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Thanks for helping student rafters
Many thanks to Rainbow Glacier Adventures for the generous donation of a rafting trip to our students as a wonderful culmination of a year of studies...
Chum price, run forecast looks good for fishermen
Commercial fishermen can expect an average sockeye return and a high chum price this season, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game...
Who has our best interest in mind?
As a professional woodworker, I realize that trees have to be cut down and metals need to be mined for me to do my job. But I don’t support cutting...
In the end, it's not worth the risk
I grew up in New Jersey and have lived in Haines for five years. I bought my home in Haines 10 years ago after my first visit to this beautiful and...
Eagle council weighs in on timber sale
The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council recommended the University of Alaska not log within the boundaries of the preserve after...
Triathlon participation hikes in second year
With the cut-off still three weeks away, participation in the Chilkat Challenge Triathlon is nearly double that of last year’s inaugural event....
Eulachon make big splash again this year
Little silver fish turned the Chilkoot and Chilkat rivers black during last week’s spring eulachon run. Takshanuk Watershed Council Executive...
Timber sale meeting gets dramatic in Chilkat Center
About 100 residents attended the University of Alaska’s meeting Wednesday at the Chilkat Center to address the negotiated timber sale on about...
Debris disposal raises questions
Considering the contentious issues and sensitive conversations regarding the Chilkat River and the valley, as a whole, it would seem a discerning choi...
Board asks Klukwan to pull nets during king peak
In an attempt to save king salmon, a local advisory committee considered asking Klukwan subsistence fishermen to pull their nets out of the Chilkat...
Monitor presence to diminish in Chilkoot Corridor
Chilkoot Bear Foundation volunteers may take a backseat during the busy summer bear season at Chilkoot River as State Parks officials say they are...
Dan Henry gives book talk at Chilkat Center
After 32 years of work, Dan Henry presented his book "Across the Shaman's River" about John Muir,...
Arts Outlook
First Friday abloom with art, activities May’s First Friday is abloom with puppets, paintings, plants and more at participating businesses. Port...
Duly Noted
Glen and Allison Jacobson celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on April 23. The couple headed to Juneau at 4 a.m. on their express excursion...
Baseline water data focus of mining forum
The Chilkat Valley Mining Committee hosted and organized a forum on water Wednesday evening where speakers outlined the Alaska Department of...
Dan Henry to give 'Shaman's River' talk
Chilkoot Indian Association will present “Everything from afar drifts ashore: The Northern Hub of Tlingit Country” —a book talk by Dan Henry, au...
Discussion begins on Chilkat access
Avid users of the Chilkat River expressed concerns Monday about access to the water when construction on Haines Highway begins. Haines Borough...
Tier 3 support was born in Haines
Joe Poor’s commentary claims support for Tier 3 Chilkat River designation is funded by “‘outside’ groups whom (sic) have no vested interest...
Duly Noted
Friends and members of the Presbyterian Church came to the Chilkat Center for a retirement party honoring Ron and Jacque Horn on Saturday. Susan Weera...
Assembly scrutinizes Alaska Excursions tour
Before approving an ATV tour permit at Glacier Point, the Haines Borough Assembly decided this week to investigate unsafe practices by Skagway tour...
Black: former Haines city mayor, veteran
Dave Black, 82, former mayor and businessman, died of heart failure on Feb. 10 in Puyallup, Wash.... Full story
'There is no snow'
A sharp decrease in snowpack this winter has winter sports enthusiasts, backcountry skiers and heli-...
Conservation group presents Chilkat River Tier 3 discussion
A scientist from a regional conservation group presented information to a crowd of more than 100 people about what a Tier 3 designation might entail...
Duly Noted
In this month’s “National Fisherman Magazine” you may recognize Haines locals Rafe McGuire and Sally Boisvert fishing on their gillnetter, the...