The Eldred Rock Lighthouse and Fort Seward Hospital Building were among eleven sites across the state named this year as Alaska’s most endangered historic properties. Both buildings were constructed nearly 120 years ago and are undergoing restoration work. Built in 1905, a few years after a steamship full of miners and gold ran aground and […]
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The Beach Rose Tawny Darling and Robert Chadwell opened The Beach Rose last week—a shop offering everything from jewelry, paintings and wood-burned ornaments to jams, jellies and spice mixes. Darling and Chadwell have for the last several years been selling such items at local farmers markets and poke at the Southeast Alaska State Fair. Darling, […]
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Search suspended for woman who went overboard in Lynn Canal
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended a search Tuesday afternoon for a 40-year-old woman who fell overboard from a large cruise ship into Lynn Canal early the same morning. The captain of the large ship Celebrity Solstice alerted the Coast Guard at 3 a.m. Tuesday of the emergency. The incident was reported when the ship was near Eldred […]
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Duly Noted
Whitney Morgan O’Brien was born at 6:39 p.m. on April 9 to Lucinda Boyce and Billy O’Brien at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz. and measured 20 inches. Lucinda and Billy chose Fairbanks for the delivery to stay with Lucinda’s sister Ellie Boyce and husband Andy Mahoney. New grandmom Annie Boyce and Paul Swift drove north for Whitney’s arrival. Lucinda, Billy, and Whitney have moved […]
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New forest management schedule released; public comments due June 7
The state last week released a five-year management schedule for the Haines State Forest that includes more than a dozen timber sales and plans to develop recreational trails and cabins. The biggest sales would be for harvests of about 20 million and 15 million board feet of timber on Chilkat Ridge, east of Chilkat Lake, […]
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Revival of Fort Seward Hospital Building is underway
Work is underway to resuscitate the Fort Seward Hospital Building, long used as the headquarters for Alaska Indian Arts. The building’s back porch is currently being replaced. Port Chilkoot Company board member Annette Smith said she has been preparing new deck boards to be installed by Clearwater Plumbing and Heating. Clearwater next will repair the […]
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Tell the assembly to keep the pool open
On June 22, 1974, the entire Sullivan family – parents Patrick and Mary Lou and children Shaun, 13, Nyla, 12, Desiree, 10, Harlan, 9 and Corbet, 5 – died after their small boat overturned in Lutak Inlet. None could swim. The tragedy launched a town-wide effort to open a year-round swimming pool in Haines. The pool opened […]
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Coho, sockeye runs projected to be average; kings, pinks to be low
Local sockeye and coho salmon runs are expected to be average this season, while the Chilkat king salmon run is projected to fall below the state’s escapement target range. Across Southeast Alaska, the pink salmon harvest is expected to be below average, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The department published its […]
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Duly Noted
Stories and slides from the life of former publisher, assembly member and community activist Ray Menaker were shared at a Chilkat Center memorial service Saturday. Visiting family members included daughter Terry Lambert of Leasgil, England, husband James, and daughters Natalie Lambert of Springfield, Ill. and Jennifer Schrage of Anchorage. Terry’s son Peter Lambert, wife Lisa, and their twin sons Benjamin and Oliver of Hinckley, England, also were in attendance, as […]
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Government by misinformation
It is now apparent from communications from Lynn Canal Conservation that the chairwoman of the planning commission started the April 7th meeting with an outright lie, stating that phase three has nothing to do with plans for an ore dock. That lie does not reflect well on the current process. Given that the Planning Commission has decided […]