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Ketchikan: New meaning for 'retirement home' - If
you're looking for a good location to invest in, the top 10 markets
for second homes, according to EscapeHomes, are Burnside, Ky.,
Caribou, Maine, Ely, Minn., Island Park, Idaho, Ketchikan,
AK., Lake Martin, Ala., St. George, Utah., Sisters, Ore.,
Waterville Valley, N.H. and White Mountain, Ariz. - Click here to read more...
Dick Morris: BUSH CAN LOSE - As George Santayana put it
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat
it." He might have included an injunction to remember the
past accurately. - Click here to read more...
Alaska: Governor Signs Permit Streamlining, "C"
Plan Bill - Governor Frank Murkowski on Tuesday
signed Senate Bill 74, extending the renewal period for oil discharge
prevention and contingency plans. -
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Alaska: Coast Guard Stresses Boating Safety To Recreational
Boaters - With spring-like weather upon us, the
Coast Guard is stressing safety, and reminding boaters to ensure
their vessels are equipped with the proper, federally required
safety equipment. - Click here to read more... Alaska: SENATOR MURKOWSKI OUTLINES VISION FOR ALASKA
- U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski unveiled her vision on Friday for
Alaska outlining her legislative goals for the 108th Congress.
Murkowski, in her first address to a joint session of the Alaska
Legislature April 25th, said she will be working to help Alaska
build a robust economy so the state can afford to provide quality
education and health care to state residents. - Click here to read more...
Ketchikan & Statewide:
Senator Murkowski addresses former colleagues
- Murkowski also told legislators she thinks the Transportation
Security Administration has turned into "government gone
amok" in small Alaska airports, and the situation needs
to be fixed. ..... The TSA expects to have 100 workers in Ketchikan,
which would make it practically the largest employer in the city
of 13,000. Many are from out of state and will have to be put
up at local hotels at government expense, she said. - Click here to read the story.... Alaska: Deputy Commissioner of Office of Children's Services
Appointed - Governor Frank Murkowski announced Thursday the
appointment of Marcia Kennai (kun-EYE) as Deputy Commissioner
of Health & Social Services. Ms. Kennai will head the new
Office of Children's Services announced last month as part of
a major reorganization of the Dept. of Health & Social Services.-
Click here to read more... Dick Morris: RUSSIA'S PLACE AT THE TABLE - Moscow,
April 18... A week in the Russian capital meeting with the staff
of former President Boris Yeltsin and the Russian experts on
America makes clear how far President Vladimir Putin has strayed
from Moscow's real interests in his misguided policy on Iraq.
- Click here to read more...
Mike Reagan: Oil For Corruption -
If anybody wondered
why the sainted United Nations, France, Russia and Syria joined
forces in trying to block the U.S. from ousting the brutal Saddam
Hussein regime in Iraq the answer is now becoming clear; they
feared exposure of the corruption into which they had dragged
the now-infamous Oil for Food program. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Three Apply For Alaska Education Commissioner
Job - Three educators have applied for the position
of Commissioner of Education & Early Development, Acting
Education & Early Development Commissioner Karen J. Rehfeld
announced Wednesday. The deadline for submitting applications
was April 18. - Click here to read more...
POW: Prince of Wales Memorial Day Marathon Weekend
Fine Art Show and Music Fest, May 23-25, 2003 - In
conjunction with the Fourth Prince of Wales International Marathon,
artists and musicians will gather, along with the marathon athletes,
to celebrate Memorial Day. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Bill Cracks Down on Medicaid Theft and Abuse
- Senate Bill 41 passed out of the Senate Tuesday, and
it puts those in the health care industry on notice. The Department
of Health and Social Services will be joining hands with the
Department of Law to crack down and prosecute those who abuse
the Medicaid system in Alaska. - Click here to read more...
Alaska: NOAA Fisheries Authorizes Alaska Subsistence
Halibut Fishing - Excluded are Ketchikan, Juneau, Valdez &
Anchorage/Kenai non-rural area --
The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) announced on Monday that rules
that recognize customary and traditional uses of halibut by members
of Alaska Native tribes and rural residents of coastal communities
have been published. The rules provide formal regulatory authority
for subsistence halibut fishing and set out a management plan.
- Click here to read more... Alaska: State Files Suit To Recover Funds Lost In WorldCom
Bond Collapse - Attorney General Gregg Renkes announced
today that the state has filed suit against several major financial
institutions that the state claims violated federal law by participating
in the issuance of false or misleading documents related to the
sale of WorldCom bonds. - Click here to read more... Dick Morris: DON'T HONOR SADDAM'S OIL BRIBES - Why do
you think France, Russia and China sided with Saddam Hussein
in the United Nations Security Council against the invasion of
Iraq? It was because their support was bought and paid for by
the Iraqi dictator. Now, in the ruins of his empire, the question
is whether the world will honor his bribes. - Click here to read more...
