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Real estate fee hike draws complaints

The Parnell Administration is trying to explain a proposed 249 percent increase in licensing fees for real estate professionals. The Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing plans to raise the license fee from $275 to $685. Legislators have been getting lots of complaints about the increase. In a House Finance Commerce Subcommittee hearing yesterday…

Coast Guard rescues Wrangell man

A Coast Guard helicopter this morning (Tuesday) pulled a Wrangell man from his boat this morning as it was sinking. Forty-seven-year-old Lester Kuntz was rescued in Keku Strait, just south of Conclusion Island. The Coast Guard launched an unsuccessful search for him yesterday after he was reported missing. Spokeswoman Charley Hengen says Kuntz had been…