Ketchikan: New
Book Released by Local Artist Ray Troll - For more than two
decades, Ketchikan artist Ray Troll has been luring, hooking,
and landing fans around the world with his zany, irreverent,
and often surreal art. - More...
Friday - August 27, 2004
Alaska: Finalists
for 2005 Alaska Teacher of the Year Named - Alaska
Commissioner of Education & Early Development Roger Sampson
has named five finalists for the 2005 Alaska Teacher of the Year
honor. - More...
Friday - August 27, 2004
Alaska: BP
Exploration, State Reach Tax Settlement; State to receive $18
million - BP Exploration in Alaska will pay the state $18
million under an agreement to settle two years' worth of disputed
production taxes, the two sides announced. The payment is expected
to be made Thursday. - More...
Friday - August 27, 2004
Alaska: Support
for Faith-Based Agencies Announced - Governor Frank Murkowski
on Wednesday announced the creation of the Alaska Office of Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives to work with grassroots community and
faith-based organizations to deliver assistance to Alaskans in
need.
"We want to focus on helping
people to help themselves. We will now build on the work of the
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Task Force and create a
permanent state office to manage this important effort,"
Murkowski said. - More...
Friday - August 27, 2004
Columnist
Michael
Reagan: A
New Low in Democrat Hypocrisy - This latest bit of Hollywood
show business - sending former Senator and triple amputee Vietnam
vet Max Cleland in his wheelchair to Texas to hand deliver a
letter to President Bush demanding that he disavow the message
of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and order them to stop their
advertising - is a new low in Democrat hypocrisy.
To begin with, President Bush
doesn't have the power to stop the Swifties from running advertisements,
a fact demonstrated by the veterans themselves when they said
that they would not stop their campaign to show American voters
John Kerry's true nature even if ordered to do so by the President
of the United States. - More...
Friday - August 27, 2004
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