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January 28, 2004
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Alaska: Judge
orders Exxon Mobil to pay nearly $7 billion in spill damages...
JUDGMENT: Money to go to people, cities affected by 1989 disaster
- A federal judge in Anchorage on Wednesday ordered Exxon Mobil
Corp. to pay nearly $7 billion in punitive damages and interest
to thousands of fishermen and others affected by the 1989 Exxon
Valdez oil spill. - Read
this story... Alaska: House
committee shows little support for $100 cruise ship tax -
A proposed $100 cruise ship head tax hit a storm of opposition
in its first hearing Tuesday. And House Speaker Pete Kott, an
Eagle River Republican, said a less expensive $5-per-day passenger
cruise tax proposal by Gov. Frank Murkowski also could face rough
seas. - Read
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Ketchikan: Acushnet celebrates 60th year of service - The Coast Guard cutter Acushnet celebrates its 60th birthday Feb. 5, 2004. Acushnet was originally commissioned as the salvage ship USS SHACKLE (ARS 9) for the U.S. Navy Feb. 5, 1944. On August 23, 1946, Acushnet was commissioned as a Diver Class Cutter in the US Coast Guard. That same year, two other vessels of the same class: the Escape (ex-ARS 6) and Yokona (ex-SEIZE ARS 26) also joined the Coast Guard fleet as Diver Class Cutters. Acushnet is designated as a
tug (WAT), an oceanographic vessel (WAGO), and a medium endurance
cutter (WMEC). It is the second Coast Guard cutter to bear
the name Acushnet and is the second oldest medium endurance cutter
still in operation, the oldest being the Storis (61 years of
service) in Kodiak, Alaska. - Read
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Ketchikan: KFD Responds To Water Street Fire - The Ketchikan Fire Department received a report of a fire at a home located at 1028 Water Street around 2 pm Monday afternoon. Within approximately a half hour the fire had been extinguished. A portable heater placed outside the brown-shingled residence to thaw frozen water pipes was thought to be the cause of the fire. No injuries were reported.Ketchikan's temperatures on Monday ranged from a low of 10º to a high of 18º according to Flight Service Station staff. Water running under the fire trucks quickly froze to the street. Assistant Fire Chief Jim Hill noted, "With all the frozen pipes we're getting, people are using all available means to keep the water flowing. They need to be very careful and always make sure heat and electrical sources are used safely. Heat tapes are also a frequent cause of fires during the winter months. They need to be installed properly and maintained regularly to make sure they don't contribute to or cause a fire." Located next to the Senior
Center, this residence at one time housed the Rainbird Flowers'
shop and later a real estate company. - Photos... |
Madison Lumber & Hardware, Inc. ~ Downtown Drugstore ~ Alaska Glass & Supply ~ Sourdough Bar Liquor Store ~ Davies-Barry Insurance ~ Sitnews... |
A fire department in any community, large or small,
commands citizen respect. When fire sirens blare, traffic obediently
tries to pull over and people hold their breaths - hoping it's
not their house, their business, their school or anyone they
know. Fire has been a frightening scourge in history from Nero
in Rome to Chicago's Mrs. O'Leary to Ketchikan's Bill Mitchell.
As new American communities sprang up in the "Go west, young
man" spirit of the nineteenth century, one of the first
things responsible pioneers did was establish fire departments.
When the westward-ho movement reached the Pacific coast and the
settlement-surge angled north, fire departments were among the
very first organizations founded in Alaska. -
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