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Alaska: Key
Crime Legislation Package To Be Introduced - Getting an early
start on the 2004 legislative session, four seasoned legislators
have been working cooperatively over the last several weeks to
draft key crime bills that will close loopholes in the criminal
law and protect the rights of crime victims in Alaska. "Victims
that should be at the center of our system of justice are too
often left on the outside looking in. - Read
more...
Friday - December 19, 2003 - 12:55 am
Alaska: Exxon
Valdez oil spill impacts lasting far longer than expected, scientists
say - Assuming that oil spills such as the one that devastated
Alaska's Prince William Sound almost 15 years ago and
other toxic insults to the environment have only short-term impacts
on coastal marine ecosystems has been a big mistake, a new study
shows. - Read
more...
Friday - December 19, 2003 - 12:55 am
Alaska:
State, Aleut Corp. Sign MOU on Oil & Gas Exploration; Will
Hold Concurrent Lease Sales and Work Together on Infrastructure
- Governor Frank H. Murkowski announced Thursday that the
Department of Natural Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with the Aleut Corporation to hold concurrent oil and gas lease
sales on their adjacent lands, and to work to facilitate the
construction of transportation infrastructure to support oil
and gas development in the Aleut Corporation area. The MOU is
similar to one entered into by DNR and the Bristol Bay Native
Corporation last Fall and is consistent with the administration's
policy of working with the people of the area to develop natural
resources. - Read
more...
Friday - December 19, 2003 - 12:55 am
Alaska: State
Issues Permits for Pogo Gold Mine Project - The Murkowski
administration on Thursday issued all the necessary authorizations
required by the Department of Natural Resources for the development
of the Pogo Gold Mine. All the major state authorizations necessary
for Teck-Pogo, Incorporated to develop the Pogo gold project
are now in place. All that remains is for the federal agencies
to issue two critical authorizations, and then major construction
can begin. - Read
more...
Friday - December 19, 2003 - 12:55 am
Alaska: Watchdog
Groups Criticize Sen. Ted Stevens After Reports Link His Investments,
Legislation - The Senate's senior Republican is under fire
from government watchdog groups following a newspaper report
that he had grown wealthy from investments with people who benefited
from legislation he helped write. - Read
this story..
ABC News - link posted Friday
- December 19, 2003
Alaska: Alaska's
Sen. Stevens used power to build wealth - He wielded extraordinary
power in Washington, D.C., for more than three decades, eventually
holding sway over nearly $800 billion a year in federal spending.
- Read this story...
Seattle Times
- - link posted Friday - December 19, 2003
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Governor Frank H. Murkowski
and Labor Commissioner Greg O'Claray show the packaging for a
new wild Alaskan salmon product, pink salmon burgers.
Photo courtesy Office of the Gov.
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Alaska: Alaska
Salmon Marketing Grants Announced - Alaska Governor Frank
Murkowski on Thursday announced the list of preliminary award
winners for the 2003 Alaska Salmon Marketing Grant Program being
administered by the Department of Community & Economic Development.
The awards are part of the Governor's $50 million Fisheries Revitalization
Strategy, a multi-year, multi-level plan that includes, among
other things, an aggressive, international marketing program
for wild Alaska salmon.
"This marketing grant
program is designed to support the salmon industry's best thinking
to expand existing markets and support emerging product forms,"
said Murkowski.
The matching grants were available
to three categories of applicants. In the "major" category,
the state is providing $7.4 million for projects to move large
volumes of salmon, particularly pink salmon. In the "mini"
category, the state will seek to provide $1.3 million. In the
"micro" category, the state is proposing approximately
$260,000 in projects funded. - Read
more...
Friday - December 19, 2003 - 12:55 am
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Ketchikan's Holiday Lights:
A Photo Feature by Carl Thompson
 Festive holiday lights are appearing daily throughout
the Ketchikan community. These
colorful gifts of lights are provided by families for the enjoyment
of all. Carl Thompson is traveling the community to capture these
colorful light displays to share with the Sitnews readers.
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