Amanda Randles has been scrounging around for bones lately. She needs a lot of them, as they’re a key plot element in “Incorruptible: A Dark Comedy About the Dark Ages,” a play she is directing about down-and-out monks who pawn off bones from the monastery’s graveyard as pricey relics in order to raise money to […]
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Young actors sought for summer theater camp
A production of Vera Morris’ “Fee Fi Fo Fum,” a romp through the Jack and the Beanstalk story, will cap the Lynn Canal Community Players’ Summer Youth Theater Conservatory. Registration is open for the theater camp, which will be held June 30-July 24 at the Chilkat Center. Performances are set for July 22-23. The play will feature […]
Biologist: Sea star sightings a spring occurrence
A cluster of mature sea stars discovered last week near Paradise Cove came as a surprise to the family who came upon them, and to other longtime residents who say they’ve never seen a group of large ones here. A federal biologist in Juneau said the species, known as mottled stars (Evasterias troscheli) are common […]
Can log jams help build king salmon run?
State biologists and the Takshanuk Watershed Council believe “engineered log jams” placed at the head of sand bars can create overwintering habitat and drive up the number of kings returning to the Chilkat as mature fish. “If you put more kings out in the ocean, hopefully more will come back. Given a constant for marine […]
State rejected 2 sites for Freeride ski event
In December, the Freeride World Tour’s request to access two sites outside of the borough-approved heli-ski map generated controversy, including opposition from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Chilkat Indian Village and numerous residents. The assembly on a 5-1 vote decided to open those areas, but it turns out the borough’s action made […]
Female bear harvest concerns biologist
A state biologist this week will ask residents to weigh in with suggestions of how to reduce the take of female brown bears in the area. Area wildlife biologist Carl Koch said between 2010 and fall of 2015, more than half the brown bears taken during hunts were females, above the state’s harvest objective of […]
Writer disregards mine’s violations
I agree with Brad Schulze regarding carbon credits being a “racket.” But I cannot, in a few sentences, address his statements regarding the “supposed global warming trend.” However, in 2014, the American Association for the Advancement of Science stated “about 97 percent of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening.” They cite […]
John Schnabel dies at 96
NOTE TO NON-SUBSCRIBERS: THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPER, INCLUDING THE JOHN SCHNABEL OBITUARY, AVAILABLE FOR $5. TO RECEIVE A PDF COPY VIA EMAIL, CALL 907-766-2688 WITH VALID CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. John Schnabel, a hard-driving sawmill owner and developer who became a gold miner and achieved national fame as a reality TV star, died March 18. Schnabel, 96, […]
Crash survivor to youths: Swimming skills critical
Knowing the passengers aboard his plane could swim gave him confidence he could make a water landing in Lynn Canal in November, pilot Mike Mackowiak told a group of youths Saturday. Without swimming skills, the crash outcome could have been tragic, Mackowiak said at “Splash-O-Rama,” a special event at the Haines pool that included a ceremony honoring […]
Police report
Monday, Nov. 26 The police department received a civil packet to be served on a man currently living outside of Haines. Police contacted a relative of the man who relayed the message. The man was told to call the court. Sunday, Nov. 25 A person called 911 to report a woman would not allow the […]
