The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not need to take into account the effects of a future mine when it approved Constantine Metal Resources’ permit to conduct Palmer Project exploration work, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion published Friday, which upholds the 2019 ruling of the federal District Court in […]
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Businesses, arts groups receive more federal funds
On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly approved the use of federal coronavirus relief dollars to assist previously overlooked businesses and leverage additional funds from the Rasmuson Foundation for local arts and culture organizations. Under the Municipal Arts and Culture Matching Grant Program, the Rasmuson Foundation offers a one-to-one match for the first $20,000 in CARES Act funds […]
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This week in history
Aug. 17, 1970 To arms for Lynn Canal Players “Pipe-wrappers, to arms!” is the cry sounded by the board of directors of the Lynn Canal Community Players in an effort to prepare the Chilkat Center for the coming winter. Water pipes must be heat-taped and insulated before the freezing weather arrives, and the board has set this weekend, both […]
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Fishing remains slow, chum returns ‘extremely poor’
Poor chum salmon returns combined with an uncertain sockeye run have gillnetters concerned. “It’s disastrous,” fisherman Norm Hughes said this week. He said he’s catching about the same amount every week, and not seeing the run build to a peak. “It’s very humbling,” Hughes said. “I’d like to think I’m smarter than the fish, but […]
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Slow start to season for Lynn Canal gillnetters
The commercial drift gillnet season, which began June 21, is off to a slow start. Prices are comparable to this time last year, but so far fish numbers are low. And the salmon have been small, gillnetter Norm Hughes said. Hughes, who primarily fishes for chum, said he believes in a “sit, stay, make it […]
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Community Players still looking for storytellers
The Lynn Canal Community Players is continuing to recruit storytellers, historians, comics and improvisational performers for what the organization hopes will become a series of short videos available on YouTube later this summer. With the group’s summer workshops for kids shut down by the COVID-19 public health emergency, and any public performances on hold, moving to YouTube […]
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Matanuska back in service after 6 months
Alaska state ferry service is getting closer to normal, even though passenger loads are far from normal. Even the Matanuska, the oldest operating vessel in the fleet, has come back to service. Engine problems forced the ferry out of service in January, stranding travelers throughout Southeast and, due to the unavailability of any other working […]
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Work underway at boat launch; completion scheduled for Oct. 31
Work is underway on the $5.4 million project to build a two-lane boat-launch ramp at Haines Small Boat Harbor, with completion scheduled for Oct. 31. “The boating community is very anxious to get it done,” Ed Coffland, director of public facilities at the borough, said Wednesday. Plans for a new launch ramp have been under […]
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Arts Outlook
First Friday features pottery, mixology As tourism season wraps up and summer turns to fall, Haines businesses will keep their doors open for October’s First Friday with pottery and watercolor displays, a bed and breakfast open house and a mixology workshop. Main Street’s Skipping Stone Studio will feature pottery and ceramic work from Haines local […]
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9th Circuit case could impact Palmer Project
A case before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals could impact Constantine Metal Resources’ Palmer Project. The case relates to Constantine’s permit to conduct mine exploration activities on federal land. Oral arguments were held on Wednesday, June 3. In December 2017, the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and three environmental conservation groups—Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Lynn Canal Conservation […]