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Ketchikan: City Council interested in taking ownership of three harbors - The state has offered the city of Ketchikan $3.9 million to take over five state-owned harbors, but the city is proposing that it take possession of only three for the same amount of money. - Read more...
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Monday - October 06 - Posted: 8:45 pm

Ketchikan - Front Page Photo 'Ketchikan Pehen' - Sitting high on a banister, BillieJo Kaku enjoys nibbling tasty fushias on a sunny day in Ketchikan last Thursday. BillieJo is a Black Shouldered Blue India peahen. On rainy or cold days, BillieJo prefers to stay indoors and snooze on her perch along with her Blue India peafowl pals - Elvis, P.Kaku and BobbieJo. - Read more...
Monday - October 06, 2003 - 12:55 am

Ketchikan: "WANTED" North Tongass Fire Department Volunteers - The North Tongass Fired Department Chief Steve De Chellis said the North End Service Area is slowly getting the apparatus and equipment that are needed to help perform their duties. But the Chief stresses, most importantly we need volunteers.

The Fire Chief said he can't express this issue any more clearly. "Without the people to operate the equipment and to respond to the emergencies, the startup time for the Fire Department will be later, rather than sooner." De Chellis said, "Yes, we have been training hard for the past several weeks, but we need your help to do all of those tasks that a Fire Department performs." - Read more...
Monday - October 06, 2003 - 12:55 am

Ketchikan: The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly will hold a regular meeting tonight at 5:30 pm in the City Council Chambers. Links to the agenda and a comprehensive information packet are available on the calendar...
Assembly Agenda
Information Packet: Item 02a ~~ Item02b ~~ Item 02c  ~~ Item 04a ~~ Item 06 ~~ Item 07a ~~ Item 08b ~~ Item 08c ~~ Item 08d ~~ Item 09a ~~ Item 09b ~~ Item 09c ~~ Item 09d ~~ Item 09e ~~ Item 10a(Manager's Report) ~~ Item 12a
Monday - October 06, 2003 - 12:55 am

Mike Reagan Columnist: An Attempted Assassination - Some time ago, I wrote that given the current political climate, where smearing an opponent is the favorite strategy of the many demagogues running for office or seeking to hang onto a job they hold, I would not think about being a candidate for any public office. - Read more...
Monday - October 06, 2003 - 12:55 am

Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 wrapped up operations in Alaska, Sept 12. The Marines participated in the construction of a 14.5 mile road. Photo by: Cpl. Dave Boni

Camp Wy Wuh - Annette Island, Alaska - Marines return home after Operation Alaskan Road - Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 departed Operation Alaskan Road Sept. 12 after a two and a half week deployment on Annette Island.

The Marines were participating in a joint military and community based project, which was started in 1998 in hopes to construct a 14.5-mile, two-lane gravel road that would be a part of a transportation link between the Metlakatlan and Ketchikan road systems. Travel from the Annette Island road system to the Revilla Island road system will be completed by ferry.

During their stay in Alaska, MWSS-171 joined the ranks of Joint Forces Engineer Component Command in its endeavor to complete the road by its projected date of 2007. - Read more...
Monday - October 06, 2003 - 12:55 am

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

DEIS public comment period closes on October 06, 2003

Gravina Access Project: Schedule of upcoming open houses & hearings

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