Actors who will present “Dancing at Lughnasa” at the Chilkat Center next weekend say they’ve stretched for their roles. The two-act production by Lynn Canal Community Players is a slice of life in a rural Ireland household in the 1930s, recounted through the memories of a young narrator. Steve Daly is performing in his first stage production, […]
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Solid, deep snowpack at upper elevations: good for ski season
Snow around town doesn’t look impressive, but at upper elevations where backcountry and heli-skiing occurs, conditions are the best they’ve been in several years, the director of the Haines Avalanche Information Center said during a presentation Monday at the Sheldon Museum. “There’s a solid, deep snowpack above timberline. There are no active, persistent, weak, deep […]
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DOT: Cut ferry day boat sailings — Agency proposes $9 million in reductions
Reduced ferry funding scenarios proposed by transportation officials include eliminating dayboat service in Lynn Canal between July and September, eliminating winter service by fast ferries, limiting fast ferry service to four days weekly during summer months, and eliminating contracted marketing and advertising. Other proposed changes would delay the start of service by the Taku between Prince Rupert, […]
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Large timber sale offered on Klehini
The state has proposed a timber sale on 1,000 acres of Haines State Forest land in the upper valley, responding to an apparent improvement in the market from a demand for rough sawlogs in China. “There’s a market developing and there’s interest,” said forester Roy Josephson. For Lynn Canal Conservation, the scope of the sale has raised […]
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Residents celebrate, fret decision to halt Juneau road
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s recent decision to halt the Juneau Access project has some residents hopeful the new administration will pull the plug altogether, while others are worried how failure to complete the project might affect state finances. Walker issued the order Dec. 26 to freeze the Juneau Road and five other statewide “megaprojects” pending […]
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Sonar fish camera slated for cut
A $100,000 sonar camera installed at the Chilkat Lake weir since 2008 will likely be mothballed this year by the Department of Fish and Game due to budget cuts, area management biologist Randy Bachman said this week. The DIDSON camera records sockeye salmon entering Chilkat Lake. It runs continuously, saving footage that’s reviewed by a […]
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Architect brought zeal to efforts
Last spring, Sue Luescher hosted the inaugural River Talk storytelling program at the Chilkat Center. The first River Talk of this season was held two days after her death on Jan. 13. She was 56. Luescher died at her second home in Reno. Friend and fellow theater booster Lorrie Dudzik explained to the audience Jan. […]
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Foundation gave funds for center tables
The Foundation for the Chilkat Center for the Arts is thankful for a grant we received from the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation to help purchase eight high/low boy tables (small round tables) for the center. The Chilkat Center lobby is a lovely space to have a special event, and these tables make it even more […]
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Chilkat Center upgrades underway
The Chilkat Center stage area looked like a Christmas-morning living room Monday, stacked with empty boxes containing about $200,000 in electronic equipment for the center. The improvements replace light equipment that dates to the 1960s and sound gear from the early 1980s. They were purchased largely with grants from the Rasmuson Foundation and Murdoch Charitable […]
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Rasmuson at heart of museum’s collection of local art
The Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center has acquired a $29,000 scrimshaw etching and a $6,000 portrait of Native elder Charlie Jimmie Sr. under grants from Alaska’s Rasmuson Foundation. The pieces by residents Heidi Robichaud and Donna Catotti, respectively, are the most recent additions to a 24-piece collection by local artists. The collection has been acquired […]