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Front Page Photo by Chris Wilhelm
Ketchikan: City
Passes Duty-Free Ordinance - In a unanimous decision Thursday
night, the Ketchikan City Council passed legislation requiring
duty-free business to have a vendor's agreement with the City
for use of City docks. Vendors and cruise ships that use City
docks have agreements for the use of the property and are subject
to concession and/or moorage fees. Prior to the ordinance, duty-free
businesses were largely operating on City docks without concession
agreements and without contributing to the Ketchikan economy.
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Friday - January 07, 2005
National: Bush
certified as election winner after a protest - Concerns over
voting irregularities in Ohio spilled over into Congress on Thursday
when a small group of Democrats formally challenged the state's
election results, temporarily delaying certification of President
Bush's win over Sen. John Kerry.
In a scene reminiscent of the
2000 presidential election, Democrats led by Rep. Stephanie Tubbs
Jones of Ohio charged that Election Day problems denied hundreds
of thousands of eligible voters in Ohio the right to cast a ballot.
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Friday - January 07, 2005
National: New
tax season ushers in some changes - The Internal Revenue
Service is banking on more than half the nation's 133 million
taxpayers to file their 2004 taxes electronically during the
tax season that kicked off Monday.
It would mark the first time
that more than 50 percent of individual taxpayers filed taxes
by computer or touch-tone phone, moving the IRS closer to Congress'
mandate that 80 percent of U.S. taxpayers e-file returns by 2007
to save money. Some 47 percent e-filed last year. - More...
Friday - January 07, 2005
International: Here's
how Iraq's election will work - Iraq's first multi-party
parliamentary election in 50 years will take place in 5,900 schools
and other public buildings where 150,000 new poll workers will
pass out poster-size paper ballots and then dip voters' fingers
into a pot of indelible ink to prevent fraud.
Less certain, however, is how
many of the nation's 13.9 million eligible adults will show up
Jan. 30 amid death threats by militant insurgents who have vowed
to shut down the U.S.-backed vote. - More...
Friday - January 07, 2005
Alaska: Flu
Vaccine Restrictions Lifted; Vaccination Now Available for All
Alaskans - The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Division of Public Health announced Thursday that influenza vaccine
remaining in the state may be used for any person 6 months of
age or older who wishes to receive the vaccine. - More...
Friday - January 07, 2005
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