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5 Decades After Mineral Discovery, Alaskan Locals Divided Over Plan to Mine It

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HAINES, Alaska—The frigid waters of the Chilkat River in southeast Alaska have teemed with fall-running salmon on their journey home to spawn as far back as Jones Hotch Jr. can remember. Now in his 70s, Hotch is the tribal president of the sovereign Chilkat Indian Village in Klukwan, a small community located along the 52-mile river 18 miles south of the U.S.–Canada border. Like his ancestors, he and his family rely on the river for subsistence …See the Story

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‘We all fish right there': Local concerns pause timber company’s plans for Haines

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The log transfer facility and storage site would be a little over four miles outside of town, in Haines’ Lutak Inlet, pictured above on March 27, 2025. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS) Four years ago, an Oregon-based timber company won a contract to harvest some 23 million board feet of spruce and hemlock outside Haines. Now, the company’s plan to get that timber out of Alaska – and into buyers’ hands – is sparking pushback. That’s because the company’s lo…See the Story

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Halibut fishery opens on time but with a lower catch limit - Chilkat Valley News

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Mandy Reigle lays a halibut skate on Saturday, August 3, 2024, near Haines, Alaska. Alaska’s commercial halibut fishery opened as scheduled March 20 with a reduced catch limit because of a decline in stock status. Southeast Alaska’s commercial halibut fishery has a catch limit of just over 3 million pounds this year, down from 3.5 million pounds in 2024. Statewide, the commercial catch limit is nearly 15 …See the Story

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5 Decades After Mineral Discovery, Alaskan Locals Divided Over Plan to Mine It

‘We all fish right there': Local concerns pause timber company’s plans for Haines

Halibut fishery opens on time but with a lower catch limit - Chilkat Valley News

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5 Decades After Mineral Discovery, Alaskan Locals Divided Over Plan to Mine It

‘We all fish right there': Local concerns pause timber company’s plans for Haines

Halibut fishery opens on time but with a lower catch limit - Chilkat Valley News

A Q&A with the Haines sixth-grader who went to the state spelling bee championship - Chilkat Valley News

Lutak Dock environmental assessment to be updated after MARAD sends new language guidance - Chilkat Valley News

Alaska dog burned in devastating fire makes miraculous recovery

Recapping a fruitful trip to Haines

This Week in History: Protection for the Chilkat River, a glacier rescue, Ferebee River logging, - Chilkat Valley News

It takes a village to grow a conference - Chilkat Valley News

Police Blotter March 3-15 - Chilkat Valley News

The big yellow school bus returns to Kluwkan - Chilkat Valley News