Nearly 400 Alaskans gave more than $20,000 to 10 Haines nonprofits this year through the state’s Pick.Click.Give program, which allows people to donate some or all of their annual Permanent Fund Dividend to their favorite nonprofits. The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel netted $4,525, the highest amount any Haines nonprofit received this year through Pick.Click.Give. Ninety-seven […]
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Biologists make king closures official
The state Department of Fish and Game this week made official closures to conserve king salmon. The agency has outlined the closures in recent weeks. In a Monday press release, the agency said sport fishing and subsistence fishing would be closed in Chilkat Inlet until July 15. The sport fishing closure goes further than previous […]
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Mining experts to speak in valley
Four speakers with mining-related expertise will visit Haines and Klukwan next week for presentations and panel discussions on mining in Alaska. The informational meetings will be held Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chilkat Center and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Klukwan ANS Hall. They are sponsored by the Takshanuk Watershed Council, Haines […]
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HARK event was fun, huge success
The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel would like to thank all those who attended, volunteered, and donated to our annual member meeting and “Spring Bling” event. The evening was great fun and a huge success. Special thanks to the Chilkat Center for the Arts, Chilkat Bakery, Haines Brewing Company, KHNS, King’s Store, Mountain Market, Port Chilkoot […]
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NSRAA cuts incubation boxes
Haines fishermen are questioning a recent decision by Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) to suspend a chum incubation-box project here. At its Juneau meeting March 11-12, the board of the regional aquaculture association voted to discontinue the program that hatches as many as three million chum salmon eggs at sites at 17 Mile, 33 […]
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King salmon rules tighten
Chilkat Inlet closed to July 16 Department of Fish and Game biologists this week outlined new restrictions on area fisheries aimed to protect the Chilkat king salmon return, including closing Chilkat Inlet to subsistence fishing through July 15. Sport fishing in Chilkat Inlet also will be closed through July 15, with a daily bag limit […]
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Can theater festival be revived?
A group of theater and arts supporters in Haines met Monday to discuss the viability of resurrecting the Alaska Community Theater Festival (ACTFEST), or some version of a theater festival here. Carol Tuynman of the Alaska Arts Confluence said she helped organize the meeting after residents expressed the idea to her. A judged competition of […]
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Can Chilkat king salmon be saved?
Fishing restrictions to protect dwindling numbers of Chilkat king salmon may be coming to the most lucrative commercial fishery in the area – harvest of hatchery-raised chum salmon by gillnet boats in south Lynn Canal. Ed Jones, the state Department of Fish and Game’s Chinook salmon research coordinator, said this week that state biologists will meet […]
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Again, preschool seeking new home
The Chilkat Valley Preschool’s plans to buy part of a building on Willard Street have fallen through due to zoning issues, preschool administrator Renee Hoffman said this week. The preschool, housed in the Haines Borough’s Human Resources Building, intended to move into about two-thirds of the building owned by Sue Folletti, buying those sections of […]
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East-side road unsafe and expensive
Regarding Pat Kemp, my mother taught me not to say anything bad about people. In 27 B.C., the Roman Empire knew the necessity of roads to protect and improve commerce by connecting communities. The east-side access road as proposed was an unsafe, expensive environmental disaster that did not connect communities or improve commerce. By studying […]