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The following stories were featured in 2003. For additional features, see the archives for other years.

Preparing Alaskans for Alaska's jobs
It wasn't long ago that 33-year-old Shannon O'Kelley didn't even know how to turn on a computer. But when she lost her job due to an injury, Shannon decided it was time to change her profession.

Pest management team on the lookout for the exotic
In a global economy where ornamental trees, plants and other goods are shipped into Alaska from all over the world, the potential for non-indigenous, or exotics, pest species increases.