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Ketchikan: Ferry jobs may move by summer; Department
won't disclose savings gained from relocation - Alaska Marine Highway System employees
in Juneau worry they'll have to look for new jobs or move to
Ketchikan as early as this summer, though no one has said just
why it makes sense to relocate the ferry system's administration.
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Juneau Empire - linked
Friday - March 05, 2004
Ketchikan: Governor
Gives Support to Moving Marine Highway Headquarters to Ketchikan;
Administration Will Work Toward Late March Decision - In
responding to a question asked at a press conference Thursday
at the Juneau Senior Center, Governor Frank Murkowski said he
is in favor of moving the Alaska Marine Highway System headquarters
from Juneau to Ketchikan, but that there is a process that will
be followed to get to a decision on it. - Read
more...
Friday - March 05, 2004 - 12:50 am
Ketchikan: Rep.
Williams Works to Help Bring Marine Highway Jobs to Ketchikan
- Representative Bill Williams (R-Saxman) on Thursday applauded
the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly for its vote earlier this
week to offer office space in Ketchikan to the Alaska Marine
Highway System. The Borough and the State Department of Transportation
are negotiating a deal that would move as many as 40 Ferry System
administrative jobs to the former Ketchikan Pulp Company site
in Ward Cove. "In recent years, Ketchikan has lost too many
jobs," said Williams. "I have been working closely
with the D.O.T. and the Borough to help facilitate moving some
jobs to Ketchikan." - Read
more...
Friday - March 05, 2004 - 12:50 am
 Alaska: Governor
Signs SeniorCare Bill; Thanks Legislature for taking prompt action
to help seniors with drug costs - Governor Frank Murkowski
on Thursday signed into law HB374, which creates the SeniorCare
program. This legislation is a high priority of this administration,
which the Governor asked the Legislature to pass within the first
60 days of the session. The Governor thanked the Alaska Legislature
for its quick action in passing SeniorCare, a program that will
help nearly 11,0000 Alaskan seniors with drug subsidies of up
to $1,600 a year to assist in the purchase of needed medications.
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more...
Friday - March 05, 2004 - 12:50 am
Alaska: Lena
Point Research Facility Contract Awarded - The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a contract to Southeast
Earthmovers, Inc. of Sitka, Alaska for site preparation for the
new marine research facility at Lena Point in Juneau.
According to NOAA Fisheries'
Alaska Regional Administrator, Dr. James Balsiger, site preparation
will start in late March and change the contours of the old gravel
pit to accommodate new fisheries research facilities. - Read
more...
Friday - March 05, 2004 - 12:50 am
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