Juneau: Front page photo - Sunshine glistens off a glacier as the crew aboard the Auke Bay-based Coast Guard Cutter Liberty avoid dangerous, flowing ice during a recent patrol in Glacier Bay.  U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy Cutter Liberty crew...
Monday - August 18, 2003 - 2:15 pm

Dr. Gary A. Laursen (right) photo by Dick Kauffman

Ketchikan: Dr. Laursen Presents Special Program On Mushrooms of Alaska - Friday evening the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center presented a special Friday Night Insight program - "Mushrooms of Alaska". The guest speaker was Dr. Gary A. Laursen who is a Senior Res. Assoc/Adj. Faculty member of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Adj. Assoc. Prof., Biology and Wildlife Department.

Dr. Laursen arrived from Prince of Wales (POW) Island on Friday where he had spent a week collecting mushrooms. He also visited Coffman Cove, Thorne Bay, Craig and Naukiti speaking with community members.

For the program, Dr. Laursen placed approximately 40 different dripping, attached, hanging, covering, and encrusting plant and plant-like organisms called cryptogams on a table. The group represented 12 different species that he had collected on POW. - Click here to read more...
Monday - August 18, 2003 - 2:15 pm

NTFD Chief Steve De Chilles chats with visitors attending the open house... Photo by Dick Kauffman

Ketchikan: North Tongass Fire Department Holds Open House - The North Tongass Fire Department's open house held on Sunday, August 17th, was attended by well-over 50 people. Hot dogs with all the trimmings along with coffee and soda was available for everyone to enjoy.

Steve De Chilles, the new Fire Chief, Chairman of the Board John Harrington, and Borough Mayor Mike Salazar were available to answer questions and to chat with those attending. - Click here to view a larger photo...
Monday - August 18, 2003 - 2:15 pm

Ketchikan: Search under way for plane overdue from British Columbia - Officials from the Alaska Coast Guard and Rescue Coordination Center Victoria late Sunday were searching for a plane that was several hours overdue for its scheduled 5 p.m. landing in Ketchikan. - Click here to read more...
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Monday - August 18, 2003

Candidates Filed - click here... Last updated: Aug. 14, 2003

Alaska: Alaska budget cuts have eliminated bonus meant to help retirees stay in the expensive state - After living in Alaska for 27 years, retiree Ron Hammett had hoped to stay as long as he was physically able. But the money that 76-year-old Hammett needs to survive in the expensive state may be gone before his health because cash-strapped Alaska has eliminated a program that supplemented retirement income for long-term residents. - Click here to read more...
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Monday - August 18, 2003

Ketchikan:Gravina Access Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Now Available Online - Click here to read or download the report...
DEIS public comment period closes on October 06, 2003
Posted: Wednesday - August 06, 2003 - 2:10 pm

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