'November
Sunrise'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
Ketchikan/ Statewide: Alaska's
October Unemployment Drops Slightly; Ketchikan's Unemployment
Rises - Alaska's unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage
point in October to 6.6 percent according to Dan Robinson, an
economist at the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Typically the state's unemployment
rate rises in October as seasonal employment continues to wind
down for the year. Over the last five years the average October
increase has been four-tenths of a percentage point. This year's
decline may not be significant, however, since it is well within
the statistical margin of error.
Ketchikan's unemployment rate
rose from 6.1 percent to 8.0 percent in October. According to
the Alaska Department of Labor 6,618 in the work force were employed
with 578 reported as unemployed in October. - More...
Monday - November 22, 2004
Alaska: Electoral
Votes Essay Contest - Alaska Lieutenant Governor Loren Leman
announced Friday an essay contest open to all eleventh and twelfth
grade Alaskans. - More...
Monday - November 22, 2004
POW: Teen
daughter, two men charged with Murder in the 1st Degree; Details
of investigation released - Friday Alaska State Troopers
in cooperation with the Craig Police Department arrested two
additional suspects involved in the death of Lauri Waterman,
age 48, of Craig, Alaska. Jason Arrant, age 24, of Klawock and
Rachelle Waterman, age 16, of Craig were taken into custody after
follow up investigation revealed they were involved in a conspiracy
to commit murder in the first degree.
Alaska State Troopers had previously
arrested Brian James Radel, age 24, of Thorne Bay late Thursday
night and charged him with Murder in the First Degree.
Details of the investigation
released by the Alaska State Troopers revealed that Rachelle
Waterman approached Arrant and solicited him to kill her mother,
Lauri Waterman. Trooper Robert Claus who authored the latest
release stated that Arrant agreed to kill Lauri Waterman and
enlisted the aid of Brain Radel, age 24, of Thorne Bay. Trooper
Claus stated in a news release that between the solicitation
and the actual murder, Arrant, Radel and Waterman plotted several
murder scenarios and aborted one attempt to carry out a plan
in September 2004. - More...
Sunday - November 21, 2004 - 6:45 pm
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