The annual Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament runs through Sunday, March 6, with an expected six-team men’s field, plus one Juneau team making the trip to challenge Haines women on the court. The competition starts 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday, March 3) at the Haines School. Games begin at noon on Friday and 11:30 a.m. on […]
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Hostility to ‘Tier 3’
State explains river protection A Tier 3 designation for the Chilkat River would be compatible with uses like two-stroke outboard motors and existing mining operations, but would be restrictive of new pollution like effluent coming out of a pipe from an industrial operation, a state environmental official told residents at a Monday meeting at the Chilkat Center. […]
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Tier 3 designation meeting was ‘ugly’
The public meeting this week – in which the Department of Environmental Conservation explained about possible Tier 3 protection for the Chilkat River – was ugly. The rudeness of many was reminiscent of meetings in the early 1980s about protection of Chilkat eagles. What was most disturbing were insults directed at Klukwan for proposing that we look into protecting […]
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Police report
Monday, Aug. 6 An officer responded to numerous calls about a bear on the beach near the harbor. Vehicles were removed after a person called to complain about overtime parking on Main Street. Police and paramedics responded to a collision between a car and motorcycle at the intersection of Young Road and Second Avenue. There […]
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Constantine urges delay on ‘Tier 3’ river protection
Constantine Metal Resources is urging members of the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee to delay any support toward designating the Chilkat River an Outstanding National Resource Water, also known as “Tier 3” protection. The advisory committee will meet at 5 p.m. Friday in assembly chambers to discuss a resolution supporting the Chilkat River’s nomination as an […]
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Assembly to review Mosquito Lake School agreement
Haines Borough interim manager Brad Ryan and highway residents are endorsing an agreement for shared management of the former Mosquito Lake School. It goes to the borough assembly for approval at its meeting Tuesday. The memorandum of understanding is between the borough and the nonprofit Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center. It’s the […]
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Permit sought for hydro plant
A local developer has applied for a conditional use permit to build a $4-$7 million hydroelectric plant at Walker Lake, about 30 miles northwest of Haines. According to the conditional use permit application submitted by Southern Energy Inc. last month, the hydro project is estimated to produce about 3,600 megwatt-hours annually. That’s about 13 percent […]
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Eagle dies despite rescue effort
Raptor apparently fought canine near Klukwan A mature bald eagle rescued after an apparent fight with another animal near Klukwan died Tuesday at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The small male eagle was spotted near the village dump Monday, about a quarter-mile from the end of the main village road called Chilkat Avenue. Village administrator Brian Willard got […]
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Police Report
Monday, Jan. 26 A Soap Suds Alley resident reported her car had been rifled and items were moved, though nothing was missing. She didn’t want to initiate a case. Police received a civil packet to serve on a Haines resident. A caller asked police to conduct a welfare check on a 6.5 Mile Haines Highway […]
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Push for Tier 3 river rank is disturbing
I find the continued efforts to give the Chilkat River a Tier 3 designation disturbing on many levels. This idea has been brought to various boards and committees and otherwise discussed and it has been voted down every time. I think it is clear that most Haines residents are against or at least very concerned about what this would […]