Alaska: TSA To Begin the Federalization Process At 16 Airports In Alaska...
Sunday - June 30, 2002 - 12:15 am

Hubbard Glacier Photo courtesy of National Park Service, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Update.... Yakutat, AK: Hubbard Glacier Approaches Closure of Russell Fiord... Saturday - June 29, 2002 - 1:00 am

--- Pet Talk Forum NEW   Elvis A Ketchikan Peacock Click on Elvis to check out the new Pet Talk Forum! June 27, 2002, digital photo by M.C. Kauffman

Alaska: Governor Signs Homeland Security & Other Bills -- Vetoes Successor Liability Bill..
Saturday - June 29, 2002 - 1:00 am

OPED: Perspective on the Governor's Special Session..
Saturday - June 29, 2002 - 1:00 am

OPED: Court's Decision On Pledge Must Not Stand...
Saturday - June 29, 2002 - 1:00 am

Special Session Adjournment Click on the photo to view the video Digital Photo provided by Office of Gov.

Alaska: Gov. Knowles and minority legislators panned the republican legislative majority's decision to adjourn the special session without holding a single hearing on funding services for veterans at Pioneers' and Veterans' Homes at a press conference on June 27 - Click here to view the video (RealMedia)- Video by the Office of the Governor... Web posted: Fri. - June 28, 2002 - 12:50 am

OPED: What Others Are Saying - Reactions to Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court Decision Regarding Vouchers...
Friday - June 28, 2002 - 12:50 am

OPED: What Others Are Saying - Reactions to Wednesday's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling Regarding the Pledge of Allegiance...
Friday - June 28, 2002 - 12:50 am

Alaska: Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA ) To Get One More Year Plus Review...
Friday - June 28, 2002 - 12:50 am

Alaska: Governor Appalled By Pledge Court Decision - Directs State Attorney General to File Amicus Brief When Case Goes to Supreme Court...
Friday - June 28, 2002 - 12:50 am

---- Chief Johnson Totem Pole digital photo by Dick Kauffman Ketchikan: Chief Johnson Totem Pole Rededicated... Thursday - June 27, 2002 - 12:45 am

Ninth Circuit Court Decision: Murkowski Calls Ninth Circuit Decision "Extremist" - Hopes For Quick Reversal By Supreme Court...
Thursday - June 27, 2002 - 12:45 am

USCG Guides Plane To Safe Landing Photo by USCG Alaska: Coast Guard Guides LAB Plane Pilot, Passengers To Safe Emergency Landing - All escape with minor injuries... Wednesday - June 26, 2002 - 1:05 pm

Education Forum Ketchikan: The LARC Experience - Explore The Possibilities -- Forum To Be Held Thursday At The Ted Ferry Civic Center.. Wednesday - June 26, 2002 - 12:15 am

Ketchikan: KGB, KPC, GFP Agreement & Resolving Ward Cove Easement Claims
On Assembly's Special Meeting Agenda...
Wednesday - June 26, 2002 - 12:15 am

Alaska: Legislative Majority Opens Soft Money Floodgates Says Governor - Party Line Override Vote Invites Beltway Mudslinging to Alaska Politics...
Wednesday - June 26, 2002 - 12:15 am

Alaska: Daschle, Murkowski Urge Senate To Help Develop Natural Gas On Heels Of New Findings...
Wednesday - June 26, 2002 - 12:15 am

"Group of Culture Camp Kids" - Photo Feature
Click on photo to view photo gallery....
A group shot of (most of) the participants in
Children's Southeast Alaska Native Culture Week.
Front row (left to right): Collin Borkowski, Anna Borkowski, Nick Bradley,
Maddy Stephens, Gabe Potts, Jacob Potts, Jodi Gatti, Pauline Morse.
Back row (left to right): Zach Nebl, Ellis Miller, Chrystina Jacobson,
Isabel Stephens, Ethan Howard, Jared Ellis, Danny St. John,
Erin Pentland, and Crystal Mann (teen helper).
Tuesday - June 25, 2002 - 1:10 pm

Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer recently hooked a big King on the Yentna River in the Mat-Su aboard guide Tyson Fick's boat.... Source of Digital Photo: Office of Lt. Gov. Web Posted: Tuesday - June 25, 2002

Ketchikan & Statewide: The Ketchikan Charter School was one of 5 Charter School Applications recently approved by the Alaska State Board of Education - The Ketchikan Charter School received a 10-year approval - Click on this link to read a Summary of Action Taken By The State Board June 12 - 14 in Fairbanks provided by DEED...
Monday - June 24, 2002 - 3:00 pm

Alaska: Alaska Man Pleads Guilty To Concealing Environmental Crime - Violation involved the removal of asbestos from the Alaska Pulp Corp. in Sitka, AK...
Monday - June 24, 2002 - 2:30 pm

Alaska: Governor Calls For Quick Action During Special Session - Calls on Legislators to Reauthorize RCA, Fund Pioneers' and Veterans' Homes...
Monday - June 24, 2002 - 2:00 pm

Scenic Southeast Craig, Alaska Click on photo to view a larger photo... Photo by Gigi Pilcher

Ketchikan - Statewide: Alaska's Unemployment Rate Declines in May - Ketchikan's Unemployment Rate 7.2%, Down From April's 9.6%...
Monday - June 24, 2002 - 12:15 am

Human Interest: Soldier To Receive Silver Star at Arlington National Cemetery...
Sunday - June 23, 2002 - 2:50 pm

Alaska: Alaska Receives $769,000 For Equipment to Respond to Terrorist Acts...
Sunday - June 23, 2002 - 1:25 pm

Downtown Craig, Alaska Click on photo to view a larger photo... Photo by Gigi Pilcher

Alaska: Governor Takes Action On Several Bills - Improves Foster Care Program; Vetoes Judicial Pay Withholding Bill...
Saturday - June 22, 2002 - 1:50 pm

Alaska: Popular Nutrition Program To Continue Without Interruption - Despite Higher Food Costs, WIC Will Keep Serving Alaska Children and Families...
Saturday - June 22, 2002 - 1:50 pm

OpEd: Malfeasance Of Office Displayed...
Saturday - June 22, 2002 - 12:40 am

Craig, Alaska Scene Click on photo to view a larger photo... Photo by Gigi Pilcher

Alaska: Knowles Names Buxton of Metlakatla & Cook of Cordova To Human Rights Commission...
Friday - June 21, 2002 - 12:30 am

Alaska: Governor Signs Twenty-One Bills Into Law...
Friday - June 21, 2002 - 12:30 am

Herring Cove Click on photo to view a larger photo... Photo by Gigi Pilcher

Alaska: Knowles Vetoes Campaign Reform Bill - Calls on Future Legislature to Enact Meaningful Regulation of "Soft" Money...
Thursday - June 20, 2002 - 12:35 am

Saxman: Murkowski Supports Cape Fox Land Exchange During Hearing...
Thursday - June 20, 2002 - 12:35 am

Southeast: Murkowski & Young Hail INS Move Aiding Southeast Tourism...
Thursday - June 20, 2002 - 12:35 am

Alaska: Advancing Glacier Coming Close to Blocking Fiord Near Yakutat, Alaska... Wednesday - June 19, 2002 - 12:05 am North America's largest calving glacier is advancing and is close to blocking the entrance to Russell Fiord near Yakutat, Alaska Digital photo provided by USGS

Hubbard Glacier

Ketchikan: Alaska To Receive $1.34 Million In Grants For Port Security - Port of Ketchikan To Receive $122,721...
Wednesday - June 19, 2002 - 12:05 am

Alaska: Ship's Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty to Oil Pollution in Alaska Waters...
Wednesday - June 19, 2002 - 12:05 am

Clover Pass - Whale Sighting Sunday, June 16th
Photo by Kari Butler

Ketchikan & Southeast: Coast Guard Terminates 14 Vessel Voyages During Weekend, Most Lack PFDs... Tuesday - June 18, 2002 - 12:25 pm Digital Photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard

