The borough’s Government Affairs and Services Committee was divided, but ultimately advanced an ordinance proposed by the planning commission that would require people in the townsite, Mud Bay, and Lutak areas to obtain site development permits for development activity that exceeds 100 cubic yards or 5,000 board feet. The $25 permit is intended to inform people about […]
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Duly Noted
Theodore Lende Lynch was born to parents Stoli and Nels Lynch Saturday, April 20 in Juneau. He weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. Grandmother Heather Lende said Nels helped deliver his son, and Theodore’s Aunt Eliza Dorn kept Nel’s sisters, Lani and Silvia Rose, “happy and occupied during the blessed event.” Local relatives include aunt and […]
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Mud Bay petitions against extraction
Mud Bay land owners brought forward a petition to the borough assembly’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee on Tuesday, calling for the prohibition of resource extraction in their neighborhood. Lutak residents said they felt “blindsided” by a proposal to add language in their zoning code that allows resource extraction. The committee ultimately voted to advance the […]
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Police Report
Monday, Oct.21 Several callers reported a fireworks display launched in the harbor area at 5:15 a.m. Police were unable to locate the source of the fireworks. A person reported a horse loose on Small Tracts Road. The horse’s owner reported they were attempting to capture it. A caller reported a vehicle dropped trash on Small […]
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Police Report
Monday, Oct. 20 A Barnett Drive caller reported hearing bear activity at a neighbor’s house. The caller scared the bear away. Police, troopers and Fish and Game were advised. A Comstock Road resident came to the station to report she had found her car door open earlier in the week. The woman said she only […]
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Joe Parnell competed in the Whitehorse Fall Football Classic last weekend. The town revived the flag football tournament – or “Yukon Super Bowl,” as Parnell calls it – this year, after many years of a declining flag football presence. Parnell’s eight-person team consisting mainly of young Whitehorse men placed third among four teams, narrowly missing Saturday’s […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, March 12 A Beach Road caller reported a possibly abandoned vehicle. Vehicle owner was contacted to remove it. A Lutak Road caller reported a rock in the roadway. DOT was advised. A Chilkat Lake Road burglar alarm was activated. Wednesday, March 13 A Main Street caller reported a noise complaint. A search and rescue was conducted […]
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A difference of degrees: The innate risk in avalanche terrain
Twenty feet below avalanche forecasters Erik Stevens and Jonny Cromwell, on a gray and frigid alpine slope behind Mount Ripinsky, passing clouds shroud then reveal a 3-meter deep fracture in the snowpack. The 400-meter long cleavage of snow is a crown line, one of at least seven where massive slabs of snow broke loose and cascaded […]
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Police Report
Monday, Oct. 13 A Chilkoot Estates subdivision resident reported bear activity in the area. An officer responded but the bears were gone. A Mud Bay Road resident reported a bear tore into the shed on his lot the previous night. Police, troopers and Fish and Game were advised. A person reported a minor collision between […]
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Police Report
Monday, Oct. 6 A caller in the Fort Seward area reported a bear had broken into a garbage containment building and made a mess. Police, wildlife troopers and Fish and Game were notified. A person reported the free vehicle taken from the Small Boat Harbor parking lot several weeks ago had been located and returned. […]