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Pentagon to review report blaming JBER F-22 pilot for crash
Completed imaging project lets Web browsers 'soar' over Alaska coast
Video: NOAA puts Pribilof Islands documentary online
New encyclopedia of Tlingit language baffles Sitka elders
UAF student boycott kills popular intramural sport for semester
Published: October 8th, 2009 01:03 PM
Last Modified: October 8th, 2009 01:43 PM
Link: SITNews, Ketchikan Ketchikan writer and borough Mayor Dave Kiffer says wacky comments by "summer people" -- cruise passengers and other tourists -- seemed to be down this year, perhaps due to the economy. Still, he pulled together enough for a long column. One woman explained salmon behavior in a Ketchikan creek to a companion: "The water is shallower there and warmer. That's why they jump so much. They're trying to cool off." Another asked, "What time do the salmon go up the creek?" Another: "What time is the whale show in the harbor?" Click the link for plenty more.
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