Alaska: Knowles Calls To Maintain Ban On New BC Fish Farms - Seeks Canadian Action to Protect Pacific Wild Salmon... Tuesday - April 30, 2002 - 2:15 pm Digital photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor

Ketchikan: Bridge Initiative Petition Application Approved...
Tuesday - April 30, 2002 - 1:10 pm

Private Prison: House Authorizes Private Prison in Whittier - HB 498 Brings Savings to State; Returns Alaska Prisoners Home...
Monday - April 29, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Man Saves Three People Ketchikan: Man On Bullfrog Saves Three People After Skiff Sinks... Monday - April 29, 2002 - 5:30 pm (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Ketchikan)

Ketchikan: Court Ruling Allows Intertie and Five Timber Sales to Proceed...
Monday - April 29, 2002 - 5:30 pm

Ketchikan: "Notable Folks: A History of Ketchikan" Opens at Tongass Historical Museum...
Monday - April 29, 2002 - 12:05 pm

Metlakatla: "Frank R. Hayward Sr. Elders & Youth Conference" Announced...
Monday - April 29, 2002 - 11:18 am

Take Me Out To The Ball Game Digital Photo by Gigi Pilcher Ketchikan: Little Leagues Hold Opening Ceremony Saturday - More Photos... Monday - April 29, 2002 - 12:15 am

Alaska: Knowles Musters Veterans' Support For Vets Bills - Announces Drew Dix as Homeland Security Director; Meets with VA Secretary...
Saturday - April 27, 2002 - 12:05 am

Alaska: Murkowski Says Energy Bill Brightens Alaska's Future...
Saturday - April 27, 2002 - 12:05 am

Alaska: Amendments To Energy Bill Would Reduce Air Taxes...
Saturday - April 27, 2002 - 12:05 am

Ketchikan: Women & Dogs Rescued... Friday - April 26, 2002 - 12:50 pm Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Shawn Crabtree, Station Ketchikan

Nora DeWitt, Harriett Edwards, Susan Bethel, Katy Suiter and Dorene Smith...

Municipal Clerks Honored Ketchikan - Saxman: April 28 - May 4, 2002 Proclaimed Municipal Clerks Week ...read this story... Friday - April 26, 2002 - 12:30 am Digital photo - by Dick Kauffman

Ketchikan: University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Students To Graduate...
Friday - April 26, 2002 - 12:30 am

Ketchikan: Tongass National Forest Works to Assure Fish Passage...
Friday - April 26, 2002 - 12:30 am

Alaska: Knowles, Ulmer Hail Gasline Provisions In Energy Bill - Senate Provisions for Gasline Development Good for Alaska, Nation...
Friday - April 26, 2002 - 12:30 am

Saxman - Alaska: Land Exchange Bill Puts Public Lands Into Private Hands...
Friday - April 26, 2002 - 12:30 am

Alaska: Feds Return Tax Dollars To Stimulate Worker Programs - Surplus Federal Unemployment Tax Act Funds will Lower Employer Taxes...
Friday - April 26, 2002 - 12:30 am

Ketchikan: State Steps In To Help Laid-Off Gateway Employees - Labor Dept.'s Rapid Response Team to Assist Affected Ketchikan Workers...
Thursday - April 25, 2002 - 10:20 am

Ketchikan- Statewide: Alaska's March Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly  - Ketchikan's Unemployment 11.1%, Down From February's Reported 11.4%...
Thursday - April 25, 2002 - 12:15 am

Scenic Ketchikan: Deer Mountain Front Photo Thursday - April 25, 2002 Digital photo - 04/22/02 by Dick Kauffman

Saxman: Murkowski Introduces Cape Fox Corporation Land Exchange...
Wednesday - April 24, 2002 - 10:30 am

Gasline: U.S. Senate Approves Gas Pipeline Tax Incentive...
Wednesday - April 24, 2002 - 10:30 am

Alaska: Children's Advocates Urge Continued Investment In Children's Health & Safety - Children's Cabinet, Troopers, Social Workers, and Foster Parents Outline Progress Made and Work Needed to Protect and Provide for Alaska's Kids...
Wednesday - April 24, 2002 - 12:45 am

