On Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 2, Haines local Shori Heaton drove her Ford Sport Trac down to the Chilkoot River to go fishing, a daily ritual while salmon are running. Skittles, her yellow lab who was raised in the neighborhood, rode with her. The two staked out a spot about 20 feet into the middle of the river, near a duo from Canada, and Shori cast her line.
“Someone from the road screamed ‘Bear coming down…