Residents, tourists, businesses and auto repair shops have seen a spike in the number of flat tires in the past five months, due to Southeast Construction’s (SECON) roadway widening of the Haines Highway between milepost 3.9 and 12.2. The project began last April, and is set to be complete in a series of three phases, […]
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Police Report
Monday, July 21 An elderly woman died at a residence on Small Tracts Road. A person reported a water leak on Soap Suds Alley. Public works said they already were working on leaky valves there. A woman came to the police station to report an ex-boyfriend threatened her over the phone. She was referred to […]
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Strong sockeye run returns to Chilkoot, electric fence goes up
Chilkoot sockeye escapement is approaching Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s upper escapement limit and commercial fishermen are fishing five days a week in Lutak Inlet. Nearly 84,000 sockeye passed the weir as of Wednesday, said Fish and Game area commercial fisheries biologist Wyatt Rhea-Fournier. In mid-July, low sockeye returns had Rhea-Fournier wondering where the fish were. […]
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Board re-sends letter critical of ADFG
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee resubmitted a letter to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game protesting the agency’s habitat division’s approval of a Haines Highway construction permit amendment that allows in-river work during high water. Committee members were concerned with the amendment that stands in contrast with an initial July 2017 permit […]
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Jessica Edwards and Andy Hedden were married June 18 in an intimate gathering on Glacier Point. Guests were ferried from town in a catamaran and enjoyed a canoe tour to the glacier while the couple prepared for their nuptials. The weather was clear for the simple ceremony, where guests gathered in a circle around the couple. Jessica and […]
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Alaska House of Representatives District 33 democratic primary candidate questionnaire
Would you support giving the Chilkat River a Tier 3 Designation? Who should be the final designating authority: the legislature, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation or a Tier 3 board? Steve Handy: Like so many other issues facing Alaskans, this is not a simple one that can be resolved by only the legislature, a state department, or […]
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Local board challenges Fish and Game, breaks Open Meetings Act
Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials rejected this week a request from the local Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Commitee to stop all fill and construction activities on the Haines Highway reconstruction project until after the bulk of the king salmon run has passed. The Alaska Board of Fisheries isn’t recognizing the committee’s letter as a formal […]
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Sockeye return falls short of projections
A pulse of sockeye swam up the Chilkoot River early this week, bolstering what was a dismal early run, but the Chilkat River still has Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists concerned. Fish and Game area commercial fisheries biologist Wyatt Rhea-Fournier said while he attributed last year’s record low sockeye run to over-escapement during the run’s […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, June 19 A caller reported animal remains near Mount Riley Road. An officer made contact with the owner of a vehicle parked in the wrong direction at Fort Seward. Haines Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a smoldering log on a Chilkat River beach. Police responded to a possible conditions of release violation on […]
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Car found in pond at 14 Mile
A car was retrieved from a pond along the Chilkat River about 14 miles north on the Haines Highway on June 22. Police were on the scene at 8:30 a.m. when Kim Clune, a guide for Rainbow Glacier Adventures, passed by the pond. Clune was on her way to drop off rafters farther down the road and […]