Juneau: Defense's "other suspect" testifies
in Mateu trial - The man the defense claims could
have killed Jose R. Mateu took the stand Friday in the third
murder trial of Mateu's son. .... Jose M. "Che" Mateu,
20, is charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence
in the January 2000 shooting of his father in Ketchikan. He is
being tried in Juneau Superior Court. Two trials in Ketchikan
ended in hung juries. - Click here to read more... Juneau: Renowned pathologists testifies, comments in
Alaska - Perched on the side of a bed in a downtown
hotel room, forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden is breathlessly
attempting to juggle two telephones. .... Baden, the chief forensic
pathologist for the New York State Police, has just finished
testifying in the third murder trial of 20-year-old Jose "Che"
Mateu of Ketchikan. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan & Statewide:
State Reports March Unemployment Begins Seasonal
Decline -- Ketchikan's Unemployment Rate For March 9.5%, Down
From Feb.'s 11.0% - Alaska's unemployment rate fell nine-tenths
of a percentage point in March to 7.8 percent, according to Dan
Robinson, a labor economist with the Alaska Department of Labor
and Workforce Development. - Click here to read more...
Alaska: $50 Million Salmon Industry Revitalization Plan
Announced - Under a plan announced today by Governor
Frank Murkowski, Alaska's troubled salmon industry will receive
a $50 million shot in the arm. Funding will cover a full range
of aid to the industry, including help for individual fishermen
and fishing families, aid to municipalities that have seen a
drop in raw fish taxes, economic development projects, and a
multi-year, intensive marketing program, among other efforts.
- Click here to read more... Alaska: President Bush Signs Amendment Requiring Organic
Fish Labeling Change For Alaska Salmon - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski
expressed pleasure yesterday that President George W. Bush signed
on Wednesday legislation that will allow Alaska salmon and other
wild-caught marine fish products to be labeled as "organic"
foods for marketing purposes. The President approved the organic
labeling amendment when he signed into law the $78.5 billion
emergency war supplemental appropriations bill. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan: PeaceHealth KGH Works To Protect Patient Privacy
- PeaceHealth Ketchikan General Hospital (KGH) was prepared
for April 14 2003, the deadline for when all of America's hospitals,
and most health care providers, plans and pharmacies were required
to comply with new federal regulations known as HIPAA; the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA is commonly
referred to as the "privacy law" and very specific
rules provide hospitals and patients with additional measures
to help guarantee patient privacy. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Appoints Marine Transportation Advisory
Board - Governor Frank Murkowski today appointed eleven
members to the newly formed Marine Transportation Advisory Board
to the Department of Transportation. Appointed by Murkowski were
Chair David Kensinger of Petersburg, Philip Taylor of Ketchikan,
Robert Venables of Haines, John "J.C." Conley of
Ketchikan, Dennis Gray of Hoonah, Kenneth Gates of Cordova,
Dick Jacobsen of Sand Point, Len Laurence of Ketchikan,
Meilani Schijvens of Juneau, Bob Prunella of Wrangell and Susan
Bell of Juneau. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Appoints Aviation Advisory Board
- Governor Frank Murkowski today appointed nine members to
the newly formed Aviation Advisory Board to the Department of
Transportation. Murkowski also named Richard Wien as Chair of
the Aviation Board. The other members of the Board are Kenneth
Lythgoe, James Dodson, Bob Jacobsen, Daniel Klaes, Paul Landis,
Felix Maguire, Wilbur O'Brien and Michael Salazar of Ketchikan.
- Click here to read more...
Alaska: Governor Turns Down Russian Processors
- Governor Frank Murkowski today turned down the applications
of four foreign processors who asked to be allowed to process
pink salmon inside Alaska's waters during the upcoming salmon
harvest season, saying it would not be in the best interest of
the state to allow the floating foreign processors in. - Click here to read more...
Ketchikan: "Sail Around Revilla" Special
- The M/V Kennicott will take a special "Sail
Around Revilla" cruise on Sunday, April 27 from 8:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m. According to a news release from the Alaska Marine
Highway System (AMHS), all reservations must be made through
the Ketchikan terminal and paid for at the time of booking. All
tickets will be issued at the Ketchikan terminal. Online reservations
cannot be made. Opening date for reservations is Monday, April
14, and tickets will be sold up to the time of sailing. - Click here to read more...
