The FVF Fairweather made its final run for the winter and possibly indefinitely on Sep. 9, according to Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) spokeswoman, Aurah Landau. The ferry is tied up every winter for cost savings. However, “because of the cost of the vessel, it might be retired,” Landau said. “But, if the system needs […]
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Duly Noted
About 15 residents turned out for Flag Day services organized Friday by the American Legion Lynn Canal Post #12. The ceremony included retiring 180 flags by burning, including aged ones from the Jones Point Cemetery, said Legion service officer Jim Moran. “A lot of local businesses, when their flags start getting tattered, we either replace them or sell […]
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State commission orders AP&T revenues refundable
Alaska Power & Telephone ratepayers will likely receive a small refund if the power company complies with an Aug. 24 Regulatory Commission of Alaska order to refund its rate payers. The commission considers $452,000 of AP&T revenue refundable after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was signed into law last year. The Act […]
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Strong sockeye run returns to Chilkoot, electric fence goes up
Chilkoot sockeye escapement is approaching Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s upper escapement limit and commercial fishermen are fishing five days a week in Lutak Inlet. Nearly 84,000 sockeye passed the weir as of Wednesday, said Fish and Game area commercial fisheries biologist Wyatt Rhea-Fournier. In mid-July, low sockeye returns had Rhea-Fournier wondering where the fish were. […]
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Board re-sends letter critical of ADFG
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee resubmitted a letter to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game protesting the agency’s habitat division’s approval of a Haines Highway construction permit amendment that allows in-river work during high water. Committee members were concerned with the amendment that stands in contrast with an initial July 2017 permit […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Attentive reader troubled by canoeing police
Thank you for keeping us former Haines residents updated on the happenings around Haines. It’s nice to see that things are going well. However, I was alarmed to read in the July 26 Police Report that: “A citizen advised police they would be traveling to Juneau via canoe.” This raises some troubling questions. First, who […]
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Local board challenges Fish and Game, breaks Open Meetings Act
Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials rejected this week a request from the local Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Commitee to stop all fill and construction activities on the Haines Highway reconstruction project until after the bulk of the king salmon run has passed. The Alaska Board of Fisheries isn’t recognizing the committee’s letter as a formal […]
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Assembly to consider transportation plan
As Haines’ population ages, the borough and local human services organizations expect demand for accessible transportation to rise, putting pressure on an already stressed system. The Haines Borough took over organizing the “Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan” previously handled by Juneau-based Catholic Community Services, operator of the Care-A-Van ride services offered through Haines Senior […]
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Sockeye return falls short of projections
A pulse of sockeye swam up the Chilkoot River early this week, bolstering what was a dismal early run, but the Chilkat River still has Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists concerned. Fish and Game area commercial fisheries biologist Wyatt Rhea-Fournier said while he attributed last year’s record low sockeye run to over-escapement during the run’s […]
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Thanks for the smooth, efficient ride
The Upper Lynn Canal is a great place to live, especially for kids. Thank you to Alison with the Alaska Fjordlines and Stephanie with the Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry for making it possible for us to travel for four days R/T to Skagway to attend their basketball camp. Thank you, too, to Cindy at the Skagway School for […]