Alaska: Southeast Native Foster Children Receive More Support - Innovative Partnership Links Public, Private, Native Non-profit Agencies...
Wednesday - April 24, 2002 - 12:45 am

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Scenic Ketchikan: Front Photo Wednesday - April 24, 2002 Digital photo - 04/22/02 by Dick Kauffman

Alaska: Survey Launched To Assess Attitude of Alaskans Toward FAS...
Tuesday - April 23, 2002 - 10:30 am

Alaska: Knowles Urges Legislature to Act Immediately On Critical Homeland Security Budget to Better Protect Alaskans...
Tuesday - April 23, 2002 - 10:00 am

Scenic Ketchikan: Front Photo Tuesday - April 22, 2002 Tip of Pennock Island (front left), Tip of Gravina Island (front right)... Digital photo - 04/22/02 by Dick Kauffman

ANWR: AIPAC Endorsement Of Comprehensive National Energy Policy Including Exploration In ANWR Hailed by Murkowski...
Tuesday - April 23, 2002 - 12:05 am

Gasline: Murkowski Introduces Tax 'Safety Net' For Alaska Natural Gasline...
Tuesday - April 23, 2002 - 12:05 am

Alaska: House OKs Study of State Gasline Ownership; Car Dealer, Buyer Protection Bill Passed by House; Consumer Protection Bill Passed by House; and more...
Tuesday - April 23, 2002 - 12:05 am

Alaska: Governor Urges Groups To Adopt Tolerance Resolution...
Sitnews - Monday - April 22, 2002 - 9:00 pm

Alaska: Knowles Marks Earth Day With Focus On Marine Habitat - Calls for Increased Marine Research, Ratification of Pollutants Treaty...
Sitnews - Monday - April 22, 2002 - 9:00 pm

Alaska: To Celebrate Earth Day, DEC Announces Student/Teacher Contest - Winners Will Attend Youth Watershed Summit in Maryland...
Sitnews - Monday - April 22, 2002 - 9:00 pm

Earth Day Message Separate images of the Earth and Moon were combined to generate this view. Public Domain photo provided by NASA..

Ketchikan: Hummingbird Festival Hummingbird Movie Ketchikan, AK - 04/20/02 Digital photo & movie by Mary Kauffman

OPED: Parental Involvement Improves Education...
Sitnews - Saturday - April 20, 2002 - 11:40 am

Ketchikan: Raptors & Hummingbirds... "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Hummingbirds (But Didn't Know Who To Ask)" was the Insight program Friday evening at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center. Professional hummingbird devotee Sheri Williamson (right) of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory was the entertaining and informative speaker. A hummingbird bander

Tom Wood & Sheri Williamson

since 1990, Williamson has banded more species of hummingbirds than any other bander in North America. She is also the author of several magazine articles and two books: A Guide to Attracting and Feeding Hummingbirds; and A Field Guide To Hummingbirds in the Peterson series. Immediately following the presentation, Williamson was available for a book signing event. Over 80 people attended Friday's presentation. Saturday, April 20th, from 9:00 am - 11:00 am, there will be a bird walk with Wood and Williamson at Ward Lake. Also on Saturday from 1:00 - 2:00 pm, the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center will host a special program - "The Vera Cruz River of Raptors." Naturalist and raptor enthusiast Tom Wood (left) of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory will be the guest speaker. Sitnews - Saturday - April 20, 2002 - 12:45 am Digital photo by Dick Kauffman

Metlakatla & Statewide: Alaska Student Poster Contest Highlights Positive Alternatives To Drinking Alcohol - Metlakatla Student A Winner: Best Overall Poster 5th-grade Category... Sitnews - Friday - April 19, 2002 - 12:20 pm First Lady Susan Knowles... Digital photo provided by the Office of the Governor

Ketchikan: 7th Annual Alaska Hummingbird Festival... April 19-21, 2002 Digital photo by Mary Kauffman

ANWR: Knowles Statement on ANWR Vote...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 11:40 pm

ANWR: World Wildlife Fund Congratulates Senate on ANWR Vote...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 11:40 pm

ANWR: Stevens Votes to Open ANWR, Rescue Steel Industry - Stevens to Introduce Amendment to Allow Inupiaq Eskimos in Kaktovik to Drill on Their Land...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 12:55 pm

Alaska: Cancer Victims Demand Extension Of Treatment Coverage - "Continued Coverage is Both Essential and Humane," says First Lady... Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 12:10 am Digital photo provided by Office of Gov.

