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 Ketchikan:
Listen to this KRBD story: Port Expantion Project,
four alternatives presented... Consultants working on the
City of Ketchikan's Port Expansion Project presented before a
packed Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday four alternatives
for two new cruise ship berths in downtown Ketchikan. As Deanna
Garrison reports, they say Ketchikan's port expansion is the
largest ever undertaken in Alaska and perhaps on the west coast.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked August 13, 2004
Alaska: New
Tourism Marketing Formula Will Boost Industry; Governor Signs
SB 254 to Lower Required Match to 50 Percent - Alaska's tourism
industry will be better able to provide jobs for Alaskans and
attract more visitors to the state, after Governor Frank H. Murkowski
signed legislation Thursday that lowers the percentage of money
the industry must provide to receive state matching marketing
funds.
"We want to support the
visitor industry's success in creating jobs and generating revenue
for our state by attracting tourists," Murkowski said. "This
agreement will help encourage the long-term health of this important
sector of the economy and the thousands of tourism jobs it generates
in our state." - Read
more...
Friday - August 13, 2004
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Wright Brothers' Master Pilots
Picture Left to right:
Layton Bennett (Master Pilot Awardee), Steve Thompson (Master
Pilot Awardee). Nicholas Sabatini (FAA Associate Administrator
for Regulation and Certification), Kenneth Eichner (Master Pilot
Awardee), Kenneth Loken (Master Pilot Awardee), Mike Barton (Alaska
Transportation Commissioner), and Patrick Poe (FAA Alaskan Region
Administrator)
Photo courtesy FAA
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Ketchikan: Wright
Brothers' Master Pilot Awards Presented; August is Alaska Aviation
Safety Month - In a ceremony held on August 3rd in Juneau,
the Federal Aviation Administration kicked off Alaska Aviation
Safety Month by recognizing Ken Eichner of Ketchikan and three
other Southeast Alaska pilots with the Wright Brothers' Master
Pilot Award. The award recognizes those who have contributed
and maintained safe flight operations for 50 or more consecutive
years of piloting aircraft. - Read
more...
Friday - August 13, 2004
Ketchikan: First
City Republican Women's Club Endorses Stedman - The First
City Republican Women's Club has unanimously voted to support
State Senator Bert Stedman in his race for State Senate Seat
in District A.
Senator Stedman was appointed
by Governor Frank Murkowski on November 30, 2003, to fill the
vacancy left by Senator Robin Taylor who took an administrative
job with the state government. - Read
more...
Friday - August 13, 2004
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'Our Troops'
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Ketchikan Charter Commission
Meeting Agendas & Information Packets
 Download the Draft Charter Petition (201 pages, 944KB)
The Charter Commission
will be holding Public Hearings on August 13th at 7 pm, August
20th at 7 pm and August 28th at noon in the City Council Chambers.
We'd certainly appreciate hearing from the residents of Ketchikan.
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