Ron and Jacque Horn have returned from a trip with college friends David and Vicki Gresham to northwest Alaska to view and photograph the summer migration of the Western Arctic caribou herd. The foursome flew from Kotzebue 175 miles north to the Kokolik River where they spent seven days viewing and photographing an estimated 30,000 bull caribou that moved through the valley […]
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Highway to be raised 20 feet in slide areas
Last Sunday and Monday, large mudslides in the upper valley flowed down the steep mountainsides and across the Haines Highway, forcing it to close while state workers cleared the road with heavy machinery. An Alaska Department of Transportation engineer expects those to continue, and for other debris flows to increase, because the slides are caused […]
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Fish and Game tech finds mysterious object in river
A petrified electric toothbrush. A grinder Native people used in ancient times. A thingamajig. Those were just a few of the more creative guesses tossed at a question Lyndsey DeFazio-Hura posted on her Facebook page asking what friends thought a wooden, elongated bowling pin-shaped object she found in the Chilkat River might be. The most common guesses […]
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When does the king run get too small to sustain?
For six of the past seven years, king salmon returns to the Chilkat River have failed to meet the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s minimum escapement goal of 1,750 fish. On a bar graph measuring escapement over time, it looks like a ramp going down. The slope began its decline at 1,723 large spawning kings in […]
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Chilkat king returns mark lowest on record
Preliminary King salmon returns in the Chilkat River drainage are estimated at less than 1000 fish, slightly less than the Alaska Department of Fish and Game 1,030 return forecast made last winter-a trend that tracks with other rivers in northern Southeast, which had the worst runs or on par with the worst runs on record. “It’s probably […]
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Assembly adopts conservation resolution amid controversy
The Haines Borough Assembly adopted 4-2 a contentious resolution in support of the Stand for Salmon citizen’s initiative on Tuesday evening. Assembly member Brenda Josephson and assembly member Sean Maidy were opposed, citing that they do not feel the local government should have an opinion on a state-wide issue on voters’ ballots next month. Ballot Measure 1 […]
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Top coho weighs 10.55 pounds so far
e race is on for the biggest catch in the second annual Silver Salmon Fishing Derby that began last Saturday and will continue through Oct. 29. The Haines Sportsman’s Association organized the event, which will give a $1,000 cash prize to the largest catch. Second and third place prizes are $500 and $350 respectively, but […]
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Two of these four candidates will be Haines’ next assembly members
What is the single biggest issue facing Haines? Maidy: The single biggest issue facing Haines is polarization. We are a town of very strong opinions and that leads to gridlock when it comes to decision-making. It’s time we put past differences aside and work towards rebuilding our infrastructure such as the sewage treatment plant, the public […]
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Letters to the Editor
Thanks for the donated space A Huge “Thank You” to Chris Thorgesen for letting us use the Frontier Tradesman building for our annual Christmas Party. The space was awesome for our large group, yet small enough for us all to be together as we celebrated another year as AP&T family. It was just picture perfect. […]
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Candidates attend first forums
About 20 residents turned out to hear assembly candidates answer ten questions at the Haines Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum Tuesday afternoon in the Aspen Hotel lobby. Chamber of commerce director Tracey Harmon hosted the event and asked 10 questions of incumbent Sean Maidy, Barbara Mulford and Paul Rogers. Will Prisciandaro was commercial fishing and […]