'Ketchikan'
Front Page Photo by Gigi Pilcher
Ketchikan: Built
With Steel, Perhaps, but Greased With Pork - Even by the
standards of Alaska, the land where schemes and dreams come for
new life, two bridges approved under the national highway bill
passed by the House last week are monuments to the imagination.
- Read
this story by the New York Times....
New York Times - linked
Saturday - April 10, 2004
Alaska: First
Safety Conference Supports Measures to Immediately Reduce Traffic
Deaths - The Alaska Transportation Safety Stewardship Conference,
held in Anchorage April 6-7 and the first meeting of its kind,
recently passed a resolution in support of two key pieces of
legislation that would reduce Alaska's traffic crashes, injuries,
and fatalities.
Participating in the conference
were transportation planners, engineers, designers, consultants,
traffic and highway safety professionals, health service providers,
local and state law enforcement, emergency responders, rail and
commercial vehicle representatives and transit providers. All
levels of government, non-profits, industry advocates and the
private sector participated. The purpose of the meeting was to
share information on Alaska's transportation safety issues and
challenges. - Read
more...
Saturday - April 10, 2004
Ketchikan: Edwards
Earns Prestigious Membership - Harriett Edwards, Borough
Clerk of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, has been accepted as
a member in the Master Municipal Clerk Academy Program of the
International Institute of Municipal Clerks.
Jean M. Bailey, IIMC President,
said, " I am honored to welcome Ms. Edwards as a member
in the Master Municipal Clerk Academy. She is dedicated to municipal
service and an inspiration to all members of our profession."
- Read
more...
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The Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce
would like your help in nominating this year's Theme and Grand
Marshall. - 