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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Alaska on an island in the Alexander Archipelago. A supply point for miners during the gold rush of the 1890s, it is now a major port and tourist center on the Inside Passage.

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  • KETCHIKAN MAN CONVICTED BY F.DERAL.JURY OF.DRUG TRAF.ICKING - United States Attorney Karen L. L.effler announced F.iday that after deliberating for approximately four hours, a federal jury in Anchorage found Eulogio F. Seludo, of Ketchikan, Alaska, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, five counts of distributing methamphetamine, one count of attempted possession with intent to possess methamphetamine, and one count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

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  • KETCHIKAN MAN CONVICTED BY F.DERAL.JURY OF.DRUG TRAF.ICKING - United States Attorney Karen L. L.effler announced F.iday that after deliberating for approximately four hours, a federal jury in Anchorage found Eulogio F. Seludo, of Ketchikan, Alaska, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, five counts of distributing methamphetamine, one count of attempted possession with intent to possess methamphetamine, and one count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

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  • KETCHIKAN MAN CONVICTED BY F.DERAL.JURY OF.DRUG TRAF.ICKING - United States Attorney Karen L. L.effler announced F.iday that after deliberating for approximately four hours, a federal jury in Anchorage found Eulogio F. Seludo, of Ketchikan, Alaska, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, five counts of distributing methamphetamine, one count of attempted possession with intent to possess methamphetamine, and one count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

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  • The only airport in Ketchikan is on Gravena Island.

    Think Progress » Sen. Stevens doesn’t have to retire. 2005

  • Yet there they were in Ketchikan waving “Taxed Enough Already!” signs and demanding an end to federal spending.

    That Was Then 2009

  • Yeah, 1/29/10 will be my last day working at Waldenbooks store 1435 in Ketchikan Alaska.

    Borders CEO Resigns – Brian Keene 2010

  • Murkowski, tall and reserved, has bounced back from her defeat with a ferocity that's almost out of character, reminding voters why they like her: She listens intently, she understands Alaskan issues - fishing, infrastructure needs, energy - and she is a native, born in Ketchikan, raised in Fairbanks.

    Alaska Sen. Murkowski embraces new outsider status with write-in campaign Amy Gardner 2010

  • Murkowski, tall and reserved, has bounced back from her defeat with a ferocity that's almost out of character, reminding voters why they like her: She listens intently, she understands Alaskan issues - fishing, infrastructure needs, energy - and she is a native, born in Ketchikan, raised in Fairbanks.

    An incumbent's 'insurgency' Amy Gardner 2010

  • "She said any event she can take her kids to is an event she tries to attend," said Jennifer McCarthy, who helped organize the June 2007 Family Day Celebration picnic in Ketchikan that Piper attended with her parents.

    Palin Family Plan - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • The airport at Ketchikan is on Gravena Island, about a half mile off shore.

    A Shaved Butt for Obama? Dave Hurteau 2008

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