Mike Reagan: CNN: The Mother of All Cover-ups - One
of Rush Limbaugh's listeners wondered how many lives might have
been saved if the press had told the truth about the torture
in Iraq. I wonder too, especially after CNN boss Eason Jordon
confessed that for some 12 years he covered up the fact that
Saddam Hussein was a murderous "maniac" whose goons
regularly tortured not only Iraqi citizens but even his own Baghdad
bureau CNN employees. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Southeast Caucus
Supports Intertie Project - Unanimous Support for Electric
Transmission Grid
-- Members of the Southeast Alaska Legislative Caucus
proclaimed their strong support for the Southeast Alaska Intertie
Project on Friday. The project will eventually connect all the
communities of Southeast Alaska with an electric transmission
grid. - Click here to read more... Alaska: Secretary of Interior
Returns Land Decisions to Alaska -- Secretary Norton
Leaves Wilderness Study to Alaskan Support - U.S.
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton placed the future of Alaska
public lands back in the hands of the state on Friday. Norton
said that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will no longer
perform wilderness reviews of public lands in Alaska without
the broad support of the state. - Click here to read more... Alaska: House betting Senate will warm to Arctic drilling
in energy bill - Advocates of drilling in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge said the broad energy measure approved
by the House yesterday would open the way to negotiations with
a reluctant Senate over allowing new energy exploration in Alaska.
- Click here to read more... Alaska: Governor Leaves Hospital Friday Morning &
Feeling Fine - Governor Frank H. Murkowski was checked
out of Providence Medical Center in Anchorage today at about
11:30 a.m, and went back home to Juneau. Murkowski was in Anchorage
for a procedure to clear a blocked artery on Wednesday. The governor
released the following statement after being released. - Click here to read more... Alaska: House Votes For Drilling In Alaska - The
House on Thursday night endorsed oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife
refuge, setting up a likely confrontation with the Senate as
Congress struggles to produce a comprehensive energy policy.
- Click here to read more .... Alaska: Governor Undergoes Angioplasty for Blocked Artery
- Following a battery of tests which confirmed that he
had a blocked artery, Governor Frank H. Murkowski Wednesday evening
was given an angioplasty, a medical procedure to open the flow
of blood through the artery. A stent was then inserted to keep
the walls of the blood vessel open. The procedure lasted about
20 minutes. He was alert after the procedure and visited with
family. Murkowski rested comfortably at Providence Alaska Medical
Center throughout the night. He is expected to be discharged
in the very near future. - Click on this link to read more... Dick Morris - Giving Government a Good Name - The alienation
between the government of the United States and its people has
narrowed sharply in the past two weeks, as the story of the war
in Iraq has unfolded on our TV screens. The conviction that the
government will not tell the truth, which lay at the root of
that distrust, has been laid to waste by the forthrightness and
openness of the war coverage by the Bush administration. - Click
here to read more... Ketchikan: Historic bar in Ketchikan closing - It will
be the last last call at the Fo'c's'le Bar Saturday night. Owner
Jamie Elkins, the third generation of his family to run the business,
says Ketchikan's oldest bar is closing. - Click here to read more... Mike Reagan: A Statue Came Down, and Liberal Lies Along With
It - Like millions of my fellow Americans, I rejoiced as
I watched United States Marines come to the aid of Iraqis trying
to pull down a huge statue of Saddam Hussein.- Click here to read more...
Ketchikan: Jury acquits teen in baby's death - A Ketchikan
teen was acquitted Tuesday of charges that he killed his girlfriend's
baby. Click on this link to read more...
Alaska: DEC Seeks Input on Food Safety through Online
Survey - The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation,
Food Safety & Sanitation Program is seeking input to help
it redesign its food safety program through an online survey.
- Click here to read more...
Alaska: Murkowski Signs Stranded Gas Legislation
- Governor Frank H. Murkowski on Monday signed into law a renewal
of Alaska's Stranded Gas Act, HB 16, which authorizes the state
to enter into negotiations with industry for fiscal terms related
to the cost of a natural gas pipeline project to move North Slope
gas to market. - Click here to read more...
Dick Morris: Never Mind The Media - Don't get too worried
by the absurd media gloom about the war: The American people
aren't listening, and neither should President Bush. - Click here to read more... Ketchikan: UAS Ketchikan Offers Series To Learn About Ketchikan
- The University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan in conjunction
with the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center will offer five short
workshops April 22-24, 2003 designed to educate participants
about Ketchikan and the surrounding area. - Click here to read more...
Michael Reagan: It's Time to Say We're Sorry - Thanks to
the minute-by-minute TV coverage of the Iraq War the American
people are being shown what fine men and women we have in our
armed forces and how wrong so many Americans were about our Vietnam
vets. - Click here to read more....
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