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Saturday
November 29, 2003
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Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson Alaska: UA,
APEA Reach Labor Agreement - The University of Alaska announced
Wednesday that a tentative agreement for a new three-year labor
contract was reached last week with representatives of Alaska
Higher Education Crafts & Trades Employees, Local 6070, APEP/AFT
(AFL-CIO). - Read
more... National: Stubborn Issues Unresolved for Congress - ....In another issue that pitted Republicans against Republicans, House Transportation Committee Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, wanted $375 billion to fund highway projects over the next six years, more than $100 billion above what the administration was willing to spend. Young's
The Sentinel - link posted Saturday - November 29, 2003 - 12:30 am Alaska: 139 cruise ships, whales to share Alaska
waters -
The National Park Service
has decided to maintain the status quo on how many cruise ships
will be allowed to enter the whale-filled waters of Glacier Bay
National Park. - Read
more... Alaska: Sealift
to remove 100-year-old herd from remote island begins - After
years of unsuccessful attempts, a bargeload of wild cattle has
been rounded up and removed from Chirikof Island, a wildlife
refuge in the North Pacific. A landing craft with about 40 head
was expected to reach Kodiak late Friday night, according to
the cowboy entrepreneurs who organized the sealift. - Read
more... Alaska: Pounding
surf unearths Port Heiden graves - The Alaska Peninsula town
of Port Heiden started digging up bodies and moving them Friday
after high tides and strong winds swept at least three coffins
from a bluff over the past five days and threatened another cemetery,
according to villagers. - Read
more... Alaska: Rape
records broken down - The typical victim of a sexual assault
in Anchorage is a young white or Native female who has been drinking,
according to a report released this week by researchers at the
University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center. - Read
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Alaska: 30th ALET Graduation Ceremonies - Graduation ceremonies for the 30th ALET (Alaska Law Enforcement Training) class of the Department of Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka were held November 21st in Sitka's Centenial Hall. Thirty-three trainees representing 12 different agencies took the oath to become state certified law enforcement officers. Graduates heard comments from Commissioner William Tandeske, Department of Public Safety; Colonel Julia Grimes, Director of the Alaska State Troopers; and from Lt. Governor Loren Leman who made an unscheduled appearance. Recruits completed 14 weeks
of rigorous physical training and challenging academics to graduate.
Recruits with the Alaska State Troopers will continue their training
for an additional three weeks; covering information which is
specific to the Troopers. They will then be assigned to field
training in Fairbanks, Soldotna or Palmer (see list below). In
addition to training recruits for the Department of Public Safety
the academy also trains municipal police officers from around
the state, Village Public Safety Officers, students from the
University of Alaska law enforcement program, Civil Air Patrol
cadets, State Fire Marshals, Military Security, Airport Police,
and others. - More...
Ketchikan: Reminder
- USDA Approved Cash Benefits for Alaska's Pacific Salmon Fishers;
Applications Being Accepted in Ketchikan For TAA Program, Deadline
is Jan. 20, 2004 - Applications for this program are currently
being accepted by the Alaska Farm Service Agency in the Ketchikan
Hub office located in the Job Service Center at 2030 Sea Level
Drive, Suite 220, Ketchikan, Alaska. - More
details... |
Science: What makes volcanoes explode? It's the bubbles - Two University of California, Berkeley, geophysicists have proposed an explanation for the unpredictable nature of volcanic eruptions, why volcanoes sometimes ooze lava, but at other times explode in showers of ash and pumice. "One of the central problems
of volcanoes is: Why do they erupt and why do they alternate
between relatively benign effusive eruptions and destructive
explosive eruptions?" said Michael Manga, UC Berkeley associate
professor of earth and planetary science. "This hypothesis
helps us understand why it happens and how it happens."
- Read
more...
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