Bullying isn’t something that just happens in schools, or among middle-schoolers. And it doesn’t always look like a student being pushed into a locker, or teased during recess. That’s part of the message Lynn Canal Counseling Service’s new “bully-proofing” campaign is trying to get across, said LCCS supervisor Kelly Williamson. Williamson and Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative coordinator […]
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Town, fleet came through with picnic
Thanks to the more than 2,000 residents, visitors, and KCIBR participants who attended the Community King Salmon Barbecue June 18 at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds. This annual event promotes wild Alaska seafood, and celebrates the importance of our local fishing fleet and fishing industry businesses to our community. Thanks to Ocean Beauty Seafoods for […]
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Gillnetters expect improved prices
For commercial fishermen in Lynn Canal this year, size matters. Department of Fish and Game biologist Mark Sogge said sockeye salmon returning to the Chilkoot and Chilkat rivers this week were a “healthy” weight, but it’s still too early to know if smaller-sized fish that diminished the value of the commercial gillnet fishery last year will return […]
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Police Report
Monday, June 6 A person reported a brown bear in the woods near Cox Street. Dispatch forwarded the report to Fish and Game. A person reported a possibly capsized boat in Lynn Canal. The U.S. Coast Guard was advised and an officer responded, but found no distress signals from the area. Dispatch served a summons on […]
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Hearings set on wood chip heat proposal
The Haines Borough school board will meet at 7 p.m. on July 14 to hear a detailed presentation and ask questions about a proposal by borough consultant Darsie Culbeck to use wood chips to heat Haines School buildings. In a brief presentation to the board Tuesday, Culbeck said chip-burning boilers in a new building located near the swimming […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, April 16 An intoxicated man was taken into protective custody after being found in a ditch by the Haines Highway. A person reported he was leaving a local lodging facility early as his room had not been cleaned. He said he was reporting the matter to protect himself and his credit card. Monday, April […]
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Camp fare: Sports, science, stage
Children’s librarian Holly Davis said a record 122 students have registered for the Haines Borough Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, following Friday’s program kick-off. Registration remains open for the program aimed at students through age 12. It continues through Aug. 3. “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read” awards prizes from a treasure chest as rewards for reading. […]
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Haines High School grads ‘shake it off’ at ceremony
Speaker Suzanne Newton urged graduates to make “glorious, fantastic mistakes” at the commencement exercises for Haines High School’s class of 2016 at Karl Ward gym Tuesday. Newton, a school paraprofessional chosen to speak by the senior class, told the 21 graduates their lives were “about to get real, real fast.” “It’s your turn to make […]
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Chamber study quantifies nonprofit contributions
The financial impact of local nonprofits has come to the fore of political discussions in recent years, as state and federal funds dwindle and the Haines Borough questions what role it should take in supporting the organizations. A new report released by the Haines Chamber of Commerce offers perspective on how nonprofits contribute to the community through […]
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Eulachon harvest up on Chilkoot, Chilkat
Subsistence fishermen who netted buckets of eulachon on the Chilkoot River late last week got another chance this week along the Chilkat, including at Jones Point. “Lots of people were catching them out there yesterday,” Meredith Pochardt, executive director of the Takshanuk Watershed Council, said Wednesday. Using mark-recapture technology, the council has been estimating the […]