Southeast Log 6-6-20

SOUTHEAST LOG 6-6-20


Man attacked by wolf

PORT EDWARD - A 72-year-old man is in the hospital after he was attacked by a wolf near his home last week. Officials say that Stanley Russ was attacked after visiting a next door neighbor. He suffered arm and leg bites in the seemingly unprovoked attack. THE NORTHERN VIEW

Woman injured during arrest

PRINCE RUPERT - Officials are investigating an incident in which a woman was seriously injured when she fell 20 feet during an attempted arrest on First Avenue last week. The Independent Investigations Office is looking into RCMP actions during the arrest. THE NORTHERN VIEW

Nurse helps out in NYC

PETERSBURG -Local nurse Stacey Dahl recently spent three weeks working in a COVID 19 unit at a hospital in New York City. She is part of the Samaritan's Purse International Disaster Assistance Response Team. THE PETERSBURG PILOT

Travel quarantine may continue

SKAGWAY - Although the state may be ending the 14-day travel quarantine, the Skagway Borough says it is reserving the right to continue the policy for the time being. The borough says it is relying - for now - on voluntary compliance. THE SKAGWAY NEWS

Resident shocked by 'go home' graffiti

TERRACE - The manager of the local Tim Horton's was shocked to find her truck - with a University of Washington sticker on it - was vandalized recently. Someone wrote "Borders closed, go home, you're not welcome" on Janine Kraft's truck. She has lived in Terrace since 2003. THE TERRACE STANDARD

Unemployment hits 30-year high

HAINES - April unemployment was 27 percent this year, the highest it has been in 30 years. Only Skagway - at 31 percent - had a higher rate in the state. Normally, April unemployment in Haines is 8 to 9 percent. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

Bridge construction starts

HAIDA GWAII - Two new bridges will be built along Highway 16 between Port Clements and Tlell.  The Gold Creek bridge and the Geikie Creek Bridge #1 will be the third and fourth replacement bridges in the area in the past two years. Work should be complete by the end of this year. THE HAIDA GWAII
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Assembly member resigns

WRANGELL - Borough Assembly member Drew Larrabee has resigned his seat. Larrabee said his family is moving out of the community. THE WRANGELL SENTINEL

Skagwegians stepping up

SKAGWAY - The local food bank says it is in good shape to provide food to families that need it this summer. The Community Cares program says it normally has about $3,000 set aside to provide emergency food packages, but higher than normal donations have raised more than $7,000. THE SKAGWAY NEWS

Tourism companies 'on death row'

WHITEHORSE - Last week's "National Tourism Week" was nothing to celebrate because COVID 19 concerns are shredding expectations for the tourism industry. "Operators feel like they're sitting on death row," Neil Hartling, chair of the Tourism Industry Association of Yukon, said last week. THE WHITEHORSE STAR

Harrell Trust gives $1.3 million more

HAINES - Lucy Harrell lived simply in the three decades she lived in Haines, but she was also a philanthropist who donated more than $10 million to various Haines charities and programs. The trust created by her will recently donated an additional $1.3 million local charities such as the Community Foundation, Haines Assisted Living (where she died last year) the American Bald Eagle Foundation and the Sheldon Museum. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

No chinook fishing on Skeena

PRINCE RUPERT - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has extended a ban on Chinook salmon fishing from the commercial fleets to recreational fishers. The DFO says a projected return of only 38,000 kings to the Skeena River drainage is behind the closure. Coho and chum recreational fisheries are also being limited. THE NORTHERN VIEW

They said, she said

HAINES - Two weeks ago, the Borough Assembly fired manager Debra Schnable. Last week, Schnable took a full page in the newspaper to tell her side of the story. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

College to be mostly on-line

TERRACE - Coast Mountain College will be offering classes through "distributed learning" this fall. Officials say that means that anything that "can be taught on line, will be taught on line." THE TERRACE STANDARD

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