The Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the Unit 1D moose hunt at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday night after hunter harvest reports totaled 25 bulls, the limit of its harvest objective. The harvest numbers are now up to 27, but area management biologist Carl Koch said he doesn’t expect more reports. Lyndsey Hura took home […]
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Chilkat king escapement fails five of past six years
Chilkat River king salmon escapement is the lowest on record despite this summer’s unprecedented subsistence, sport and commercial fishing restrictions in Upper Lynn Canal and Haines area. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimated a return of 1,231 king salmon, well below 1,750 minimum needed to sustain the run, said Brian Elliott, a king stock assessment […]
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Borough candidates differ on police, Tier 3 protection
Haines Borough Mayor and assembly candidates differed on policing outside the townsite and Tier 3 designation for the Chilkat River at a Wednesday forum at Mosquito Lake School Community Center. Incumbent Mayor Jan Hill and opponent Joanie Wagner, as well as assembly candidates Michael Fullerton, Sean Maidy, Diana Lapham and Brenda Josephson answered questions from community members up the highway. Assembly candidates […]
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Klukwan and Haines students head back to school
The Phrase of the Week “Yak’éi ixwsiteení!” (It is good to see you!) greeted students Monday morning at Klukwan school on their first day back. Twenty-three students from preschool through twelfth grade will be attending school this year, about 10 more than the beginning of last year. A new preschool through second grade teacher, Janice Byerlee, will […]
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A vertical realm: Hidden granite towers could draw a gold rush of Alaska big wall climbing
Just past the northern skyline near the headwaters of the Chilkat River, a six-mile-long section of granite spires juts toward the sky from a bowl shaped, steep walled mountain basin. Local alpinist Will Wacker named the area Rapa Nui because of its resemblance to the statues at Easter Island after exploring the cirque in 2012. He […]
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Police report
Monday, Sept. 24 A person reported being assaulted outside a bar; an officer responded but was unable to make contact with either party. A caller reported an unoccupied U-Haul blocking the road near the harbor. It was moved before police arrived. Traffic stops resulted in two citations for failure to provide proof of insurance, one […]
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August begins in record heat
Haines was hot this weekend, crushing heat records Aug. 5 and 6. According to the National Weather Service, the Haines airport reached 88 degrees Saturday, breaking a heat record for the day of 86 degrees set in 1977. The Chilkat River Bridge measured 93 degrees and Haines Highway at Chilkat read 92. Sunday’s temperatures beat a 2009 […]
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Michelle Paul, 48, of Wenatchee, Wash., died Sept. 12 on Comstock Road of undetermined causes. An autopsy had been ordered. Paul had a prior medical condition and had been to the local clinic on Sept. 11 for medical complaints, police said. Paul was in town for father Ed Lapeyri’s funeral at the time of her death. […]
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First triathlon big success
Nearly 40 athletes from Canada and Alaska participated in the first Chilkat Challenge Triathlon this past Saturday, July 15, celebrating the beauty and bounty of the Chilkat River. Competitors loved the challenging 35-mile paddle-cycle-run course that started on Mosquito Lake, raced past Klukwan through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, switched to bikes down the highway to Jones Point, and finished with a run to […]
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Athletes from Whitehorse to South Carolina compete in Haines
Haines athletes finished strong in the first Chilkat Challenge Triathlon Saturday. About 40 people from Haines, Whitehorse, Juneau, Anchorage, Wasilla and South Carolina completed the eight-mile paddle, 20-mile bike ride and six-mile run. The race started at Mosquito Lake and followed the Chilkat River to Letnikof Cove. Racers battled intermittent rain throughout the race, but organizer Gershon […]