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Wrong remains find final resting place at peak of Mount Sinclair
When John Svenson learned fellow climbers would be ascending Mount Sinclair, a 6,800 foot peak...
Haines unlikely to serve as port for Yukon ore exports
At a public meeting hosted by Lynn Canal Conservation last week speakers cast doubt that Haines could be a viable port for Yukon mining interests....
To go green, we need mining
It is tragically ironic that the anti-mining Lynn Canal Conservation organization has chosen to raffle an electric bicycle rather than a...
Legislators hear strong objections to ferry terminal at Cascade Point
The Alaska Department of Transportation has been working more than two years on the idea of building a new state ferry terminal at Cascade Point, almo...
Forest Service issues final EIS for expansion at Kensington gold mine
The U.S. Forest Service has issued its final supplemental environmental impact statement and draft record of decision to allow expansion of the...
Chum returns are off to a good start, but sockeye below average
Three weeks into the Upper Lynn Canal commercial gillnetting season, fisheries managers say it’s off to a good start. “It’s actually pretty...
Panties to fly high at fairgrounds fundraiser
Jim Shook has retired as cannoneer, but the underwear will fly at Fort Seward this Independence Day...
U.S. Senators renew push for landless tribe settlement
Alaska’s U.S. Senators are planning to reintroduce legislation that would allow Native Alaskans in Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and...
Historical society grant to experiment with commercial berry production
The Chilkat Valley Historical Society was awarded an Alaska Department of Natural Resources specialty crop grant for the second year in a row, this...
Murphy worked as longshoreman, took pride in family
There will be a memorial service followed by a potluck reception hosted by the American Legion...
2021 scholarship winners
Haines Volunteer Fire Department Carson Crager, $875; Lydia Andriesen, $1,225; Mark Davis, $1,225; Hannah Boron, $1,225. Uglys of Haines Leg up:...
Duly Noted
Brittney Bradford graduated from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho on May 14 with a bachelor degree in radiographic science and an...
Thanks for supporting our gallery opening
We would like to thank all the fine folks that ventured forth and attended the revival of our traditional spring gallery opening. It was good to see...
Chamber facilitates AIDEA Lutak Dock financing discussion
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) last week proposed financing and developing Lutak Dock reconstruction to include an...
State American Legion awards local post, leader
Chuck Mitman was awarded the Commander of the Year Award by the Department of Alaska of The American Legion and Lynn Canal Post 12 was given the...
Royal Caribbean talks berthing agreement with assembly
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) is interested in a contractual berthing agreement with Haines, cruise line executives said during a Monday...
Assembly Briefs
Assembly supports Cascade Point ferry terminal The assembly voted 4-2 to write a letter in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point. Members...
Bidder awarded Baby Brown timber sale
Oregon company NWFP INC. was the high bidder on the 1,000-acre Baby Brown timber sale 37 miles north of Haines—the largest timber sale in more than...
2021 5th year in a row of no king fishing
King salmon sport fishing in the Chilkat Inlet north of Seduction Point is again closed from April 1 through July 15—the fifth consecutive year...
Reliable ferry service shouldn't be a problem
Why did the planners and dreamers at Alaska DOT-PF spend millions to construct and pave an additional football field-sized parking lot at the Haines...
Assembly to consider supporting improved Juneau access
The Haines Borough Assembly plans to take up a resolution in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay...
Why don't geologists give straight answers?
There’s an old joke among rock experts. Ask a geologist what’s two plus two, they’ll likely answer “somewhere between three and five and...
DOT cancels Matanuska sailings for third time in 2021
Less than a week after the only state ferry currently serving Haines returned to service, it was broken down again. On March 27, the state Department...
Matanuska breaks down for second time in 2021
The Matanuska ferry, the only Alaska Marine Highway vessel currently serving Haines, is once again...
