Volunteers and some residents who live near Chilkoot River are calling on law enforcement officials to start ticketing bear-viewers and motorists who disregard the area’s rules. State lawmen responsible for the area, however, are resisting that approach. Bob Deck, a state campground host at Chilkoot, said traffic jams caused by bear-viewers, or “bear jams,” have […]
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State takes 2nd look at intersection after cycle crash
The state is looking at shoulder improvements or more asphalt at the intersection of Front Street and Lutak Road after a motorcycle crashed there Monday afternoon. The intersection was realigned as part of the recent Lutak Road reconstruction project. For motorists approaching the intersection from out Lutak Road, the alignment of Front is an optical illusion, project engineer Don Newell said […]
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Tribe in turmoil: CIA dispute closes office
The Chilkoot Indian Association closed its offices for two weeks starting July 26 following an unresolved council election and council divisions concerning Jim Carnahan, who has served as the tribe’s administrator since February. Tribal president Jan Hill, who also serves as Mayor of the Haines Borough, resigned her leadership of the council in the midst of the turmoil. The […]
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Beach volleyball crew came through
I would like thank everyone who helped with the beach volleyball. Tyler Scovill, Tammy, Lindsey and Natalie Jobbins. Nathan Narum was a great help getting the court ready. Thanks to Lutak Lumber for the donation of the two-by-fours, and of course, Jim Schnabel, who gets roped into everything I do. Tomi Scovill
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NSRAA loses king contract
The state has terminated an aquaculture group’s contract for the Lutak king salmon enhancement project, where recent accidents are pushing up per-fish costs. With a projected return rate of less than one percent, each adult king salmon returning from the Lutak project this year will cost between $60 and $120. But when fish return from this year’s diminished release, […]
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Fish plant settles with EPA over waste
A $50,000 settlement has been reached between the Environmental Protection Agency and a Lutak fish processor. Chilkoot Fish and Caviar agreed to the fine, to be paid over three years, following charges brought against the company by the federal agency last fall. “The underlying basis for the complaint was that for four years Chilkoot Fish and Caviar […]
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Apple tree plan moving ahead Target sites: Main Street, Old Haines Highway, Fort
About 100 apple trees brought to Haines in May may be planted on the south side of Main Street between Third Avenue and Old Haines Highway, along the south side of Old Haines Highway between Lutak Lumber and Third Avenue and at Fort Seward this fall. That’s the current vision of Joe Poor, chair of the Haines […]
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State reconsiders king salmon project
The death of 220,000 king salmon smolt in three years has led the state to re-examine its contract with the regional aquaculture association. An estimated 170,000 king salmon smolt, nearly 70 percent of fish being transported to a fish pen in Lutak Inlet, died in late June during the 17-hour trip. The program is run by the […]
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Mysterious rock has finder guessing
Residents are excited that a hunk of metal found on Lutak Road last fall might be a meteorite, but two area scientists think it’s more likely a chunk of scrap. Theories abound about the origin of a metallic rock found by construction flagger Della Brouillette last fall. Tests are underway to determine its origin, but lab results […]
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Big thanks from Hammer Museum
The Hammer Museum would like to thank Lutak Lumber, Haines Homebuilding, Haislers’ Hardware and Olerud’s grocery for contributions that helped make the Fourth of July festivities a big hit. Dave Pahl