A combination of time and area restrictions, low prices and scant fish has made for a rough start to the season for Haines gillnetters. Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist Nicole Zeiser said about 141 gillnetters caught 93,000 chums, 8,000 sockeyes, 9,000 pinks, and 300 kings in Lynn Canal last week. All the salmon […]
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Posted inThank You Letters
Parade and celebration a major success!
On behalf of the Haines Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank all of the Ripinsky and Riley level sponsors (Alaska Arts Confluence, Alaska Marine Lines, Aspen Suites Hotel, Constantine Mining LLC, Haines Real Estate, Lynn Canal Corporation, Mountain Market & Café), volunteers, parade participants, and the Fourth of July Planning Committee – Jan Hill, Diana Lapham, Carolann Wooton, […]
Posted inNews, Obituaries
Spiritual ‘water blessing’ honors life of young Haines man
On June 26, a year to the hour of the death of 23-year-old Mario Julian Benassi, more than 60 out-of-town visitors, Alaska Natives from Chilkoot Indian Association and Klukwan, and indigenous South American spiritual leaders joined along the confluence of the Chilkat River and the inlet for a water blessing. Aquasension, the three-day festival organized by the father, […]
Posted inNews, Alaska Marine Highway System
Fall/Winter ferry schedule expected by mid-July
The Alaska Marine Highway System expects to have its draft fall/winter 2019/2020 schedule available for public comment in mid-July — about six weeks later than last year due to budget uncertainty. Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state operating budget on June 28, without further cuts to the ferry system appropriation beyond the $44 million already […]
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Commander shares Eldred Rock lighthouse stories, memories
Before his talk Saturday evening at the Haines Sheldon Museum, Roger Beving warned listeners, “My wife says I sound like a foghorn.” His audience, a standing-room-only crowd, didn’t care. The event, co-sponsored by the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association and Haines Sheldon museum, attracted an audience ready to soak up Beving’s stories of Eldred Rock. […]
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4th of July – Olde Fashioned Fourth will feature photo booth, gold panning
Those hoping to strike it rich will have an opportunity this July 4. At Tlingit Park, casual prospectors will be able to try their hand at panning for gold in soil from Porcupine Creek, contributed by Mark Sebens from his gold mine. The event will be open to people of all ages. “We’ll teach ‘em […]
Posted inNews, Alaska Marine Highway System
Planning commission debates local ferry service
In the midst of deep state budget cuts to the Alaska Marine Highway System, the Haines Borough Planning Commission debated last week whether or not to support Skagway’s efforts to create a Lynn Canal ferry authority. Last month, Skagway’s Marine Highway Ad Hoc Committee hired the research firm McDowell Group to study the viability of locally governed ferry service […]
Posted inMining
Committee asks Fish and Game for more thorough review of mining project
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee wants the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to take a harder stance on potential mining issues to wildlife and water quality, but Fish and Game said that’s not its job. On Tuesday, the advisory committee sent a letter to Alaska Department of Fish and Game, requesting an […]
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough
Borough Briefs
Employee housing rejected In a 3-2 vote last week, the Haines Borough Assembly rejected an ordinance that aimed to define approval criteria and allowable zones for employee housing in a 3-2 vote. Under current code, “living quarters necessary for caretakers, guards, and overnight employee accommodations” is allowable without restriction under the definition of “accessory use,” language borough […]
Posted inNews, Local News, Klukwan
Klukwan appeals Superior Court decision
The Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and three environmental conservation groups are appealing a decision from the federal District Court in Alaska to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. They say that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Protection Act when it approved Constantine Metal Resources’ mining exploration projects. Chilkat […]