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December 02, 2003
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Alaska: Governor Says Protect Fishing Families in BB Settlement - Governor Frank Murkowski on Monday said he is pleased that the Attorney General's office has filed to intervene as the court deliberates on how to divide $40 million in settlement money in the Bristol Bay price fixing lawsuit. "It is clear that the
plaintiffs' attorneys no longer have any interest in protecting
the fishermen, as they go in to carve up the $40 million,"
Murkowski said. "They want to take home $12 million, plus
costs. It is up to the state to protect the interests of the
plaintiffs, and I am pleased that the Attorney General has asked
the court to allow him to do that." - Read
more... Alaska: Millions
hang in the balance; Funding for Alaska projects hinges on passage
of giant bill - Normally, Sen. Ted Stevens tucks dozens of
Alaska projects totaling tens of millions of dollars into each
of the annual national appropriations bills.... The bill also
includes $1 million for the Tongass Coast Aquarium in Ketchikan...
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Alaska Science: Southeast Continues to Bounce Back by Ned Rozell - After crunching the numbers from a summer of fieldwork, scientists have found that two areas in southeast Alaska are rising an inch every year. If that doesn't sound like
much, picture this: the ground at those two places will rise
about one foot every 12 years. One hundred twenty years from
now, those hills and shorelines will be 100 feet higher than
they are today. Bays will become beaches. Beaches will become
forests. Should climate warming continue, oceanfront property
there has the security of rising more than 10 times faster than
global sea level. - Read
more... Alaska: Murkowski
wants a natural gas pipeline built along the Alaska Highway
- Alaska's governor said unequivocally Monday there will be a
natural gas pipeline to the continental United States, and he
wants it heading down the Alaska Highway through the Yukon. -
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this story... Alaska: DNR
raids Fish and Game turf - Since statehood, the Department
of Fish and Game has been the lead agency entrusted with managing
the vast array of wild creatures that roam Alaska's lakes, rivers,
tundra and mountains, not to mention its urban streams and city
parks. - Read
this story... Alaska: Alaska-Yukon
Accord Signed in Whitehorse - Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski
and Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie have signed an accord they expect
will result in further economic benefits for citizens on both
sides of the border. - Read
more... Alaska: Vocational
training center reaccredited, achieves 90 percent goal for Alaska
hire - A model state vocational technical school has received
a full six-year reaccreditation to train Alaskans for professional
careers. - Read
more... Alaska: Governor
Appoints Two to Real Estate Commission, Four to Commission on
Aging - Governor Frank Murkowski has appointed real estate
brokers Larry Bauer of Juneau and Rita Stuckart of Anchorage
to the Alaska Real Estate Commission. He also appointed three
new members to the Commission on Aging, and reappointed a fourth
member. - Read
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