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Friday | Capital City Weekly

Ferries LeConte, Fairweather return

The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte and Fairweather returned to service last week following regularly scheduled overhauls.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Capital City Weekly

First Friday November

ALASKA STATE MUSEUM, 395 WHITTIER ST. Three solo exhibits will open at the museum this Friday, each of which will be on display through Jan.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Health Fair features lower prices on blood tests

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA Hundreds of area residents are expected to flock to this weekend's annual Ketchikan Health Fair.

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Anchorage Daily News

Coast Guard looks at wood as building heat source

Link: Juneau Empire The Coast Guard is looking to move into the realm of heating with biomass products, and the first project it's considering is in Southeast Alaska.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

KTVF Fairbanks

Cruise line plans Ketchikan-Juneau trips

InnerSea Discoveries is a new brand created by the owner of American Safari Cruises, which has operated luxury yacht cruises in Alaska since 1997.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Juneau Empire

Coast Guard turns to wood for heat

A plan to move away from oil-fired burners by the U.S. Coast Guard in Southeast Alaska could provide a spark for the region's foundering timber industry.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

ms Rotterdam's 2010 Alaskan Explorer Cruises Highlight Hubbard Glacier

For the first time, Holland America Line's flagship ms Rotterdam will sail from Seattle to Alaska in 2010, featuring convenient, seven-day, roundtrip cruises.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Juneau Empire

Coast Guard to recognize ferry crew for vessel rescue

The Coast Guard is recognizing the crew of the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Taku in a ceremony today for their rescue of two men off the fishing vessel Alaskan Pride in Chatham Strait last week.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Juneau Empire

Juneau's unemployment rate makes seasonal climb

Juneau's unemployment rate climbed to 5.7 percent in September, with more than 1,000 residents unemployed, as employment in seasonal industries such at fishing and tourism dropped off.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

KTVF Fairbanks

3 generations teach in Ketchikan school

For the past 10, Jan Haynes has taught at the same school, this year in the universal preschool.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

Anchorage Daily News

The art-deco Tree Point Light near Ketchikan in 1935.

ADN finds the news from all over Alaska and about Alaska from around the nation so you don't have to.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Juneau Empire

Mat-Su still strong amid weak economy

While Alaska is feeling the effects of the down economy, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is deflecting some of the economic problems with a string of important projects.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Alaska Journal of Commerce

What slowdown? Mat-Su hustles with new projects

Things are slow? Don't tell that to the Mat-Su Borough. A gradual slowdown of Alaska's economy is affecting the sprawling Matanuska-Susitna Borough along with the rest of the state, but the borough government is hustling a string of projects that is taking some of the sting out of the slowdown and laying a foundation of long-needed regional ...

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Former governor says no gasline soon

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks to a group at the First Bank Building in Ketchikan.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Not all Alaska ports support limits on cruise ship emissions

Some Alaska ports of call have asked the Environmental Protection Agency to rethink - or at least slow down - its plans to impose stricter air quality requirements for cruise ships and other large oceangoing vessels.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

World News from Times Online

Whales and seagulls caught in feeding frenzy

Ketchikan, Alaska, may be known as the 'salmon capital of the world', but for these whales and seagulls, the schools of herring swimming in local waters proved much more of an appetising meal.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Juneau Empire

Ketchikan to host invasive species conferences

Concerns about plant and animal invaders in Alaska will bring scientists, experts and citizens' groups together in Ketchikan Oct.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

KTVF Fairbanks

Albeit small, OceansAlaska aquarium gets attention

Eyes wide, she grabbed the hand of her adult guardian and pulled her toward the window where they stood for a happy minute, pointing at the fish and myriad other marine critters that inhabit the sea-water tank.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

IcNorthWales

A safety device created in North Wales for cruise passengers helped...

A SAFETY device created in North Wales for cruise passengers at sea helped "save" hundreds of lives in a major sea exercise in Alaska.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

United States Coast Guard

Photo Release: Coast Guard participates in joint training exercise in Prince Rupert, British Columbia

PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia - Petty Officer 1st Class Cody Howard a resident of Mobile, Ala., Seaman Michael Glewwy a resident of Live Oak, Calif.

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