Education: When It's Your Own Child: Some Surprising Views from Parents about Special Education -- The stigma is disappearing, they say in new national survey, but not the problem of getting the right services to the right kids at the right time...
Monday - June 17, 2002 - 12:55 pm

Ketchikan: Murkowski Hopes for Shipyard Solution; Says Local Control of Ketchikan Drydock Important to Southeast Economy...
Sunday - June 16, 2002 - 1:30 pm

Scenic Annette Island
Photo by Dick Kauffman

Ketchikan: The Annette Island National Weather Service reported Ketchikan's record high temperature recorded for the month of June is 96º - recorded on June 25, 1913. However, the Weather Service reported that the high of 84º recorded at the Ketchikan International Airport on Friday, June 14th, broke the June 14th daily high temperature record for Ketchikan.

Ketchikan: Approval of Agreement With KPC & GFP To Be Considered By Assembly -- Click on this link to review the proposed agreement & exhibit maps... Friday - June 14, 2002 - 1:10 pm

Ward Cove digital photo by Dick Kauffman

Ketchikan: KGB Assembly will hold a regular meeting on Monday, June 17, 2002 at 5:30 pm in the City Council Chambers - Several Public Hearings including adopting the Budget for Fiscal Year 2002/03 & more on the agenda - Updated Tuesday June 18, 2002: Meeting to be continued on Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at the Ted Ferry Civic Center, 5:00 pm - Click on this link to view the Agenda...
Friday - June 14, 2002 - 1:10 pm

Tourist Catches First King Salmon Vacationing in Ketchikan with his grand parents, Dick & Mary Kauffman, Bub Gailey on Wednesday catches his first King Salmon, weighing 17 pounds. Bub said, "Ketchikan is a great vacation spot!" Click on photo to view larger photo. Photo by Dick Kauffman

Nationwide: Report Calls For Overhaul Of State Teacher Certification...
Thursday - June 13, 2002 - 12:30 am

Ketchikan: Public Forum on Education Announced...
Thursday - June 13, 2002 - 12:30 am

Ketchikan: Totem Heritage Center Offers "Cedar Bark Gathering for Families"...
Wednesday - June 12, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Alaska: Alaska Student Loan Corporation Approves "Best In U.S." AlaskAdvantage Education Loan Package - ACPE Loan Interest to Drop Below 2 Percent...
Wednesday - June 12, 2002 - 12:25 am

Alaska: Coast Guard Reminding Alaskans To Stay Alert...
Wednesday - June 12, 2002 - 12:25 am

Ketchikan: Fisherman Goes To Jail Following Boat Fire...
Wednesday - June 12, 2002 - 12:25 am

Ketchikan, Alaska - Coast Guard Station Ketchikan rescuers and an unidentified man carry 55-year-old Anita Ducket to the Coast Guard rescue boat Friday after she suffered injuries when she fell from a ladder at her home on Pennock Island. USCG photo by PO Greg Wolfe. Click on photo for larger photo...

Ketchikan: Salmon Derby - Official Standings and Check-Ins released June 11th...Tuesday - June 11, 2002 - 11:35 am

Official Derby Ladder Standings
2002 Number Checked-In To Fish

Alaska: What's The Cost Of Living In The Last Frontier? -- June Issue Of Alaska Economic Trends Tells How to Find Out
Tuesday - June 11, 2002 - 12:20 am

Alaska: Godfrey To Retire As Public Safety Commissioner - Seeks Private Sector Challenges following 32-Year Trooper Career...
Monday - June 10, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Alaska: Ashenbrenner Named New Public Assistance Director - Jim Nordlund Steps Down After 7 Years at the Helm...
Monday - June 10, 2002 - 11:30 pm

Alaska: Murkowski Says Vets Best Served By Utilizing Pioneer Homes...
Monday - June 10, 2002 - 11:30 pm

55th Annual King Salmon Derby Comes To an End... Click on photo to view photo gallery... photo by Dick Kauffman

