A public hearing over a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway was postponed last week for the second time in two months. The hearing — now scheduled for Dec. 8 — concerns a conditional use permit for a new heliport that would be used for Alaska Mountain Guides’ heliskiing operations. It would be built on Chilkat River Adventures’ property on […]
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Kimberly Chambers, 28, died Monday following an accident. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday in Champagne, Y.T. The mobile mammography van will be in Haines Saturday as well as Monday through Wednesday. The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium’s Wisewoman Women’s Health Program in partnership with the Breast Cancer Detection Center is bringing […]
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School enrollments up
School enrollments are up in Haines and Klukwan. With 11 students, enrollment at Klukwan School surpassed the 10-student benchmark needed to qualify for full state funding. Enrollment had fallen below 10 last year, leading Chatham School District to consider closing the school. The school opened this fall with nine students and reached 11 by the official count day […]
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Hearing delayed for proposed heliport
A public hearing over a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway was postponed last week for the second time in two months. The hearing — now scheduled for Dec. 8 — concerns a conditional use permit for a new heliport that would be used for Alaska Mountain Guides’ heliskiing operations. It would be built on Chilkat River Adventures’ property on […]
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Haines 1 voters favor Peltola, Murkowski, Dunleavy
In the Nov. 8 general election, Haines townsite voters favored Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola, Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and incumbent GOP Gov. Michael Dunleavy. Peltola previously won an August special election against Republican candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich to serve out the term of the late Don Young, who died in March. She […]
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USDA awards $100k for food project
An initiative to bolster the Chilkat Valley’s agricultural sector and enhance local food production, storage and access was one of dozens of Southeast Alaska projects awarded grants through a new federal program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture allocated about $25 million to more than 70 community-led projects through the “Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy,” which was […]
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Eagle Fest resumes; Bird count picks up
After two pandemic years off, the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival will return Nov. 9 with eagle counts up but visitor registration down. “There’s a lot of positivity for the fest. This year’s definitely a better year. We’ve had a better salmon run, which means lots more eagles,” said Derek Poinsette, executive director of Takshanuk Watershed […]
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Investors approve acquisition of Constantine
Constantine Metal Resources shareholders on Tuesday approved the company’s acquisition by another junior mineral exploration company, American Pacific Mining. The vote all but finalized the acquisition, which was announced in August but still needs to be approved by the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Once it’s finalized, Constantine shares will be delisted from the TSX […]
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Arts Outlook
Classical guitarist to return for another show Classical guitarist Dimitris Kotronakis will return to Haines from Greece for an encore performance this month. Kotronakis wowed a Haines crowd in 2014 after Haines Arts Council president Tom Heywood discovered him on YouTube. Kotronakis has appeared as a soloist throughout Greece, Europe, China and North and South […]
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Co-owners Heather Shade and Sean Copeland celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Port Chilkoot Distillery with tours of the distilling plant, a complimentary table of charcuterie and crudité, and liquor samples from the keg Friday. Distiller Dave Thomas made a homemade bread pudding with a bourbon sauce topping. The nibbles were created by mixologist Marissa Mott, a veteran of fine dining restaurants in […]