The state Board of Fisheries rejected proposals aimed at curtailing commercial shellfish harvest at subsistence areas near Skagway and Excursion Inlet, during meetings earlier this year. At the request of residents there, the Haines Borough made proposal #163, which would have closed Dungeness crab fishing in a near-shore section of Excursion Inlet, creating a personal use and […]
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Hall challenges change in garbage contracting
An attorney for Community Waste Solutions this week said that state law doesn’t allow the Haines Borough to offer an exclusive contract for trash collection in the townsite to any other company. Because the local garbage company is the only state-certified provider for the townsite, it’s the only company that can have an exclusive arrangement, attorney Paul […]
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Local GOP to vote on presidential hopefuls Local GOP to vote on presidential hopefuls
Republicans in the Chilkat Valley will get to weigh in on the GOP presidential nomination process during the state party’s Presidential Preference Poll on Tuesday, March 6. It will be held 4 to 8 p.m. at the Captain’s Choice Motel lounge. “It’s not quite a primary, but this is to get our opinion out. So […]
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Boat beached by tide
A crab boat was left high and dry early Friday morning after low tide left the boat beached and stuck on the rocks and sand. The 68-foot Traci-C of Sitka came to the harbor about 3:30 a.m. Friday morning with its catch of crab. Skipper and boat owner Bryan Howey said he tied up to […]
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A rising drumbeat for wild fish
Commercial fishermen are hoping to enlist broad community support in an effort to reverse a perceived decline in the area’s wild salmon runs, starting with an upcoming meeting with Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials from Juneau. Haines Borough leaders, who sought the meeting and have designated money for research, have joined what area gillnetters […]
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SEABA’s heliport permit appeal nixed
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 on Tuesday to uphold a planning commission decision denying Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures a permit to use its 26 Mile property as a heliport. In a split 3-3 vote in January, the borough planning commission rejected a conditional use permit for a heliport at .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road. SEABA appealed the decision to the assembly […]
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Alaskan women rock scavenger event
Geesh! I advertised,“Wanted: 36 Alaska Women,” and it worked. Well, I got 28 anyway. Seven, four-women teams shared a beautiful, sunny, winter day with me and many other volunteers Saturday. They snowshoed, drove a loader and 32-foot fishing vessels, shot skeet at the shooting range, snowmachined, competed in fire-building, firewood stacking and two-women saw, solved […]
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Kindness helps during difficult time
We would like to thank Steve Vick and HARK for all the support when Sky, our beloved dog, tangled with a moose last weekend. We would also like to thank friends Greg Podsiki, Fred Gray, Patrick Shallcross, John and Suzanne Newton and my sister, Heather Lende, for helping make a difficult time much more bearable. Small acts […]
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LNG better option than hydro power
As an observer at last week’s Connelly Lake hydro project meeting, it quickly became obvious that it’s simply not cost effective to build that project. It also became obvious that Schubee Lake would be way too expensive. A very rough estimate for Connelly Lake is $34 to $40 million. That’s for someplace between five and six megawatts of power. […]
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Horses doing well, not for adoption
I would like to address the recent rumors concerning my horses, Rappi and Crown, currently stabled at Henderson’s farm. I would like for the public to understand that I am still the legal owner of the horses. Due to the heavy snows and two loads of bad hay that I received, I did have difficulty […]