Underground exploration expected to start next year Constantine Metal Resources plans to spend $18 million on the Palmer Project in 2022 — its largest annual project budget to date, according to a Wednesday press release. The budget will cover construction of new infrastructure in preparation for underground exploratory operations, which the company expects to begin […]
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Lynn Canal Players summer theater camp planned
After a two-year hiatus due to covid concerns, Lynn Canal Community Players is bringing back its Summer Youth Theater Conservatory—a three-week summer program that aims to teach students the fundamentals of theater production, acting, dancing and more. The theater training begins July 1 and goes through July 24, and will culminate in a full-length theater production on […]
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Nicole Horton Holm recently flew to San Diego, Calif., to pose in a patriotic outfit for Haus of Volta’s annual pin-up calendar. Haus of Volta is a collective designed to generate positive body image and a positive outlook on life after breast cancer. At 30 and just before her husband Tim Holm was deployed, Nicole was diagnosed with […]
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Community needs, not foreign corporation needs
Last week, the Ports and Harbors committee discussed an item innocently titled “Lutak Dock Rebuild.” Yukon mining representatives testified regarding their “needs” for shipping ore through Haines. As more Yukon mines come on line, there could be enough ore to fill numerous ships, each one holding 2,500 containers-worth. That’s a 24/7 continuous stream of loud, […]
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Yukon industry reps say Lutak Dock could be used to ship ore
Harbor committee violates Open Meetings Act, borough says A renovated Lutak Dock could serve as an export facility for minerals from the Yukon Territory, Yukon industry representatives told the Haines Borough Port and Harbor Advisory Committee at a March 24 meeting. Yukon mining companies are looking for an alternative to the Skagway ore terminal, which will be decommissioned in […]
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Local musicians to rock solstice Musicians from around the Upper Lynn Canal will take center stage for Solstice Celebration, a showcase of local talent, at the Chilkat Center on the longest night of the year. The current line-up includes Skagway-based Jess and J Dot, a folk-blues duet playing original tunes accompanied by guitar and tambourine. Folk guitar […]
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Locals explore renewing Big Boulder creek salmon incubation boxes
Locals are exploring the possibility of bringing back a king salmon incubation facility on Big Boulder Creek in an effort to bolster a history of falling Chinook returns. The long defunct incubation operation began in 1991, after the state reconstructed the bridge spanning the creek, in an attempt to mitigate spawning habitat loss after the […]
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Fish and Game AC approves proposal to penalize hunting female goats
A Skagway man’s proposal to penalize goat hunters who target nannies, female goats, in the area hunt was approved by the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee (AC) and the proposal will go before the Board of Game early next year. Adam Smith, who came up with the proposal, asked the AC to write it […]
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Lynn Canal Advisory Committee to discuss hunting regulation proposals
Penalizing hunters for targeting female goats and creating a senior goat hunt are among the Alaska Board of Game proposals a local group will consider and develop this week. The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will draft and consider proposals Friday, March 18 that were suggested by Haines and Skagway residents. In an effort […]
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BLM questions ‘decline’ of Takhinsha area goat populations
Local conservationists push back The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee questioned Bureau of Land Management staff about why the federal agency isn’t restricting helicopter activity in areas experiencing mountain goat population decline. In November 2020 the group asked BLM to restrict heliskiing in the Takhinsha Mountains and Kicking Horse region, after Alaska Department of […]