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DOT finalizes plans for summer highway project
Phase two of the Haines Highway reconstruction project will take place this summer. The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) said it hopes to...
Brewington remembered for kind heart
Sherrie Brewington died May 1, 2020 after succumbing to colon cancer. She was 69. Brewington was...
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Kimberley Strong is running for the Sealaska Board as an independent candidate. “Sustainability of our traditional ways of living off the land is...
Eulachon study abandons old techniques due to COVID-19
For the first time, this year’s eulachon run estimate will be calculated without using the “mark-and-recapture” technique. The change in the est...
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Josie Allen celebrated her 40th birthday camping on the Katzehin and hiking the ridge towards Santa Claus Mountain with friends Alissa Henry, Gen...
McNamara, NBA star and coach, leaves legacy
Local coach, filmmaker, and former NBA player Mark McNamara, 60, died of heart failure on April 27...
Spring eulachon run brings people together for the first time since March
As spring slowly unlocks in the Chilkat Valley, so too have state social distancing restrictions,... Full story
Ocean-going king smolt continues to dip
An estimated 61,000 king smolt left the Chilkat River drainage in 2015, the lowest on record according to new Alaska Department of Fish and Game...
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Haines Presbyterian Church pastor Dana Perreard said a friend’s video of praise songs on a street in Brazil inspired his “Amazing Grace...
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The website Thrillist has named the Haines Highway Alaska’s best scenic drive. “It’s not the road or even the legendary backdrop that puts...
Separate forums highlight risks and benefits of mining in Haines
How to minimize risks while maximizing the benefits of mining were themes at two mining forums held last week in Haines. It’s the second year in a...
Haines Assembly misses Army Corps public comment deadline
The Haines Borough is asking the federal government to halt interim plans for in-place remediation for contaminated soil at 15 Mile on the Haines...
Assembly Briefs
Two new tours approved This week, the Haines Borough Assembly approved two new tour permits—one for Chilkat River Adventures and one for Alaska...
With regard to the mining forum last week
PR spectacles displaying glossy certainties are paramount to professing the gospel of wealth. In order to create the kinds of over-confident...
Assembly discusses swath of budget cuts
From divesting from the Chilkat Center and Mosquito Lake Community Center to closing the visitor center seasonally and rejecting the library...
Army Corps proposes soil cleanup plan
To remove fuel contaminants in the soil at 15.5 Mile Haines Highway, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed excavating at least 7,500 tons of soil as...
New reporter backs Subaru into snow drift
After an uneventful 14-hour drive through -40 degree weather in the Yukon, it took me less than 48...
New data quantifies 2019 tour season
From May through September last year, 85,330 people toured the Chilkat Valley by four-wheeler, boat, bus, bike, plane or on their own feet, according...
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Lila Chip Lende was born to Christian Lende and Ella Shepherd of Margaret River, Western Australia, on Jan. 9. Lila weighed 7.5 lbs. and measured 20...
Residents felt the heat in 2019
Gov. Mike Dunleavy's deep budget cut proposals and the ensuing battle for ferries, education,...
Hunters concerned about parks regs in preserve
The Chilkat Bald Eagle Advisory Council voted 4-3 to move the 25 Mile Chilkat Valley Wilderness Memorial from the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve into...
Local groups protest Ring of Fire management plan
The Bureau of Land Management may expand allotted helicopter landings on the 320,000 acres of mountain terrain in the Chilkat Valley from 300 to...
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Katelyn Nicole Grant was born at 8:46 p.m. on Dec. 7 in Juneau to Alexis Trout and Cory Grant. Katelyn weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and was 19.75 inches...
Local smokejumper details record season
Squeezed into the back-bending cargo area on a fixed-wing plane in July, Haines resident Russell...
Hunter cited for State Parks violation
Last week, a hunter was cited for shooting a bear—not for the bear itself, but because of where he shot it. On Nov. 11, Alaska State Parks ranger...
