'A Beautiful Morning' Front Page Photo & Photo Gallery by Chris Wilhelm - More...        The Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce would like your help in nominating this year's Theme and Grand Marshall. - Download the 2004 Fourth of July Parade Nomination Form Viewpoints Opinions/Letters RE: Open Letter To Assembly Members Shay & Landis by Peg Travis - Ketchikan - 03/18/04 Read more Viewpoints Publish A Letter 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 30  31       Today's Front Page Previous Stories & Photos           Ketchikan: 1984 Case Closed As 'Solved' - The Alaska State Troopers & Alaska Bureau of Investigation's Cold Case Unit has closed a 1984 Ketchikan case as 'solved'. On November 12, 1984 a 1969 Pontiac stationwagon belonging to Clarence Kemp, age 73 of Ketchikan was found abandoned at 6.5 mile South Tongass Highway outside of Ketchikan. Kemp was last seen by friends and relatives four days earlier. A search was conducted for Mr. Kemp but he was not found. On May 5, 1985, Kemp's body was discovered near 11.5 mile South Tongass Highway at the bottom of an embankment by a boy looking for firewood. Autopsy results indicated that Mr. Kemp died from a single .45 caliber gunshot wound to the back of the head. Investigation at the time produced insufficient evidence to make an arrest and the case remained unsolved. Read more... Thursday - March 18, 2004 - 12:55 am Alaska: Alaska natural gas critical component to an impending national energy crisis - Legislators attending an energy conference in Washington D.C. brought home the message that Alaska natural gas is an increasingly critical component to an impending national energy crisis. - Read more... Thursday - March 18, 2004 - 12:55 am Ketchikan: Listen to this story... A Fresno, California company is planning to construct an ethanol plant in Ketchikan. As Deanna Garrison reports, the approximately $60 million plant would employ between thirty-five and fifty workers and could begin operating within the next couple of years. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Thursday - March 18, 2004 Ketchikan: Listen to this story... Alaska State Troopers Wednesday announced that they have solved the case of a Ketchikan man found dead from a gunshot wound to the back of the head nearly twenty years ago. Deanna Garrison has this report. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Thursday - March 18, 2004

'Men At Work' Photo Gallery by Carl Thompson Ketchikan: 'Men At Work' - Clyde Collins (Welding Hood) and Kyle Burnette, two City of Ketchikan employees, are repairing a hand/guard rail on the corner of Bawden Street and Park Ave that was damaged in an automobile accident earlier this week. - View Photo Gallery... Thursday - March 18, 2004 - 12:55 am Ketchikan: Listen to this story... When the Ketchikan City Council meets Thursday, it will consider a ban on smoking in restaurants and other public building within the city. The measure is being hailed by tobacco prevention advocates as a way of minimizing the public's exposure to second-hand-smoke. But business owners say it's not up to government to tell them whether smoking should be allowed in their establishments. Deanna Garrison has this report. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Thursday - March 18, 2004 Columnist Dick Morris: For Hillary in 2004, It's Now or Never - If Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) beats President Bush and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is not on the Democratic ticket as a vice presidential candidate, she will probably never be president of the United States. This cold, hard fact is staring the Clintons in the face as they assess the best way to inaugurate a new Clinton presidency. - Read more... Thursday - March 18, 2004 - 12:55 am

The June Allen Column is made possible in part by these sponsors. Cick on each name to visit each web site. June Allen Column A biography of Alaska's herring: A little fish of huge importance 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. - Read the rest of this story by June Allen... Sunday - March 14, 2004 - 12:40 am Nulato AK: a small village but big in history... 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... Read more stories by June Allen...

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