...1921 the mine was shut down. Thane promoted the hydroelectric plants, mill town, and support facilities for a new pulp mill site. In 1923 an apparent deal was made with Japanese investors. However, the Tokyo earthquake of that same year killed...
...Assistant Borough Manager Steve Corporon. The pulp company agreed to remove asbestos from several buildings on the former pulp mill site, including the former powerhouse. The cost of removing the asbestos is estimated at about $2 million, said borough...
...rejected. Then the Sawmill Cove Industrial Park Board asked for proposals to build a multi-purpose dock at the old pulp mill site. Southeast Stevedoring presented the best proposal. It went to a vote and was approved 53 percent to 47 percent in...
...to eating human garbage. Kootznahoo has proposed holding the bears in two large clarifier tanks at the former Sitka pulp mill site. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is requiring the group to prove it can handle animals on the site for a year...
...about 1.6 million board feet, of which about 1.2 million is being limbed and graded in a sort yard at the old pulp mill site in Ward Cove. Another 400,000 board feet has yet to be brought into the yard. Borup said that will be the end of...
...Legislature starts to question the environment of the proposed site for the new ferry headquarters - Ketchikan's pulp mill site - shouldn't it ensure all of its existing facilities meet environmental standards and safety? Where was the Legislature...
...of the failed Gateway Forest Products, a lumber and veneer mill operation the borough attempted to use on the old pulp mill site it acquired after the mill closed. Wetherell said DOT did not know what it would cost to build the new office...
...should be taken out by dredging to enhance sea life in the bay, he said, adding dredging was done at Ketchikan's old pulp mill site without adverse affects. ``A lot of dredging can be done without significantly mucking up the water,'' McNitt...
...it as much as 400 million gallons of untreated water. If a deal is struck it would be the first lease deal for the pulp mill site, which Sitka took over this spring. The mill closed in 1994. The proposed agreement gives Sawmill Creek several...
SITKA - Preparing the former Alaska Pulp Corp. mill site in Sitka for its first new industrial tenant will cost the city more than $3.5 million, according to a pair of studies.
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