A Haines graduate is helping test what could become a new direction for Alaska’s fishing fleet: hybrid-electric commercial boats. Chandler Kemp, now an engineering professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, helped design a hybrid propulsion system for the F/V Mirage, a Sitka longliner believed to be the first commercial fishing vessel in the country […]
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Chilkat Valley Newsletter Thursday, May 7
In today’s newsletter: — AP&T workers on Prince of Wales Island watched the Upper Lynn Canal unionization attempt and are now trying their own. — After a year without new drilling, the Palmer Project announced a $13.7 million budget for 2026 operations. We have more on what that looks like. — The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thank you to those who helped extinguish car fire on the highway
Kudos to the Southeast Road Builders’ fire brigade along with the all the others who responded to the fiery demise of my beloved SueBeeSue#6 along the highway just south of Klukwan. Thanks to the unknown driver of the blue pickup who I flagged down and dispatched to alert the SERB crew nearby. Thus, all the […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Thank you to those who helped extinguish car fire on the highway
Kudos to the Southeast Road Builders’ fire brigade along with the all the others who responded to the fiery demise of my beloved SueBeeSue#6 along the highway just south of Klukwan. Thanks to the unknown driver of the blue pickup who I flagged down and dispatched to alert the SERB crew nearby. Thus, all the […]
Posted inBlotter
Blotter: April 22 – April 25
Wednesday, April 22 A caller in Haines reported a scam on social media. They were given the information for the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. A driver on Beach Road was given a verbal warning for not meeting requirements to display a license plate. An officer put a 72-hour notice on an abandoned vehicle on […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday May 1
The Haines Sheldon Museum’s main gallery is reopening this week after its first major overhaul in nearly a decade, with a redesigned layout and a sharper focus on what makes the Chilkat Valley distinct. The new exhibit is something of a guided experience using objects and panels to trace trade routes, landscape, and Lingít history. […]
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Blotter: April 12 – April 25
Sunday, April 12 A caller reported smoke alarms going off in the 400 block of Fourth Avenue. The volunteer fire department responded. A caller reported someone banging on their door in the 100 block of Dalton Street early in the morning. An officer was advised. Haines Borough police assisted another agency in Haines. Tuesday, April […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Saturday April 25
Twenty years ago Alaska voters created the Ocean Ranger program which put state environmental observers on large cruise ships and created a $4 per-passenger tax to fund the program. But Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration axed the program, telling the legislature in 2020 that it was “costly for its outcomes,” and subjected the cruise industry to […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday April 9
As federal regulators move to roll back limits on “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, some Alaska lawmakers are pushing in the opposite direction with new bills that would require near-zero PFAS levels in drinking water. For communities like Haines, where contamination has already been documented near the Tanani Point Tank Farm, the stakes are as local […]