Following a commercial Dungeness crab harvest last summer they say depleted subsistence catches here, residents may petition the state Board of Fish to expand areas closed to commercial crabbing in Lynn Canal. “This isn’t over,” said assemblyman Norm Smith, who arranged a presentation by the state Department of Fish and Game at last week’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting. “Every […]
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Fisherman lost, presumed drowned
U.S. Coast Guard investigators were due in Haines late this week to get details of an accident that apparently claimed the life of local commercial fisherman Ted Lynch, 61. Lynch was presumed drowned after falling off his gillnet boat Darlin Michele while shrimp fishing Tuesday afternoon near Skagway. Terrance Moniz, Lynch’s brother-in-law, was on the […]
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Ferry documentary traces system’s roots here
In 1988, an ailing Steve Homer of Haines posed for a Chilkat Valley News photographer aboard the ferry Malaspina, above a sign announcing the 25th anniversary of the Alaska Marine Highway. Homer, who operated a surplus Navy landing craft as ferry in Lynn Canal for four years starting in 1947, never quite got the recognition he deserved, […]
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Fish and Game Advisory Committee to meet
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the Haines assembly chambers. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss 2012-13 regulatory proposals to the state Board of Game. For more information, contact Frances Leach at 907-465-4046 or committee chair Tim McDonough at [email protected].
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Fish and Game Advisory Committee to meet
The Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee will hold a meeting 5 p.m. Friday, May 4 at the assembly chambers. The meeting will include nominations to fill committee seats, discussion of Chilkoot corridor developments, and a look at deer populations on Sullivan Island, said chair Dean Risley. The advisory committee advises the state boards of fisheries and wildlife […]
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Heat is on for LCCP’s ‘Oklahoma!’
The heat was back on at the Chilkat Center Wednesday, a relief for the 30 actors and actresses who’ve been bundled up for six weeks, rehearsing Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” and awaiting boiler repairs. “It’s a good sign,” said Mark Sebens, who along with Elisé Lammers, is co-directing the Lynn Canal Community Players show that opens 7 […]
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LCC revives claim against jetboat wakes
For the third time since 2004, Lynn Canal Conservation says it has evidence of Chilkat River Adventures tour company damaging fish habitat in the upper Chilkat River. LCC filed a complaint with the state Division of Parks recently, providing what it says are photographs of the company violating its permit 27 times in July and August. The alleged violations came […]
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‘Coho Days’ set for Oct. 5-7
Local business owners and the Haines Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring events designed to entice Canadian fisherman to spend their Thanksgiving weekend in Haines. “Coho Days,” set for Oct. 5-7, will include a party Saturday night with fish hors d’oeuvres and prizes for costumes made with duct tape or denim. Jamie Knudsen at the Chamber […]
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Book an inside view of air taxi work
Resident Bob Adkins recounts flying stories comic and tragic in “Panhandle Pilot,” a self-published book now available in Haines. According to Adkins, his manifest has included lunatics, movie stars, drunken roughnecks and one provocative woman who, as solo passenger, started undressing in mid-flight. “A lot of crazy stuff happens. Flying involves people and people can […]
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Grateful for foundation grant
On behalf of the partnership of KHNS, Well & Fit Community Council, Lynn Canal Counseling and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), we would like to say thank you so much for the generous funding support that the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation has provided through a grant award. Because of this financial support, we were able to […]