'Touring
NOAA's High Tech Fairweather'
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Commentary
 Dale McFeatters: Israel's
secret land grab - One of President Bush's priorities for
his second term is to broker a Mideast peace agreement that will
result in an independent Palestinian state - as early as this
year, he had hoped. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Martin Schram: The
Pentagon's non-denial denial - Etymologists study words.
Entomologists study bugs. ...But if it bugs you every time Washington
officials use deliberately deceptive weasel words, you may need
the services of a weasel-sniffing pundit. Reporting for duty!
- More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Columns
 Jason Love: Cats
and Dogs - I am getting a pet. Trouble is I can't decide
between a cat and a dog.
Having questioned friends,
family, and unsuspecting strangers, I find that people have sectored
into opposing camps, Dog Lovers and Cat Lovers, and most are
willing to jump off a bridge to prove their allegiance.- More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
 James Derk: Tech
questions and answers - Letters are in the box and I can't
keep up with them all, but let's get to the most common ones.
- More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Viewpoints
Opinions/Letters
 Cold
Storage Plan by Nik Nebel - Wednesday
RE:
Cold Storage by Jay Jones - Wednesday
Never
in Ketchikan... by Cathy Geer - Wednesday
Where
else but in Sitnews? by Bob Ciminel - Wednesday
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Ketchikan: 'Touring
NOAA's High Tech Fairweather' - Students from Holy Name school
recently toured one of the most technologically advanced survey
vessels in the world, NOAA's Fairweather. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
National: Deficit
to hit record level, administration reports - Despite a robust
rebound in federal tax revenues, war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan
are likely to push the federal deficit beyond last year's record
level, the Bush administration reported Tuesday. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
National: New
benefits proposed for kids who lose parents in Iraq - As
the number of American children who have lost a parent in the
Iraq war edges toward 1,000, a measure now before Congress would
boost government benefits for them. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
National: Senate
Democrats speak out against Rice, war - A small group of
Senate Democrats said Tuesday they would vote against President
Bush's nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state as
a sign of their dissatisfaction with the Iraq war. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Alaska: Permanent
Change in Medicaid Formula Sought So Health Aid Matches Alaska's
Higher Costs - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday introduced
her second piece of legislation for the 109th Congress that seeks
to retain an adjustment to Alaska's Federal Medical Assistance
Percentage (FMAP), a federal Medicaid funding formula for Alaska
that would take into account the cost of providing quality health
care for the state's poor. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Alaska: Governor
Seeks Increased Penalties for Certain Illegal Drugs; Proposed
legislation supplements current prohibitions on methamphetamines;
Targets marijuana possession - Governor Frank H. Murkowski
delivered to the legislature Friday two crime bills that would
increase the consequences for drug-related crimes, including
the manufacture of methamphetamines ("meth"), and the
penalties for possession of marijuana.- More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Ketchikan: Creek
Street Building Proposal Goes Back to Planning Commission
by Joseph Branco - Following several hours of discussion and
debate Monday night, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Board of Adjustment,
which is made up of Borough Assembly members, voted 5-2 to send
a Creek Street building proposal back to the KGB Planning Commission.
- More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Ketchikan: Elkins
Appointed to Finance Subcommittees - Rep. Jim Elkins of Ketchikan
has been appointed to four Finance Subcommittees in his first
session as a legislator. He will serve on subcommittees that
review the budgets of the Departments of Administration, Natural
Resources, Transportation and Public Facilities, as well as the
University of Alaska. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
Ketchikan: Kolund
Named Ketchikan-Misty Fiords District Ranger - Lynn Kolund,
who has served as the acting ranger of the Tongass National Forest's
Ketchikan-Misty Fiords District since October, has been selected
to continue as the leader of the district. - More...
Wednesday - January 26, 2005
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