Thursday
April 22, 2004
'Ketchikan'
Front Page Photo by Gigi Pilcher
Alaska: Governor
Signs 5 Crime Bills into Law; Will Strengthen Rights of Victims
- Governor Frank Murkowski signed into law Wednesday a package
of five House bills that will fix deficiencies in the state's
criminal procedure laws, and pay special attention to crime victims.
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more...
Thursday - April 22, 2004
Alaska: Knowles
Challenges Kerry On ANWR; Faults Both Parties for Failure to
Reach a National Energy Bill - U.S. Senate Candidate Tony
Knowles took presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Sen.
John Kerry to task Tuesday for his opposition to responsible
development within the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge (ANWR). Kerry is currently running a television advertisement
that mentions his stance on ANWR. - Read
more...
Thursday - April 22, 2004
National: U.S.
Commission on Ocean Policy Releases Preliminary Report -
Calling on Congress and President Bush to establish a new national
ocean policy that balances use with sustainability, is based
on sound science and educational excellence, and moves toward
an ecosystem-based management approach is the centerpiece of
the Preliminary Report released today by the U.S. Commission
on Ocean Policy. - Read
more...
Thursday - April 22, 2004
Alaska: Conservation
Group Welcomes Oceans Report; Seafood coalition praises findings
of federal commission - The Marine Conservation Alliance
(MCA) on Tuesday welcomed the release of the long-awaited report
of the blue-ribbon U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (USCOP). The
USCOP, created by Congress in 2000, calls on the federal government
to develop a comprehensive oceans policy and to place a higher
priority on better understanding the oceans and climate, as well
as highlighting the need to address environmental problems associated
with dramatic increases in population and pollution along the
nation's coastlines. - Read
more...
Thursday - April 22, 2004
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Ketchikan: Listen to this story... A report on Ketchikan's
emergency medical services released earlier this month recommends
that a single entity be responsible for coordinating ambulance
services throughout the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. As Deanna
Garrison reports, the report stops short of recommending areawide
EMS, but suggests that the Borough's three Fire Departments work
together to provide more cost-effective and efficient ambulance
services.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - April 22, 2004
POW: Listen to this story... The Prince of Wales
Island Marathon will get extra attention this year. For the first
time in the race's five-year history, a professional film crew
will document the event. The program is called "Destination
Marathon". Nelson Peterson is the show's producer. He recently
spoke with KRBD's Jay Marble.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - April 22, 2004
POW: Listen to this story... Naukati residents
on Prince of Wales Island have filed a petition for incorporation
as a second class city with the State Local Boundary Commission.
As Deanna Garrison reports, the LBC recently accepted the petition,
Kicking off about a year long public process, which would culminate
with a public vote on the issue.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Thursday - April 22, 2004
Columnist
Dick Morris: Dubya
In Trouble - Both of the polling organizations that track
the presidential race in daily surveys have concluded that the
contest has settled into a stalemate. Scott Rasmussen reports
that for eight of the last nine days, President Bush has gotten
45 to 46 percent of the vote, while Sen. John Kerry ranged from
44 to 46 percent. John Zogby shows Kerry ahead by three and reports
little movement either way. - Read
more...
Thursday - April 22, 2004
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June Allen Column
 Ketchikan's
Cruise Ship Industry; A light-hearted look at its origins - Tourists
are nothing new to Ketchikan. These seasonal visitors have been
spilling out onto the downtown docks for more than a century
now. They share certain traits: They're thrilled to find themselves
in distant, exotic Alaska; they find Ketchikan quaint and charming;
and, they are wide-eyed and excited as they board charter fishing
boats, or climb into sightseeing coaches to rumble off over the
city's trestle streets. The basic awe most people feel when seeing
our little town remains constant, even after a century. The things
that have changed over the years are the much larger numbers
of ships and visitors visiting each summer and the numbers of
attractions available to them.
At the turn of the 20th century,
brand new Ketchikan was even then being visited by tourists and
journalists. In The Ladies World Magazine of March 1905, travel
writer Myra Drake Moore described the Ketchikan she visited the
summer of 1904: "[Ketchikan] is the port of entry into Alaska
it and its sister towns of Juneau and Skagway are all very much
alike in architecture, and seem to be 'happen-so's'. Ketchikan,"
she archly wrote, "has accumulated itself."
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the rest of this story by June Allen...
Saturday - April 17, 2004
 Ketchikan's
First City Players; Did you hear that applause?
A
biography of Alaska's herring: A little fish of huge importance...
Read more stories by June Allen...
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