Two brown bear cubs accented with fall fireweed wandering the bank of the Chilkoot River while mom fishes. (Harvey Hergett/USDA Forest Service)
Two brown bear cubs accented with fall fireweed wandering the bank of the Chilkoot River while mom fishes. (Harvey Hergett/USDA Forest Service)

A Juneau guide is headed to Haines this summer to be the new park ranger.

Jacques Turcotte was hired to fill the position which has been vacant since Travis Russell left to become a Haines police officer in November 2021.

State parks’ Southeast superintendent Preston Kroes said he has been filling in as…

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