Three weeks into the Upper Lynn Canal commercial gillnetting season, fisheries managers say it’s off to a good start. “It’s actually pretty good. It picked up quite a bit this week,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist Nicole Zeiser, referring to the week ending July 9. “The chum salmon harvest almost doubled from […]
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Arts Outlook
CBD oil and flies at First Friday October’s First Friday will include hand-drawn cartography, an assortment of hand-tied flies and streamers and free samples of CBD oil. Ampersand AK will feature Russ Lyman’s hand-drawn maps. Lyman said he will showcase about six different maps including a map commissioned by the Alaska Department of Fish and […]
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U.S. Senators renew push for landless tribe settlement
Alaska’s U.S. Senators are planning to reintroduce legislation that would allow Native Alaskans in Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and Tenakee to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). These five tribes weren’t allowed to do so when ANCSA was originally passed. U.S. Congressman Don Young […]
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Thanks for supporting our gallery opening
We would like to thank all the fine folks that ventured forth and attended the revival of our traditional spring gallery opening. It was good to see everyone and reminisce about this last year of solitude. The energy was high and attitudes positive and a general feeling of being“Half way there” was prevalent. Our feelings […]
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State American Legion awards local post, leader
Chuck Mitman was awarded the Commander of the Year Award by the Department of Alaska of The American Legion and Lynn Canal Post 12 was given the “Unity Award” for its service to the community during and after the Dec. 2 storms. “The Unity Award is awarded to the Post, Unit, Squadron and Riders that have displayed […]
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Royal Caribbean talks berthing agreement with assembly
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) is interested in a contractual berthing agreement with Haines, cruise line executives said during a Monday meeting with Haines Borough Assembly members. The meeting was the culmination of more than a year of talks between borough tourism director Steven Auch and RCCL executives. Last May, the assembly adopted a resolution supporting increased […]
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Chamber facilitates AIDEA Lutak Dock financing discussion
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) last week proposed financing and developing Lutak Dock reconstruction to include an ore dock, a project that, according to AIDEA would diversify the local economy by supporting job growth and the “mining industry with a local mine on Alaska soil.” AIDEA presented its proposal to the Port and Harbor […]
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Assembly Briefs
Assembly supports Cascade Point ferry terminal The assembly voted 4-2 to write a letter in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point. Members Caitie Kirby and Carol Tuynman opposed the measure, saying they wanted more information before finalizing a decision. Last month, Mayor Douglas Olerud was contacted by those involved with Alaska Department of Transportation’s Juneau […]
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Reliable ferry service shouldn’t be a problem
Why did the planners and dreamers at Alaska DOT-PF spend millions to construct and pave an additional football field-sized parking lot at the Haines ferry terminal? This is not a joke: to accommodate the terrific, revenue-positive “demand” for ferry travel on Lynn Canal aboard the new Alaska Class vessels. Recall, too, the titanic joke by the Parnell […]
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2021 5th year in a row of no king fishing
King salmon sport fishing in the Chilkat Inlet north of Seduction Point is again closed from April 1 through July 15—the fifth consecutive year anglers have been shut out from king fishing locally due to population declines. “Another year of not fishing the Chilkat king run,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game sport fish […]