Local Candidates Filed As of Friday, Sept. 5th Last day to file 09/09/03

Congressional Pay Raise: What Deficit? Congress Finds Money for Pay Raise, Says Council for Citizens Against Government Waste - The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) denounced the House of Representatives for Thursday's action increasing the salary of members of Congress by $3,400 to a total of $158,103 per year. Congress amended the law in 1989 to allow for automatic "cost of living" increases every year, unless there is a specific vote to cancel it. Fiscal 2004 will make five years in a row that Congress refused to turn down its pay hike. - Read more...
Sunday - September 07, 2003 - 2:00 pm

Ketchikan: Work begins on huge timber sale - Work has begun in the woods near Revillagigedo Island's Thorne Arm in what is the area's largest timber sale in three years. - Read more...
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Sunday - September 07, 2003

Ketchikan: Empress of the North - The first stern-wheeler to cruise Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage in more than a century made its debut passage through Ketchikan last month on its way to Juneau. The ship's second sailing was scheduled to leave Seattle on August 31st and the stern-wheeler was again seen docked in Ketchikan Friday.

The ship's 12-day journey from Seattle to Juneau, or 11-day journey from Juneau to Seattle, starts at $3,500 per person and includes shore excursions at each of the trip's nine ports - with Ketchikan one of the ports. - Read more...
Saturday - September 06, 2003 - 12:50 am

Alaska: Progress Reported on Alaska Peninsula Oil & Gas Exploration Efforts - According to the Office of the Governor, the Murkowski administration is making good progress on oil and gas leasing issues in the Alaska Peninsula/Bristol Bay region. "The co-operation we have seen between state agencies and the interested groups from the Alaska Peninsula is an excellent example of how the Governor's policy for rural economic development is intended to work," said Murkowski Chief of Staff Jim Clark. "We are responding to the wishes of the local residents, just as the Governor has directed." - Read more...
Saturday - September 06, 2003 - 12:50 am

Alaska: Governor Encourages Alaskans to Participate in National Days of
Prayer and Remembrance and Patriot Day - On Friday Governor Frank Murkowski encouraged Alaskans to participate in the National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, September 5 through the 7, 2003, and Patriot Day on September 11, 2003. President George W. Bush issued proclamations for each yesterday from Washington, D.C. - Read more...
Saturday - September 06, 2003 - 12:50 am

High Adventures For Ketchikan Scout Troop 4 photo courtesy Michael & Susan Round

Ketchikan: High Adventures For Ketchikan Scout Troop 4 - Fifteen boys from Ketchikan Boy Scout Troop 4 flew to Anchorage on July 13 to attend Camp Gorsuch, located in Chugiak, Alaska. The weather was hot and dusty so swimming in the lake was everyone's priority. The scouts' first visit to Camp Gorsuch proved to be eventful and productive for both the younger and older scouts alike. - Read more & view photographs...
Saturday - September 06, 2003 - 12:50 am

Ketchikan: Hospital announces scholarship recipient - Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH) announces the second recipient of the Joseph A. Shields Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is set aside for students who are at least two years beyond high school, and are enrolled in or accepted to a health care program of study. - Read more...
Saturday - September 06, 2003 - 12:50 am

Ketchikan: Chance To Comment Gravina Access Project DEIS Fast Approaching - Your chance to learn about and comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Gravina Access Project, addressing access between Revillagigedo Island and Gravina Island, is approaching. Meetings will be held in Ketchikan September 16th through 18th. - Read more...
Saturday - September 06, 2003 - 12:50 am

Alaska: DMV To Make Veterans' Plates Available to Motorcycles - Governor Frank Murkowski announced Friday that the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles would make the popular veterans' license plates available to motorcycles. Previously the plates were available to automobiles only. - Read more...
Saturday - September 06, 2003 - 12:50 am

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