq/al
Qaeda - The Connection - If you believe what John Kerry and
his stooges in the media say, there was never any connection
between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden and his terrorist
al Qaeda organization.
During the debate between Vice
President Cheney and John Edwards the other night, Edwards attacked
Cheney for maintaining that there was a real connection between
the two, and the media rushed to claim that there is no evidence
of any such connection. - More...
Friday - October 08, 2004
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June Allen Column
 A
Legendary Mountain of Jade; Just one of Alaska's Arctic Wonders
- Alaska is a state of superlatives. It is the nation's largest
state. We drive past or fly over America's highest mountain.
We can visit the nation's deepest cave on Prince of Wales Island,
admire the waters of our state's longest coastline and enjoy
the midnight sun's longest days. Most of us, however, will
never see our superlative example of the Alaska State Gem - jade.
That's because Jade Mountain, an entire mountain made of beautiful
dark green jade, is far from any Alaska road system. - More...
Tuesday - October 05, 2004
 John
Koel, Baker to Banker; An eccentric philanthropist
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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