Alaska: House Lauds Alaska's Educational Innovators --Standards-Based Schooling Brings Success to Chugach District
Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 12:10 am

Alaska: Murkowski Wants Alaskans to Work Together To Fashion Subsistence Solution...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 12:10 am

Alaska: Knowles Signs Best Available Technology Requirement - Formalizes Approach to Maintain Alaska Leadership in Safe Transportation of Oil...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 12:10 am

Alaska: Shellfish Farming Measure Passes House; Encourages Oyster and Clam Farms on Alaska Coast -- House Eases Burden for Marijuana Evidence & more...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 18, 2002 - 12:10 am

OPED: Ruling Turns Constitutional System Upside Down...
Sitnews - Wednesday - April 17, 2002 - 11:45 pm

ANWR: American Homeland Energy Security Act Introduced; Amendment Gives President Power Over ANWR...
Sitnews - Wednesday - April 17, 2002 - 12:45 am

ANWR: Former CIA Director Says Arctic Drilling Would Not Strengthen National Security - James Woolsey Calls Arctic "A Drop in the Bucket;" Calls For Emphasis On Renewables, Other Sources...
Sitnews - Wednesday - April 17, 2002 - 12:45 am

Alaska: Concealed Carry Legislation Heads to Governor...
Sitnews - Wednesday - April 17, 2002 - 12:45 am

OPED: Is Anchorage Missing Historic Opportunity?...
Sitnews - Wednesday - April 17, 2002 - 12:45 am

Spring Scene Eggs by Bobbie Jo Kaku, a Ketchikan Peahen... Note: One peahen egg is equal to two chicken eggs. Digital photo by Mary Kauffman

Alaska: Higher Oil Prices Help, But Gap Still Close To $1 Billion - Department of Revenue forecasts Budget Reserve to run out October 2004...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 16, 2002 - 12:05 am

Ketchikan: Application For Initiative Petition Denied - Sponsors Sought Resolution Regarding Bridge Construction...
Sitnews - Monday - April 15, 2002 - 5:15 pm

Ketchikan: Old Times Revisited - Passport In Time - Native Elders and Cultural Teachers Honored For Contributions... Monday - April 15, 2002 - 2:55 pm Digital Photo by Dick Kauffman

Alaska: Alaska-Russia Air Service To Expand - Moscow Talks Strengthen Links between Alaska, Russian Far East...
Sitnews - Monday - April 15, 2002 - 12:55 pm

National Children's Memorial Flag Day April 26th - Calls Attention To Child Deaths In U.S.... Sunday - April 14, 2002 - 2:40 pm

Ketchikan: Ketchikan Youth Court Holds Spring 2002 Graduation - New KYC members sworn in... Sitnews - Saturday - April 13, 2002 - 1:00 am Digital photo by Gigi Pilcher

Alaska: Murkowski: ANWR Debate Next Week...
Sitnews - Friday - April 12, 2002 - 3:30 pm

Alaska: Stevens Cites Inconsistencies
In National Newspapers' Editorial Position on ANWR - Says Washington Post and New York Times were previously in favor of drilling...
Sitnews - Friday - April 12, 2002 - 3:30 pm

Alaska: Knowles Urges Legislature To Address Critical Homeland Security Budget - Submits Alaska Bioterrorism Prep and Response Plan for Federal Funding...
Sitnews - Friday - April 12, 2002 - 3:30 pm

Alaska: $31 Million In Grant Funding Released To Enhance Alaska Transportation - Coffman Cove & Metlakatla Projects On List...
Sitnews - Friday - April 12, 2002 - 6:40 am

Ketchikan: Old Times Revisited - Native Elders & Cultural Teachers To Be Honored... Sitnews - Thursday - April 11, 2002 - 8:40 pm Digital photo courtesy of the SE AK Discovery Center

