State park ranger Preston Kroes this week said his agency was having “major issues” with bears getting salmon from fishermen along the Chilkoot River. Some of the incidents involve bears getting fish dropped by retreating fishermen but others he believes are cases of people deliberately feeding the bears. He said he’s received “quite a few” […]
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Denise Baker, 52, of Haines died Saturday of respiratory failure at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. Services are pending. A full obituary will be published in next week’s CVN. Erika Merklin and Eric Triezenberg were married Aug. 5 on the Chilkat River beach in front of family and friends. Erika’s childhood friend Michael Zimmerman […]
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Personal to Snookums: I deeply regret accusing you of cheating on your diet. I had no idea a perfume from Buckshot & Bobby Pins could smell so much like sugar cookies. Please forgive me. P. S. You’re looking great! (28b) FOR SALE: 300-gallon home fuel heating tank with filter and shut-off valve. Excellent condition. […]
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Study finds PSP in local Dungeness; Scientists, state affirm cleaned, cooked crab still safe to consume
By Margaret Friedenauer Scientists investigating the link between paralytic shellfish poisoning levels in mussels and one of their predators, Dungeness crab, have found high levels of the potentially lethal toxin in both species sampled from the Haines area. PSP is a potentially fatal, neuroparalytic condition caused by a marine toxin produced by specific algae that […]
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Tyler Andrew Eggen graduated May 6 from the University of Indiana with a Master’s degree in higher education and student affairs. Eggen attended kindergarten through 11th grade in Haines and graduated Sitka High School in 2004. He graduated University of Alaska Anchorage in 2009 with a degree in sociology. Tyler’s parents, Andy and Kathy Eggen […]
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Haines, Klukwan spared in vetoes; Road work, heritage center get go-ahead
Haines and Klukwan capital projects survived Gov. Sean Parnell’s veto pen on Wednesday, netting the area nearly $9 million in funds. Projects that received Parnell’s support include $4.5 million for rehabilitation for borough roads, $1 million for a Chilkoot River bear-viewing platform and more than $3 million for the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center in Klukwan. “It’s […]
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Delta Western lease still in negotiations; Additionally, fuel pumping at harbor temporarily taken over by borough
Haines Borough is still awaiting a signature by Delta Western executives to finalize a successor of lease for the Lutak Fuel Facility. “I think we have all the issues resolved,” borough manager Mark Earnest said. “The discussion is nearing the finish line.” In a separate lease, Earnest said the borough was notified by Delta Western earlier this year it no […]
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State euthanizes brown bear cub
State biologists last week euthanized an orphaned Lutak brown bear cub they said had run out of options for survival. “It was a matter of watching this animal suffer and starve to death, which was what was going to happen. The only humane choice we were left with was euthanization,” said Anthony Crupi, assistant area wildlife biologist […]
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State captures orphaned cub
State biologists on Wednesday captured an orphaned brown bear cub residents have been watching on Lutak Road beaches. The male cub weighed about 15 pounds, said Ryan Scott, area game biologist for the state Department of Fish and Game. He said it looked like a big football. It has a “natal ring,” a white ring around its […]
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First meeting gathers ‘Friends of Picture Point’
About 20 people attended a May 18 meeting to support Haines Borough acquisition of Picture Point, and several called for the borough assembly to speed up its timeline for making a decision on the purchase. “I read the crowd as very aggressive, wanting the borough to purchase the property with its own money or to develop other […]