(Note: All phone numbers begin with 907 unless otherwise listed. All Web sites begin with http://, which is not needed to link to sites.

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Juneau: A unified city-borough of about 31,000 and Alaska’s capital city. Contacts: 586-5240, www.juneau.org/  City Manager: Rod Swope, 586-5240  Deputy City Manager: Donna Pierce, 586-5240  Mayor: Bruce Botelho, 586-5240  

Juneau School District: Eight-school district in Juneau.  Contact: 463-1700, www.jsd.k12.ak.us/  Superintendent: Peggy Cowan, 463-1700, extension 215.  School board president: Mary Becker, 586-1900. 

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Kake: Town of 682 on Kupreanoff Island , 40 miles northwest of Petersburg .  Contact: 785-3804

Kake City Schools: School district for Kake.  Contact: 785-3741

Kake Tribal Corporation: ANCSA village corporation for Kake.  Contact: 785-3221  

Kake, Organized Village of: Village tribal council for Kake  Contact: 785-6471

Kennecott, Kennicott: Kennicott is the name of the newest mainline state ferry. Kennecott is one of the owners of the Greens Creek mine near Juneau .

Kensington Mine: A multi-metals mine near Berners Bay at the north end of Juneau . Developer Coeur Alaska is attempting to win the permits needed to open the mine. Environmental groups oppose the plan.  Contacts: Coeur parent company, www.coeur.com/  General manager: Tim Arnold, 789-1591  Forest Service Kensington EIS Web site: www.kensingtoneis.com/

Ketchikan, City of: City within Ketchikan Gateway Borough, population 8,000.   Contact: 225-3111; www.city.ketchikan.ak.us/   Mayor: Bob Weinstein, 617-4979 (cell); 247-8103 (home)  Manager: Karl Amylon, 228-5603

Ketchikan Gateway Borough: Largest municipality in Southern Southeast, population 13,320, including cities of Ketchikan and Saxman and the rest of the borough.  Contact: 228-6625 ; www.borough.ketchikan.ak.us/  Mayor: Mike Salazar, (206) 669-5901 (cell); 225-6608 (work)  Manager: Roy Eckert, 228-6625 (work); 209-1843 (cell)  Economy: Ketchikan ’s primary economy is made up of government, tourism, fishing and timber. The Ketchikan Pulp Mill was the town’s largest employer before closing in March 1997. 516 workers lost their jobs. Tourism has taken over and 826,000 cruise ship passengers were projected to visit Ketchikan in 2004.   

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District:  Contact: 247-2109; www.kgbsd.org/  Superintendent: Harry Martin, 225-2118 ext. 5  

Ketchikan General Hospital: Hospital for Ketchikan and nearby area.  Contact: 225-5171  Public Relations staffer: Kate Vickstrom, 225-5171  Ketchikan Indian Community: Ketchikan’s tribal government.  Contact: 225-5158; www.kictribe.com/  Chief Executive Officer: Georgianna Zimmerle, 228-4941 (office)  President: Stephanie Rainwater-Sande, 209-5113

Ketchikan Visitors Bureau: Tourism group.  Contact: 225-6166; www.visit-ketchikan.com/  Executive Director: Patty Mackey, 225-6166  

Klawock: First-class city on Prince of Wales Island incorporated in 1929. Population 673. 7 miles from Craig.  Contact: 755-2261; www.cityofklawock.com/  City administrator: John Morris, 755-2261  Mayor: Don Marvin, 755-2223  Police department: 755-2777  Economy: Viking Lumber continues to operate a sawmill. Commercial fishing is also big.   

Klawock School District:  Superintendent: Rich Carlson, 755-2917  

Klawock Cooperative Association: Tribal government.  Contact: 755-2265  

Klondike: The name of a river, a gold rush and a historic gold-mining area in the Yukon Territory . Dawson is the nearest remaining city. The first gold discovery in the Klondike gold rush was on Bonanza Creek in 1896. Three or four people claimed they made the discovery.  

Kowee: (Also spelled Cowee) Tlingit Chief Kowee who showed Joe Juneau and Richard Harris the gold in Gold Creek, leading to the founding of Juneau .  

Kuiu Island: (CUE-you), west of Petersburg and Kupreanof Island , largely unpopulated except for bears.

Kupreanof Island: (KOO-pra-noff) Island neighboring Petersburg including the city of Kupreanof (pop. 30) and Kake (pop. 682). The 25-mile long Wrangell Narrows separate Mitkof and Kupreanof Islands , and no roads or power lines link any of these towns yet.  

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LeConte ferry: Small ferry connecting northern Panhandle small communities with Juneau and Sitka . Hit a reef in 2004 and needed extensive repairs. May be replaced soon.  

LeConte Glacier: East of Petersburg. Unlike the ferry, pronounced like the French (Luh CAHNT).  

Legislature, legislator: The 40-member House and 20-member Senate, together, are called the Alaska Legislature. An individual senator or representative is a legislator.  Contact: w3.legis.state.ak.us/  includes links to individual lawmakers’ Web pages.

Lemon Creek Correctional Center: Southeast’s largest state prison, in Juneau. Built to hold 164 inmates, but numbers fluctuate. Employs 80 staff. Don’t call it a jail.  Contact: 465-6200; www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/institutions/lccc/   Superintendent: Dan Carothers

Local Boundary Commission: The state panel and office that oversees city and borough formation elections and efforts, annexation elections and so forth. Part of the state Commerce, Community and Economic Development Department.  Contact: LBC staffer Dan Bockhorst, 269-4559; www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/lbc/lbc.htm  

Lower 48: Term frequently used for the other states, not including Hawaii  

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