Ketchikan: 2000-2001 Alaska's Public School Districts' Report Cards to the Public Released...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 11, 2002 - 12:40 pm

Ketchikan: More Expo 2002 Scenes.... Elegant Cakes & More, locally owned by Rebecca Vlaum, was one of the businesses participating in the First City Expo 2002 held on April 6th & 7th. Vlaum specializes in wedding, anniversary and shower cakes... Sitnews - Thursday - April 11, 2002 Digital photo by Gigi Pilcher

Alaska: House Finance Passes Fast-Track Supplemental Bill Which Provides for Health Care, Rural Energy, Security, Tourism; House Seeks End to Federal Land Withdrawal; Senate Says Criminals' PFDs Should Go to Victims; & more...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 11, 2002 - 12:30 am

Ketchikan: Spring Days... Danita Scott and Agro enjoy a sunny spring day Sunday at Ward Lake... Sitnews - Wednesday - April 10, 2002 Digital photo by Gigi Pilcher

Ketchikan: Tongass National Forest Participates in Award Winning Project...
Sitnews - Wednesday - April 10, 2002 - 1:25 pm

Ketchikan: China Geese Nessie Rita Manet... Sitnews - Tuesday - April 09, 2002 Digital photo by Mary Kauffman

Henry Matisse... Sitnews - Tuesday - April 09, 2002 Digital photo by Mary Kauffman

Nationwide: Murkowski Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators & Major Jewish Organizations In Call For U.S. Energy Security...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 9, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Ketchikan: Young Hopes To Boost Alaskan Tourism With American Travel Promotion Act - After passage of bill, expects to see tourism numbers up in Ketchikan & other popular destinations...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 9, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Alaska: Murkowski Says Updated USGS Review of ANWR Reflects Realistic Options For Exploration...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 9, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Alaska - Nationwide: April 9th Former POWS Official Recognition Day-- Governor Orders POW/MIA Flag Flown...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 9, 2002 - 12:30 am

Ketchikan: A Trumpeter Swan swims elegantly on Ward Lake Sunday... Sitnews - Monday - April 08, 2002 Digital photo by Gigi Pilcher

Ketchikan: Canadian Geese Sunday at Ward Lake... Sitnews - Monday - April 08, 2002 Digital photo by Gigi Pilcher

Alaska: U.S. State Department Agrees To Murkowski's Request To Pursue Canadian Fish Farming Issues...
Sitnews - Monday - April 8, 2002 - 1:30 pm

Alaska: Stevens and Murkowski Persuade Agency To Pay for New Fishing Equipment...
Sitnews - Monday - April 8, 2002 - 1:30 pm

OpEd: Senate Contemplates Constitutional Switcheroo...
Sitnews - Monday - April 8, 2002 - 12:58 pm

Ketchikan: "Play it Safe! The Game of Life" - Alaskans For Drug Free Youth (ADFY) Conference Announced - "Vision Warrior" Scot Anthony Robinson Keynote Speaker... Sitnews - Monday - April 8, 2002 - 12:10 am Digital photo provided by ADFY

Ketchikan: First City Expo 2002 - Jackie O'Sullivan, one of many enjoying the First City Expo on Saturday... Sitnews - Sunday - April 7, 2002 Digital photo by Gigi Pilcher...

Ketchikan: FAA Says Federal Officers Not To Replace Local Airport's Law Enforcement Personnel (LEP)...
Sitnews - Friday - April 5, 2002 - 8:10 pm

Ketchikan: Acushnet Returns From Successful West Coast Patrol... Sitnews - Friday - April 5, 2002 - 1:30 pm Digital photo provided by U.S.C.G.

