Haines Avalanche Center is excited to announce that on Aug. 10 we installed the tower for a new weather station in the mountains above Lutak Inlet. The Lutak weather station will serve landslide and avalanche interests by monitoring temperature, precipitation, snowpack, soil, and groundwater. It will include a webcam and other sensors that will be […]
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Educators in Southeast learn place-based teaching in Klukwan
Gunalchéesh Guneiwtí (Marsha Hotch), Saantaas’ (Lani Hotch), Skaan K’i (Cory Grant), and Cindy Buxton for making the Jilkáat Aani Ka Héeni (Chilkat Watershed) Place-Based Educator Workshop an amazing learning opportunity for over 50 educators from Haines, Skagway, and Klukwan. Thank you for bravely stepping in front of a large audience and openly sharing your knowledge […]
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Duly Noted: Indigenous knowledge shared, camping with friends, and a gracious local saves visiting Canadians
Mardell Gunn took a break from harvesting and putting up food for the winter to celebrate her birthday last weekend. She sat around a bonfire with a group of women friends including Rashah McChesney, Brynn Murphy, Chloë Copeland, and PhoebëSnow Desatoff. They shared a dutch oven blueberry cobbler cooked over the fire, among other foods. […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Government & Elections
It’s official: Private icebreaker acquired by Coast Guard will be homeported in Juneau
A commercial icebreaker being purchased by the U.S. Coast Guard will be officially homeported in Juneau, the culmination of a years-long effort to acquire and locate such a vessel in Juneau, officials announced Wednesday. The Aiviq, a 360-foot-long private U.S.-registered vessel built in 2012 that’s been targeted by lawmakers for many years, is expected to […]
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Rising pertussis case numbers in Alaska prompt warnings and prevention recommendations
A spike in pertussis, a contagious disease commonly known as whooping cough, has swept through Alaska, the state Department of Health reported. Through the end of July, 131 pertussis cases had been reported in Alaska this year, according to an alert issued by the department’s Division of Public Health epidemiology section. That compares to 26 […]
Posted inSearch and Rescue, Southeast News
Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat
On the day Sam Wright, Hans Munich and Tanya Hutchins disappeared in the Fairweather Range, Haines pilot Drake Olson was doing much-needed maintenance on one of the three airplanes in his hangar. The plane, his fastest one, was in pieces on July 20 when he got a call from Munich and Hutchins, who own Coastal […]
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Citing workload, Ben Aultman-Moore steps down from Assembly early
Assembly member Ben Aultman-Moore is stepping down a year early. The remaining year on his three-year term is one of three seats up for grabs in the October municipal election. He said the decision was recent and driven by a number of things – but the biggest factor was time. “I make the majority of […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Arts & Culture
Q&A: The role of Alaska Native and Tlingít soldiers in WWII code talking
National Navajo Code Talkers Day is celebrated on Aug. 14, the day World War II ended in 1945. The day is not only to commemorate the contributions of Native American code talkers, but also Alaska Natives, who served in the U.S. military during World Wars I and II. There are two Tlingít code talkers from […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, News
Tlingit & Haida to install its first permanent cell tower in Wrangell
It never hurts to get more gigahertz. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida’s broadband service, Tidal Network, will build a 5G cell tower at 3-Mile this winter for its wireless internet service. Eventually, Tidal Network plans to build a second tower on the island, but plans are not finalized, said Tidal Network Director […]
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$83 million loan program for Alaska tribal and small businesses approved by U.S. Dept. of Treasury
Up to $83 million in federal funds have been approved for small business loans to be offered through a consortium of Alaska tribes. Announced on Tuesday, the funds are part of the U.S. Treasury’s broader effort to support tribal economies, with up to $415 million being funneled into developing the economies of 220 tribes, according to a […]