Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry will operate beginning July 27 and run through Sept. 22. Due to COVID-19 precautions, they won’t board independent travelers. “We tried really hard to find a way to accommodate more independent travelers and locals, but unfortunately, it’s really difficult with requirements from cruise lines that passengers be kept separate,” fast ferry president […]
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Local farm to expand farmland Sunnyside Farms of Haines is working to add between 5 to 12 acres to its farm. Co-owner Scott Hansen negotiated a lease for 20 years for land on three properties owned by Robert and Nancy Loomis along the Chilkat River north of the golf course. Hansen said he needs to develop healthy […]
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Twenty Glacier Bear seniors graduate at in-person event
The Haines High School Class of 2021 paraded down Main Street Tuesday evening after their commencement ceremony at the school gymnasium. Twenty seniors graduated at the in-person event attended by friends and family. “It’s a cause for celebration at any time, but this year’s is magnified significantly…Most of all we’re thankful for the leadership of […]
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Chilkoot River eulachon run yet to materialize
The Chilkoot River eulachon run has yet to materialize and could be the lowest on record since Chilkoot Indian Association and Takshanuk Watershed Council began monitoring runs in 2010. Researchers and fishermen say cold water is a possible culprit and that eulachon that typically spawn in other rivers ran up the Chilkat River instead. “There’s a run […]
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Assembly adopts Chilkat River Access recommendations The borough assembly unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday endorsing the Chilkat River Access Working Group’s recommendations for improved state maintenance of the Haines Highway Miles 12 to 26. The recommendations will go to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. The working group met three times in April and May and included […]
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Brewery efforts raise thousands for December storm relief
Breweries in Juneau and Haines raised more than $18,000 in donations for Haines storm relief, an amount that will be doubled by Alaska’s Rasmuson Foundation. The money will go into a Chilkat Valley Community Foundation endowment fund. “We are so thankful for the Juneau brewers who ‘poured the love’ for Haines this past month. The […]
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2021 5th year in a row of no king fishing
King salmon sport fishing in the Chilkat Inlet north of Seduction Point is again closed from April 1 through July 15—the fifth consecutive year anglers have been shut out from king fishing locally due to population declines. “Another year of not fishing the Chilkat king run,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game sport fish […]
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Why don’t geologists give straight answers?
There’s an old joke among rock experts. Ask a geologist what’s two plus two, they’ll likely answer “somewhere between three and five and close to four,” said local geologist Cindy Buxton who gave an “Introduction to Haines Geology” via Zoom on Thursday, March 25. “It’s not because we can’t add,” Buxton said. “It’s because the […]
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Duly Noted
Friends at the Pioneers of Alaska’s Sunday meeting sang “Happy Birthday” to Layton A. Bennett in anticipation of his 93rd birthday Thursday, April 12. Wife Lou is organizing a family party with sons Lynn Bennett of Juneau and Eric Bennett of Bellevue, Wash. The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans’ and chancellor’s lists for the fall 2011 […]
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ADFG forecast: salmon returns down
Salmon runs for the Chilkat and Chilkoot rivers are expected to be below average to average this year, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG). The department published its 2021 salmon fisheries run forecasts on March 11. If fish returns are low this year, it could present a problem for the upcoming […]