Despite pushback from people who called the project a risk to public safety, members of Haines’ outgoing planning commission granted a permit for a company to blast into a hillside along Lutak Road to extract hard rock and other material. During the planning commission meeting on Monday (Oct. 23), members heard pushback from a handful of people […]
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Dismal prices, strong runs: Gillnet season closes
Commercial salmon gillnetters in the Upper Lynn Canal had a pretty unanimous assessment of the 2023 season: encouraging fish runs, but dismal prices. “It’s still worth it, but it’s a struggle,” said Gregg Bigsby, a 50-year veteran of the fishery. “Everybody’s got a job this winter.” Low prices – about half of what they were last year […]
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Water blessing on election eve in downtown draws big crowd
More than 100 people showed up on the parcel of green space between Third Avenue and Main Street on Monday to take part in a water-blessing ceremony organized by members of the Chilkat Indian Village (CIV). “Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of you who came to show support […]
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Rasmuson awardee Ehlers has deep roots in Klukwan
This year’s Rasmuson Distinguished Artist award winner Anna Brown Ehlers is technically from Juneau, but the Tlingit weaver says the roots of her Chilkat weaving are in Klukwan, where she learned her trade and where she still owns a house. “I always feel like I’m home right there,” said Ehlers in a phone interview from Juneau. […]
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Chinook run meets goal
Fish and Game says the Chilkat River chinook salmon run is expected to meet the target for a healthy population once the numbers are crunched. The department set the escapement goal — the number of adult fish that are counted returning to the river during the spawning season — between 1,750 and 3,500. The number is expected […]
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Concerns about undue noise dominate Mosquito Lake forum
Concerns about undue noise drew the strongest interest from viewers during the second public candidate forum, held in the upper valley Sunday night. All five assembly candidates and one mayoral candidate faced questions from the audience and from host Mike Denker on topics including natural resources, taxes and undue noise at the Four Winds Resource […]
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Mixed decision in Palmer Project appeal
The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation made what environmental and tribal groups called a “mixed” decision on an appeal about a wastewater permit for a mining exploration project 35 miles north of Haines. The administrative appeal decision on the Palmer Project upholds Constantine Metals’ permit to discharge water into the area above the Klehini River, […]
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Duly Noted
Lexie DeWitt enjoyed a visit from her friend, Jill Heikel, who lives in Chelan, Wash. She timed her visit to arrive just as the sunny weather ended, but still enjoyed hiking, shopping around town, and fishing in the Chilkat River. They met up with Brian, Sarah and baby Caroline Eliott for dinner out on the last night. Jill manages a Starbucks at […]
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Duly Noted – Aug. 3
Cindy Zuluaga-Jimenez and Matt Jillson married on July 15 at Viking Cove, where Robert Chadwell presided over a service attended by local friends and 33 out-of-town guests. Cindy’s parents, Orlando and Maria Zuluaga, came from Miami and 12 cousins and other family members came from Orlando, Fla. The group arrived after taking a cruise ship […]
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Mixed news on Haines salmon runs
Sockeye runs have been around or exceeding historic averages but Chinook salmon runs are worrying fisheries managers in the Haines area. “The forecast was for 2,800 (chinook). At this point, I’d be surprised if we made that number” said biologist Brian Elliott of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “It’s a little disappointing.” Elliott […]