Tuesday
March 16, 2004
Swan
Goose
Front Page Photo by MC Kauffman
Alaska: Governor
Makes Rare Appearance Before Senate Finance Committee to Advocate
Fixing Budget Problem - In an extremely unusual move, Governor
Frank Murkowski testified yesterday before a meeting of the Senate
Finance committee, asking members to take action on a long-term
solution to the state's fiscal problem. - Read
more...
Tuesday - March 16, 2004 - 1:00 am
Ketchikan: South
Tongass Service Area Receives New ISO Rating - According
to information provided by KGB Manager Roy Eckert, the Ketchikan
Gateway Borough recently received the results of a Public Protection
Classification survey conducted by the Insurance Services Office
(ISO) in September 2003. Eckert noted that a February 27, 2004,
letter to Borough Mayor Mike Salazar, ISO reported that the South
Tongass Service Area improved from the previous Class 9 rating
to a new rating of Class 5/8B. - Read
more...
Tuesday - March 16, 2004 - 1:00 am
Ketchikan: Ketchikan
OKs funds for new marine highway headquarters - The Ketchikan
Gateway Borough Assembly voted unanimously Monday night to approve
a $500,000 supplemental appropriation to renovate the Ketchikan
Pulp Co. administration building at Ward Cove. - Read
this story...
Juneau Empire - linked
Tuesday - March 16, 2004
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Chris Nemire
Photo Courtesy KGH
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Ketchikan: Nemire
Named KGH Employee of the Month - Chris Nemire, Security
Officer at Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH) for the past two
years, has been named Employee of the Month by a committee of
his peers. - Read
more...
Tuesday - March 16, 2004 - 1:00 am
Alaska: Forest
Service Schedules Couverden Meetings, Subsistence Hearings
- The Forest Service has scheduled public informational meetings
and public subsistence hearings regarding the Couverden Timber
Sales Draft Environmental Impact Statement. - Read
more...
Tuesday - March 16, 2004 - 1:00 am
Alaska: Public
Comment Period Extended 30 Days For Kensington DSEIS - The
Tongass Forest Supervisor, Forrest Cole, has decided to extend
the public comment period on the Kensington Gold Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement, or DSEIS, until April 7, 2004.
This additional 30 days for public comment will enable cooperating
and reviewing agencies as well as the public additional time
to review the project. - Read
more...
Tuesday - March 16, 2004 - 1:00 am
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Top State and Local News...
Columnist
Michael Reagan: What
Is John Kerry Afraid of? - When John Kerry slandered the
president and the Republican Party by calling them crooks and
liars, then backed up and said that he really meant something
he called the "Republican attack machine," he was actually
launching a preemptive strike against damaging revelations that
Kerry knows is coming. - Read
more...
Tuesday - March 16, 2004 - 1:00 am
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Marshall. - 
In general,
not many people are interested in herring. It's not exactly a
glamour fish. You won't see a snapshot of a grinning fishermen
posing for the camera while holding up a trophy eight-inch goggle-eyed
herring by the tail. And when was the last time you had
baked, fried, roasted, grilled or pickled herring? The only time
most people come in contact with herring is when they skewer
a chunk of it onto a hook for bait when salmon fishing. -