'Sun and Fog' Front Page Photo by Marvin Davis        Viewpoints Opinions/Letters Herring fishery in West Behm Canal by Jonathan and Nancy DeWitt - Ketchikan - 03/07/04 Keep Ketchikan beautiful by Don Hoff Jr. - Hixson, TN - 03/07/04 Re: Litter solution by Ken Lewis - Ketchikan - 03/07/04 Re: Smoking Ban by Karen Ramsey- Ketchikan - 03/07/04 Re: AK Airlines Not Alaska Friendly by Tracy Strickland - Ketchikan - 03/07/04 AK Airlines' New Policy Not Alaska Friendly by Charlotte Glover - Ketchikan - 03/06/04 Re: Litter solution by Karen Ramsey - Ketchikan - 03/06/04 Trash Gift Update by Jerry A. Cegelske - Ketchikan - 03/06/04 Read more Viewpoints Publish A Letter Ketchikan Calendar - Agendas Classifieds Forecast February - March 2004 Click on the date to read the stories & to view photos published on that day... S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1  2  3 4 5 6 Today's Front Page Previous Stories & Photos           Alaska: Rural Transportation Improvements Long Overdue in Alaska Say Sen. Murkowski - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Friday said that improving Alaska's rural road network is not a luxury, but a necessity. Murkowski in a spirited letter to the Washington Post took exception to a letter from Taxpayers for Common Sense that earlier this week attacked her plan to authorize Alaska's Denali Commission to begin building transportation projects in rural areas. The Senator last month in the Senate version of its Highway Reauthorization bill won $30 million extra a year - $180 million over the next six years - to fund transportation work in rural areas of Alaska (S. 1072). - Read more... Saturday - March 06, 2004 - 1:00 am Alaska: Congressman Young Express Views On Homeland Security - Alaska Congressman Don Young congratulated the Department of Homeland Security the week on its one year anniversary and expressed his views of the department's overall first year performance. The Department of Homeland Security celebrated its first anniversary on March 3rd. - Read more... Saturday - March 06, 2004 - 1:00 am Alaska: Governor Signs Two Bills Into Law - Governor Frank Murkowski signed two bills into law Friday - Senate Bill 183 and Senate Bill 56. SB 183, introduced by Fairbanks Senators Ralph Seekins and Gary Wilken, allows boroughs that have entered into an agreement with a city located within the borough to use borough revenue from taxes to fund economic development projects throughout the borough. - Read more... Saturday - March 06, 2004 - 1:00 am Ketchikan: Listen to this story... Ketchikan leaders are praising Governor Murkowski's announcement Thursday that he supports moving Alaska Marine Highway offices to Ketchikan. Deanna Garrison has this report. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Saturday - March 06, 2004 Ketchikan: Listen to this story... After months of negotiations, the Ketchikan City Council Thursday night approved a four-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Deanna Garrison reports. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Saturday - March 06, 2004

'Early Light' Early am light on Stedman Street, facing south... Photo by Marvin Davis Ketchikan: Listen to this story... The State Board of Education will meet later this month to change regulations governing correspondence schools. These changes will likely restrict how state money passed through the correspondence school to the student can be spent. As Jay Marble reports, at least one school district is anticipating an enormous drop in enrollment and large budget cuts. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Saturday - March 06, 2004 Columnists Dick Morris: Democrats' Mistake - The Democratic Party slit its throat Tuesday night, abandoning 12 years of pragmatism to indulge in a nominee who's very unlikely to win. - Read more... Saturday - March 06, 2004 - 1:00 am Michael Reagan: Not So Fast - The media is at it again, anointing a Democratic presidential candidate as a surefire frontrunner in a general election they proclaim will be tighter than a miser in a bargain basement - exactly the way they first assured us that John Kerry was way out in front in the primary race before a single vote was cast. - Read more... Saturday - March 06, 2004 - 1:00 am

The June Allen column is made possible in part by these sponsors. Cick on each name to visit web sites. June Allen Column Nulato AK: a small village but big in history - Nulato, Alaska 99765 is little known beyond the state's Interior except perhaps during the running of the world famous Iditarod dogsled races. In even number years the race follows a northern route to Nome and mushers pass through Nulato. The name of the Athabaskan Indian village on the Yukon River means "dog salmon camp," modified to express "in the shelter of the bluff." It is home today to a population of about 340, almost wholly Athabaskan. For such a small town, Nulato has some fascinating stories to tell!- Read the rest of this story by June Allen... Wednesday - March 03, 2004 - 1:00 am Ketchikan's Creek Street Dance Hall; echoes of music from the past... A Story of an Unfriendly Arctic Island And the heroine who survived it... Ketchikan's Volunteer Legacy; Buckets to hydrants to hi-tech... Thanks, Ladies, for the Library - From Bookcase to Building(s)... KETCHIKAN COLD STORAGE and colorful Mgr. Jim Pinkerton... KETCHIKAN'S NEW YORK HOTEL: Rich history in a small package... Read more stories by June Allen...  E-mail your news tips, stories, news releases & photos to: editor@sitnews.org E-mail large photo files to photos@sitnews.org Edited by Dick Kauffman: editor@sitnews.org E-mail the Webmaster: webmaster@sitnews.org Copyright Applies - Please obtain written permission before reproducing photographs, features, columns, etc. that are published on Sitnews. Published online since August 2000 Sitnews Stories in the News ©1999 - 2004 Ketchikan, Alaska