This month, the Chilkat Indian Association expects to begin operating the long-dormant Portage Cove Dock for smaller cruise ships and private yachts. The Chilkoot Indian Association purchased the dock from Klukwan Inc. last February using a bank loan they will repay with Federal Highway Administration tribal transportation funds during the next 10 years. Tribal administrator Harriet Brouillette […]
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Thanks for “Rock, Paper, Fish” success
The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council would like to thank our partners and volunteers and the communities of Klukwan and Haines for the successful premiere screenings of the Wild Confluence Media/Nomad Island film, Rock, Paper, Fish. We were thrilled with the turnout in both communities, and with the active, engaged community members who asked thoughtful questions and shared […]
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Merchants with third consecutive Gold Medal championship
The Haines Merchants won its third B Bracket championship title last week at the 73rd annual Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament at Juneau Douglas High School, while the Women’s, Klukwan and Masters teams all placed second. The Merchants lost their first game to Hydaburg, and had to fight their way back through the loser’s bracket in a […]
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Duly Noted
On a recent trip to Oklahoma, George and Lynette Campbell were guests of Tulsa philanthropist Roger Hardesty. George toured with Hardesty in his Blackhawk helicopter to witness invasive feral hog damage to local crops. Hardesty was excited to receive seafood from local Haines fishermen. George and Lynette also toured the million-dollar stream bank enhancement and […]
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Legislature honors Tlingit code talkers
Tlingit World War II veterans George Lewis and Robert “Jeff” David, both longtime Klukwan and Haines residents now deceased, were honored by the Alaska Legislature last week for their service as code talkers in the Pacific. Lewis and David were among five Tlingit veterans honored for their service. Those men, along with Native veterans representing 32 additional […]
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Stanford proposes recreation memorial at 25 Mile
A proposed Chilkat Valley recreational memorial site at 25 Mile Haines Highway would honor deceased Haines residents who have promoted the outdoors for at least a decade of their lives. Jim Stanford has been making plans for the memorial site for eight years now. He imagines a place that pays tribute to old friends and […]
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Erickson provided much needed balance
Thank you Takshanuk Watershed Council for bringing Gregg K. Erickson to Haines so that the community could hear about the potential economic impacts of a large-scale mine upstream of Haines, Klukwan and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. Gregg’s list of qualifications is impressive; his career researching the economics of mining in Alaska spans over five decades. That […]
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Erickson provided quality information
Juneau economist Gregg Erickson’s presentation was a valuable discussion of changes Haines and Klukwan will face if a large industrial mine goes forward in the Chilkat headwaters. One important point was that Constantine Metal Resources is unlikely to be the mine’s eventual developer. While Constantine has shown some willingness to engage the community, Haines and Klukwan have no assurance […]
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Duly Noted
Gunshots, thunder or explosives? Those were among theories circulating to explain a series of loud booms heard around town early Tuesday morning. As many as 10 booms were heard around 5:30 a.m. by residents in an area that stretched at least from Piedad Road to 1 Mile Mud Bay Road. Some guessed the sounds were […]