Jon Wing shows off his 53.1 pound King Salmon Sunday evening. Wing was not in the derby just out with friends for a day of fishing. Ketchikan - Salmon Derby: Ketchikan King Salmon Derby Ladder Week Three Unofficial Standings..... Val Strassel ranked #1 weighing in a 53.3 pound King Salmon during Derby Week One (view photo)... Web posted: Monday - June 10, 2002 - 12:30 am View More Photos of the Derby In the Photo Gallery

Ketchikan: Airport Safety Concerns Addressed... Friday - June 7, 2002 - 8:05 pm photo by Dick Kauffman

Ketchikan International Airport

Alaska: State Wins Tax Case Against Doctor - Judge Remands Case to Determine Corporate Tax Debt...
Friday - June 7, 2002 - 12:10 am

Alaska: Governor's Political Veto Disappoints Senator Kelly - Veto Means State still to Pick-Up Tab on Elective Abortions...
Friday - June 7, 2002 - 12:10 am

Alaska: Knowles Vetos Bill Restricting Poor Women's Access To Medically Necessary Abortion - Knowles' Says Action Defends Constitution, Right to Privacy... Thursday - June 6, 2002 - 12:05 am

Alaska: Governor Touts ALCAN Gasline At Dawson Meeting - Federal Gas Tax Credit Good for Consumers; Similar to Canadian Assistance...
Thursday - June 6, 2002 - 12:05 am

Education: Are We There Yet? For Schools Using Technology, The Answer Is 'No'....
Thursday - June 6, 2002 - 12:05 am

Alaska: Flags Lowered Thursday For James Hurley - Constitutional Convention Delegate, Member of 1st Alaska Legislature....
Thursday - June 6, 2002 - 12:05 am

Ketchikan: Agenda (text)- - Updated 06/07/02 - Executive Session added to discuss labor negotiations.... The KGB Assembly will hold a special meeting/work session on Saturday, June 8, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. in the City Council Chambers...
Web Posted: Wednesday - June 5, 2002 - 10:40 am

Ketchikan: Agenda - The Ketchikan City Council will hold a regular meeting Thursday, June 6, 2002, in the City Council Chambers at 7:00 pm...
Web Posted: Wednesday - June 5, 2002 - 10:40 am

Ketchikan: Tongass Narrows - Celebrity Cruises departs Ketchikan Tuesday afternoon on its way to other Alaska ports. Click on photo for larger photo... Photo by Dick Kauffman

Head Start: Government Study Finds Early Head Start Works; Current Funding Allows Only 3 Percent of Eligible Children to Participate...
Wednesday - June 05, 2002 - 12:30 am

Alaska: Alaska, Alberta Strengthen Friendship, Economic Ties -- Knowles, Premier Klein Sign Memorandum on Development, Communications...
Tuesday - June 04, 2002 - 4:30 pm

Ketchikan: 2002 State Youth Court Conference To Be Held In Ketchikan -- Boost To Economy As 150 Youth And Adults Are Expected To Travel To Ketchikan...
Tuesday - June 04, 2002 - 4:30 pm

Knudson Cove: Sydney Locklear, 8-years-old, poses with her Dad. Sydney proudly shows off the 23.7 pound King Salmon she caught Sunday. She was not entered in the Derby however she was very excited about catching the King... June 03, 2002 - 12:50 am Click on photo for larger photo. Digital photo by Dick Kauffman   View the Salmon Derby Photo Gallery...

Ketchikan: Ketchikan King Salmon Derby Ladder Week Two Unofficial Standings...
Web posted: Monday - June 03, 2002 - 12:50 am

Alaska: Flags Lowered Monday For Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day...
Monday - June 03, 2002 - 12:50 am

Ketchikan: Saturday, June 01, 2002: Unofficial Derby Results As Reported for Saturday, June 01, 2002 (This unofficial report includes weigh-ins on Saturday up to these times: Mt. Point 8:39 pm; Bar Harbor 8:50 pm; and Knudson Cove 8:07 pm)... Web posted: Sunday - June 02, 2002 - 1:25 pm Knudson Cove Marina: Lily Chenhall weighed in a 35.8 pound King Salmon Saturday evening.... Web Posted: Sunday, June 02, 2002 - 12:45 am Digital photo by Dick Kauffman

55th King Salmon Derby ~ Week Two ~ Click on photo to view the photo gallery.

