A proposed new gold mine north of Juneau expects to create 277 jobs and a pre-tax net present value of nearly $1 billion during an initial seven-year production cycle, a representative of the company developing the project told Juneau business leaders Thursday. The New Amalga Gold Project, located near Herbert Glacier about 20 miles north […]
Posted inLocal News, State of Alaska
Meet the new Upper Lynn Canal sport fish area management biologist
After more than a year Haines and Skagway have a sport fishing area management biologist again. John Whitinger, is a biologist and Alaskan who says he is most drawn to looking at the entire ecosystem when considering the health of individual fish stocks. He was born in Kodiak but described a childhood commercial fishing throughout […]
Posted inGarden Edition
A whole-garden approach for the Victory Garden
A Southeast Alaska garden does its best work when it is designed as a set of connected systems rather than a single plot of vegetables. Our climate — cool, wet, and long on daylight — is generous in some ways and challenging in others. A healthy garden here tends to be one that works with […]
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How to keep the garden blooming all season – succession planting with flowers
Succession planting usually refers to a vegetable gardening technique used to maximize yield and ensure a continuous harvest throughout the season by reseeding or planting crops in sequence. This rewarding gardening practice can also be applied to herbaceous perennial flower and shade gardens. Herbaceous refers to plants that lack a woody stem and die back […]
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Some of my favorite tips and tricks from 30 years of gardening in the Chilkat Valley
On garden planning I wish I learned years ago when starting a garden to make your beds a uniform size, so you can use the same row covers, trellis, hoops, or whatever additions to your beds. It is so much easier when they’re all the same size. In our climate, it is advantageous to grow […]
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Our Favorite Tools and Resources at Henderson Community Farm
In my experience, there are no secrets when it comes to growing food in Alaska. Whether growing at home or growing to make a living, the transparency, support, and cheerleading among agriculturalists in this state is outstanding and truly unique. While we are a new project, the contributors of Henderson Community Farm have decades of […]
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Chilkat Valley News lands seven journalism awards
Chilkat Valley News staff brought home several awards from Alaska Press Club last weekend, including Best Picture Story for the second year in a row. Here’s more about what led to each award-winning piece. “A weekend restoring Eldred Rock” First Place – Best Picture Story A lot of the time with news photos you have […]
Posted inTourism, Local News
Cruise ship environmental compliance funds budgeted for port infrastructure
Capital budget proposals from both the governor and state legislature propose redirecting cruise ship inspection money toward electrical hookups at cruise ship docks in Juneau and Ketchikan. It’s been two decades since Alaska voters approved the Ocean Ranger program, placing state environmental observers on large cruise ships and creating a tax to fund the program. […]
Posted inLocal News, Public Safety
SEABA rescues snowmachine rider caught in avalanche
An injured snowmachiner caught in an avalanche near the border was picked up by a Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventure helicopter Wednesday evening and brought into Haines for medical treatment. SEABA founder Nick Trimble said a group with the injured person contacted SEABA directly for help, which is not unusual, but rarely happens. “We’ve done a […]
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Firefighters save Fort Seward home
Firefighters saved a Fort Seward home Saturday, putting out a basement fire before it could reach the structure above. The fire started just after 11 a.m. when a spark from a wood stove ignited flammable material nearby, both homeowner Fred Shields and Haines fire chief Zak Overmyer said. The first fire crews into the basement […]