Watersheds support numerous impressive wildlife communities, but perhaps the most sensational are migratory birds. Here in the Upper Lynn Canal, a dramatic scene unfolds in the spring each year, the magnitude of which can be seen, smelled, and heard throughout the valley. The mud and sand flats at the Chilkat River estuary are a major migratory stopover site […]

It’s late April in the upper Lynn Canal, and that means the saak are coming! The snow is melting and spring winds kick up dust storms on the newly exposed flats of the lower Chilkat River. Many refer to these cold winds, dust storms, and the frequent passing of snow and rain squalls as “hooligan weather.” Saak […]

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday directed a committee to consider lobbying Alaska Power and Telephone to resume the printing of its phone book similar to its 2017 version. That version was divided by communities rather than a final consolidated version that was printed in 2021. A press release from the company at the time instructed customers to […]

A Canadian developer with a murky track record says he is eyeing Haines as the site of an ore terminal that would serve “several” Alaska and Yukon mines. Prosperity Investments, an Edmonton-based firm whose owner has a history of unfinished projects, has proposed to buy Skagway’s aging ore loader for $1, to dismantle and move […]

Crabbers across Southeast Alaska set out Feb. 12 for the region’s commercial tanner crab fishery, facing reportedly low prices, but a strong stock estimate. Fifty six boats registered for the season, which began a few weeks after Kodiak crabbers went on strike over low prices. Kodiak processors offered around $3 per pound, according to a […]

A Canadian developer with a murky track record says he is eyeing Haines as the site of an ore terminal that would serve “several” Alaska and Yukon mines. Prosperity Investments, an Edmonton-based firm whose owner has a history of unfinished projects, has proposed to buy Skagway’s aging ore loader for $1, to dismantle and move […]