'Black Bear' Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson    Viewpoints Opinions/Letters Tour guides say the darnest things by Bob Ciminel - GA - 07/10/04 Thank You Ketchikan by Christina Routt - Kentucky - 07/10/04 Alaskan Legislature Kills 400 children by Mike Carney - Eagle River - 07/10/04 Union Made by Patti Fay Hickox - Ketchikan - 07/10/04 More Viewpoints/ Letters Publish A Letter July 2004 Click on the date to read the stories & to view photos published on that day... S M T W T F S 27   28 29   30 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                  Ketchikan: Forest Service Issues Timber Harvest Updates On Threemile and Gravina Timber Sales - The Forest Service has announced updates on the Threemile and Gravina timber sales within the Tongass National Forest. - Read more... Saturday - July 10, 2004 Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... Federal and state agencies have formed a special security task force in preparation for next week's arrival of the Greenpeace Vessel Arctic Sunrise. As they did during last year's visit of the Greenpeace Vessel Esparanza, the U.S. Forest Service, Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers have formed the Southeast Unified command to deal with potential safety or security threats during the Arctic Sunrise's one-month tour of Southeast Alaska. Deanna Garrison has this report. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Saturday am - July 10, 2004 Ketchikan: Listen to this KRBD story... The U.S. Forest Service Friday took the unusual step of announcing the pending release of a Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for a timber sale on Gravina Island one month early. As Deanna Garrison reports, the move came as the Forest Service announced the approval of a nineteen and a half million board foot timber sale on Kuiu Island. KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - linked Saturday am - July 10, 2004 Alaska: Bond Bank Sells Bonds for Three Alaska Communities - The Murkowski administration announced the third bond issue of the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority in 2004. The bond issue will save the Kodiak Island Borough, the City of Palmer, and the City of Petersburg an estimated $494,000. - Read more... Saturday - July 10, 2004 Alaska: Governor Promotes Gas Line in Calgary - Building a pipeline to move Alaska's North Slope natural gas to market would be good for Western Canadian gas producers, Governor Frank Murkowski told a gathering of natural gas industry officials in Calgary Friday. - Read more... Saturday - July 10, 2004 Petersburg: Governor Murkowski Remembers Pioneer Alaskan Gordon Jensen - Upon learning that long-time Alaskan Gordon Jensen of Petersburg passed away Thursday at age 86, Governor Frank H. Murkowski issued the following statement... Read more... Saturday - July 10, 2004 Ketchikan Columnist Dear Crabby: UNAHPPY SISTER - My fiance, "Eric" and I got engaged seven months ago. We plan to be married in September. We are having a long engagement so we have time to save money for the kind of wedding we have always wanted. My dad was laid off last year, and now works at a tourism job, so they can't do everything for us anymore. - Read more... Saturday - July 10, 2004

The June Allen Column is made possible in part by these sponsors. Cick on each name to visit each web site. June Allen Column Remembering 'Swede' Risland (1915-1991);The town's most memorable logger - People still remember Swede Risland and chuckle when telling stories about him or about his incredible generosity. In his prime he made big money in the woods and all his life he gave it away as easily as he made it! The old logger was no fashion plate and in his later years he had to coax his battered old smoking and coughing yellow pickup all the way up Main Street until it gratefully reached the summit and rolled down Grant Street toward the tunnel - its cargo of salvaged miscellany rattling as it slid forward to clatter against the cab. Swede loved to clean out and organize long-neglected old warehouses and storage sheds and found many a rusty but still-good treasure waiting to be shared and recycled. - Read the rest of this story by June Allen... Saturday - June 19, 2004 Alaska's Deepwater Highway; A part of Alaska history Ketchikan's American Legionnaires; Here's to 'the boys' of Post #3 - Ketchikan's Cruise Ship Industry; A light-hearted look at its origins 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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