By Editor, on February 20th, 2012 From KINY News:
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski will tour a host of Southeast Alaska communities over the President’s Day recess.
According to a press release from Murkowski’s office, the Senator will kick off her Southeast swing Tuesday in Skagway for a roundtable discussion there.
From Skagway, Murkowski will travel to Haines on Wednesday for another roundtable discussion at the Bald Eagle Museum before heading to Yakutat where she will meet with state and local officials at the ANB Hall there.
Senator Murkowski will visit Juneau on Thursday for her annual address to the Alaska State Legislature before leaving for Ketchikan for a press conference on Friday.
By Editor, on October 19th, 2011 The Ketchikan Daily News and KRBD radio reported a small black bear cub walked in the front door of Tatsuda’s IGA. The scared animal found its way to a produce cooler, where it made a mess.
Meat department manager Joe Stollar filmed the bear’s capture. He said the little bear was just trying to hide.
Click to view: Bear in Tatsuda\’s Grocery on Youtube
Read full article in the ADN.
By Editor, on July 12th, 2011  The burned out hull of the 58-foot fishing vessel Legend sits grounded at Bostwick Point eight miles south of Ketchikan July 11, 2011 JUNEAU–The Coast Guard is responding to the grounding and a subsequent fire aboard the 58-foot fishing vessel Legend at Bostwick Point about eight miles south of Ketchikan Monday.
A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan small boat crew with Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan pollution investigators aboard assessed the Legend Monday morning and reported the approximately 700 gallons of diesel and a catch of 2,000 pounds of salmon aboard were consumed by the fire. Read more->
By Editor, on June 8th, 2011  by Peggy Ormasen
On May 31, 2011, Haines ANB and ANS welcomed honored guests Grand Camp President Richard Jackson, and Grand Camp President Janice Jackson, from Ketchikan, Alaska. A wonderful dinner was shared with the Grand Camp visitors and local members of Camp #5. Read more->
By Editor, on March 8th, 2011  AAA press release
ANCHORAGE–The AAA has announced the award of three computers to Southeast Alaska Educators as part of their Driving Success Computer Grant Program. The recipients are Leigh Horner at Haines Borough School, Mark Woodward at Revilla Alternative School in Ketchikan, and Howard Wayne at Sitka High School. Read more->
By Editor, on December 29th, 2010  KETCHIKAN–The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on December 21, announced a contract award to install a biomass boiler system in the Ketchikan, Alaska federal building.
A $4.5 million investment of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will allow GSA to replace the outdated, inefficient boiler which has been has served the building since it was constructed in 1951. The old boiler has reached the end of its useful life and GSA will install a new sustainable biomass boiler.
Read more in Ketchikan’s SitNews.
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