John Ryan

Oil prices down worldwide, but up in many southeast Alaska communities

World oil prices have fallen dramatically since their summertime highs of more than $140 a barrel. In Southeast Alaska prices for heating oil and gasoline have declined much more slowly. In some communities, prices have...

One renewable energy source in Petersburg arrives in briquette form

With hundreds of millions of dollars newly available for renewable energy in the state, it seems you can’t swing a wind turbine without hitting an Alaskan fan of clean energy. But some Alaskans have been pursuing non-polluting...

Cubs throttle CV 40-2

ANDERSON — Beating a team twice in the same season is about as tough to do as avoiding the cliche newspaper lead. Shutting out a team twice? Well we've moved on to a whole other medium there. The Anderson High School football...

Hornets take boys crown; Johnson repeats

COTTONWOOD — Domenic D'Acquisto and Zach Kaylor tag-teamed the Northern Section cross country championship field and the Hornets' Nos. 3, 4 and 5 runners turned in another steady performance to land Enterprise's first section...

Neighbours in HB fire rescue bids

By MARTY SHARPE, BRITTON BROUN - An elderly woman died in a fire in Hawke's Bay and a woman was severely burnt in a Wellington blaze. Builder John Ryan braved soaring heat, fireballs and exploding glass to try to free...

Board of Game legalized trapping close to Juneau trails

The Alaska Board of Game has legalized trapping within 50 yards of many Juneau trails, as long as the traps are five feet off the ground and snow. The traps also have to be no more than five inches across. John Ryan, KTOO -...

Jack Lord: Five-O last name

I was reading this old story about Jack Lord's estate. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/22/ln/FP601220358.html He is known as "Jack Lord." But his real name is John Ryan. John = Jack Any many stars don't use...

Daredevil skateboarder fined for stunt

A DAREDEVIL skateboarder has been found guilty of the dangerous operation of a vehicle after a video of him skating downhill at 80km/h was posted on the net. Matthew John Ryan, 21, from Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine Coast,...

The 10 Oddest Travel Guides Ever Published

"After five years' travel," veteran guidebook writer Geoff Crowther once recalled, "most of us went feral." His guide drew so many tourists that Matthew Arnold later recalled, "one of the pilgrims, a clergyman, asked him if he...

CCL President John Ryan Offers Crisis Leadership Tips on BusinessWeek.com

In this meltdown, people in its center can positively influence the outcome. At the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), we have worked with and studied hundreds of executives who credit crises with transforming them into...

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