Alaska: Knowles Honors Veterans At Two Ceremonies -- Dedicates A New Memorial To SE AK Native Veterans; Awards Alaska Territorial Guard Medal to Ralph Kibby, Sr.... Saturday - June 1, 2002 - 12:30 am Photo provided by the Office of the Governor

Alaska: Legislative Cuts Require DOT&PF To Eliminate 70 Positions -- Underfunding Hits Highway, Airport Maintenance Hardest...
Saturday - June 1, 2002 - 12:30 am

Alaska: Murkowski Officially Files For Office Of The Governor...
Friday - May 31, 2002 - 12:25 pm

Ketchikan: Agenda - KGB Assembly Meets Monday, June 3rd at 5:30 pm in the City Council Chambers - Agenda includes a Public Hearing regarding the KGBSD FY 2002/03 Budget; Discussion to consider returning the Ketchikan Internatioinal Airport to the State of Alaska; Consideration of a cost-of-living increase to the Borough salary schedules; Consideration of a memorandum of agreement regarding the Jack Cotant; and more....
Friday - May 31, 2002 - 12:30 am

King Salmon Derby Days 2002 Photo Feature: Photo Gallery... Mountain Point: Val Strassel weighed in a 53.3 pound King Salmon on Saturday, May 25, 2002, at the Mountain Point station. The photograph was provided by Val Strassel and was taken by his daughter at their home. Web posted: Thursday, May 30, 2002 Click on the photo to view the photo gallery... Photo converted to a digital by Sitnews

Ketchikan: Celebration of Diversity...
Thursday - May 30, 2002 - 9:25 pm

Alaska: Knowles Declares Break-Up Flood Disaster -- Disaster Area Includes Villages on Interior, Western Alaska Rivers...
Thursday - May 30, 2002 - 9:25 pm

Primary Election 2002: Filing Deadline For Both Party and No-Party Candidates is Saturday, June 1, 2002. Party candidates must file "Declaration of Candidacy" and Financial Disclosure Statements for all offices on the Primary Election ballot. NEW for 2002: No-party candidates must file "Filing Notification" and Financial Disclosure Statements by this date. Election Offices will be open from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Official Candidate List - 2002 Primary Election... Alaska Division of Elections

Alaska: Knowles Signs Five Bills Into Law...
Wednesday - May 29, 2002 - 5:25 pm

OPED: Probe Deep, and Fairly...
Wednesday - May 29, 2002 - 12:05 am

Ketchikan: Ketchikan King Salmon Derby Ladder Week One Unofficial Standings...
Tuesday - May 28, 2002 - 12:30 am

Ketchikan: Memorial Day 2002 Photo Gallery & Audio Feature... May 27, 2002 - Monday - 11:30 pm photo by Dick Kauffman

Alaska: Murkowski: NPRA Holds Potential, But ANWR Greater Economic Promise Of Major Oil Deposits...
Saturday - May 25, 2002 - 1:00 pm

Ketchikan: Memorial Day - May 27, 2002 - Schedule of Events...
May 25, 2002 - Saturday - 12:40 am

Memorial Day: So Many Changes In Just A Year - A Memorial Day Reflection...
May 25, 2002 - Saturday - 12:40 am

Alaska: Stevens Speaks To Senate On 60th Anniversary Of Aleutians Campaign...
Friday - May 24, 2002 - 2:25 pm

Alaska: Murkowski Legislation Aids Alaska Native Veterans...
Friday - May 24, 2002 - 2:25 pm

Ketchikan - Statewide: State-Federal Extended Benefits End June 1st -
Labor Advises UI Recipients Extended Jobless Benefits End...
Friday - May 24, 2002 - 2:25 pm

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