Ketchikan: Egg Hunt Winners Announced - Over 200 children participated in the Egg Hunt held at the Plaza Mall this weekend. The Egg Hunt was sponsored by Wal-Mart, The Plaza, Ketchikan Parks and Recreation, Ketchikan Youth Court and Big Brothers Big Sisters. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

'Full Moon Eagle' Saturday's Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson

National: Intervention in Schiavo case risky for president, GOP leaders By Lawrence M. O'Rourke - President Bush and congressional Republicans took a bold political risk when they enacted emergency legislation to bring the Terri Schiavo case under federal court jurisdiction, and now they appear to be paying a steep price for it among the broad mainstream of Americans. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Alaska: Governor Thanks Emergency Responders - In his radio message this week, Alaska Governor Frank H. Murkowski reminded Alaskans that March 27th marks more than forty years since the anniversary of the 1964 earthquake centered near Anchorage. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Alaska: Regional Forester upholds Kensington gold project decision - Alaska Forest Service, Regional Forester Dennis Bschor, on Thursday upheld the Tongass National Forest Supervisor's decision to approve amendments to the 1997 Kensington Gold Mine Plan of Operations submitted by Coeur Alaska. The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council appealed the forest's decision to Bschor. Implementation of the plan of operations will not be approved until Coeur Alaska obtains all necessary permits, licenses and certifications from federal, state, and local agencies. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Viewpoints Opinions/Letters PONZI SCAMS by Bill Tatsuda - Sunday Minimum wage protects the average worker by Linda Burger - Sunday Say goodbye & pull the plug... by Shauna Lee Thanks For The Wonderful Playground by Shauna Lee - Sunday "Nuclear Option"... by Douglas R. Gosnell - Sunday Helicopter Logging by Charlotte Glover - Sunday More Viewpoints/ Letters Publish A Letter Political Cartoonists Ketchikan Editorial Cartoonist Roger Maynard   March 2005 Click on the date for stories and photos published on that day... S M T W T F S     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 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 Front Page Archives

Dave Kiffer: "Onward Christian Soldiers?" - I guess I must have missed another memo.

I missed the memo that apparently stated: Easter is an important holiday, for goodness sake! Buy lots of stuff for other people.

Yes, I know that buying stuff always been the true "meaning" of Christmas but when did Easter become such an important economic engine treasured by retailers everywhere? Have you seen the aisles and aisles and aisles of merchandise in our local stores that will be out of date by Sunday? - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Daryl Cagle: What Terri Schiavo Wanted - We're told that poor Terri Schiavo could have avoided this great legal drama if only she had a "living will." We're also told that Schiavo became a mental vegetable when the blood supply to her brain was interrupted, because her heart stopped, as a result of her bulimia, the binge-and-purge eating disorder. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Linda Seebach: Sorting out population projections - "Population Puzzle: Boom or Bust?"

That's the question asked (but not answered) by a sourcebook on demographics _ a spirited collection that goes back all the way to Malthus but surveys the most recent trends as well. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Bob Ciminel: The South Defined - So I said to the girl with the wooden leg, "Peg, where is the South?"

Peg looked at me with her one good eye and said, "Why, Bob, it is the land where kudzu grows." - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Mark Patinkin: A guide to what a man is really saying - A kind reader just sent me a list titled, "A woman's guide to what a man is really saying." He said he had spent years assembling it, and I thought it very on-target. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005

Deroy Murdock: Canadian drug importation an enduring fantasy - Once the Easter Bunny completes his Sunday rounds, perhaps he will fulfill the fantasies of American politicians and make Canadian drug importation work. Alas, Canada is no Oz with streets paved with Prozac. Unless its 32.1 million citizens start multiplying like rabbits, Canada's pharmaceutical market will remain too small to satisfy 295.7 million Americans. - More...
Sunday - March 27, 2005