Alaska: Governor Announces Subsistence Special Session - Knowles Will Direct Legislature to Address Subsistence Following Regular Session... Sitnews - Friday - April 5, 2002 - 12:10 pm Digital photo provided by the Office of the Governor

Digital photo courtesy of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Ketchikan: Changes To Ferry, Terminal and Airport Operations Announced - Job Cuts Among Changes Announced By Director of KGB-DOT... Sitnews - Thursday - April 4, 2002 - 3:00 pm Related Story: Ketchikan: FAA Says Federal Officers Not To Replace Local Airport's Law Enforcement Personnel (LEP)... Sitnews - Friday - April 5, 2002 - 8:10 pm

Alaska: Fish Labeling is Now Law; Alaska Alcohol Tax Burden Nation's Lowest; ASMI Salmon Marketing Bill Passes House and more...
Sitnews - Thursday - April 4, 2002 - 12:05 pm

Alaska: DOL Says State Maintains Healthy Growth Rate - April's Alaska Economic Trends Reviews Year 2001...
Sitnews - Wednesday - April 3, 2002 - 11:40 am

Alaska & Nationwide: Kids Across America "Kick Butts" on April 3 - Kids Call for Action as States Make Critical Decisions on Tobacco Prevention...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 2, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Alaska & Nationwide: Nearly Half the Nation -- Including Alaska -- Reports an Increased Demand for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Six Months After September 11...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 2, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Ketchikan - TALK 2: Teens & Adults Linking In Ketchikan - April 8, 2002...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 2, 2002 - 7:00 pm

Alaska: Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries Released...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 2, 2002 - 2:00 pm

Alaska: Vessel Monitoring System Workshops Scheduled...
Sitnews - Tuesday - April 2, 2002 - 2:00 pm

Alaska: Knowles Names Three To State Board of Fisheries - Brett Huber, Gerry Merrigan, Art Nelson Chosen for Three-year Terms...
Sitnews - Monday - April 1, 2002 - 7:00 pm

Alaska: AK Community Forest Council Seeks New Members...
Sitnews - Monday - April 1, 2002 - 7:00 pm

Alaska: Fish Farming: Lt. Governor Interviewed... How the impending expansion of British Columbia Atlantic Salmon fish farms will affect Alaska's wild salmon commercial fishing industry...
Sitnews - Monday - April 1, 2002 - 7:00 pm

Ketchikan - Thorne Bay - Petersburg: Southern Southeast Phenomenal Women Honored... Sitnews - Sunday - March 31, 2002 - 11:40 pm Digital photo by Dick Kauffman

Ketchikan: In your Easter Bonnet with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady... Sharon Monrean is the grandest lady... Sitnews - Sunday - March 31, 2002 Digital photo by Gigi Pilcher

Alaska: Governor Denies Use Of Foreign Salmon Processors - Global Seafoods Proposal Not Sanctioned under Magnuson-Stevens Act...
Sitnews - Friday - March 29, 2002 - 7:45 pm

Alaska: Alaska Delegation To Meet With Kamchatka Reps - APIA Delegation hopes to establish closer links with Russian Aleut Community...
Sitnews - Friday - March 29, 2002 - 7:45 pm

Ketchikan: Iddings - Pilcher Engagement Announced... Sitnews - Friday - March 29, 2002 - 2:00 pm Photo provided by Pilcher & Iddings. Digital prepared by Sitnews

Alaska: Senate Takes Lead in Fixing Coastal Zone Permitting Process; Board of Fish to Hold Public Hearing - Testimony Will be Heard on King Limit...
Sitnews - Friday - March 29, 2002 - 2:00 pm

Alaska: Second Annual Report On Environmental Commitments In Charter of Development for the Alaskan North Slope Released Today...
Sitnews - Friday - March 29, 2002 - 2:00 pm

Alaska: Resolution to Label Salmon Passes House; Bill to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence Passes House; Bill Protecting Victims of Sexual Assault Passes House...
Sitnews - Thursday - March 28, 2002 - 8:30 pm

Alaska: April 1st: Alaska Redistricting Board To Meet - Live Audio Stream Available...
Sitnews - Thursday - March 28, 2002 - 8:30 pm

Petersburg: ADF&G Soliciting Bids To Charter A Vessel For Stream Survey...
Sitnews - Thursday - March 28, 2002 - 8:30 pm

Contest: Aquarius Launches Writing Contest for Trip Inside America's Inner Space Station...
Sitnews - Wednesday - March 27, 2002 - 4:30 pm


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