SOUTHEAST LOG 8-1-20

 

SOUTHEAST LOG 8-1-20

Commemoration pole to be raised

TERRACE -  In early September a commemoration and healing totem pole honoring missing and murdered indigenous woemen will be raised on at Highway 16 pullout on Kitsumkalum territory west of Terrace. The 24-foot totem is being carved by Mike Dangeli of Terrace. THE TERRACE STANDARD

Just Haines being Haines

HAINES - Paul Nelson was the first place winner in the Fourth of July Reverse Parade. But now the Haines police have cited him for operating his float without a drivers license. Nelson says he drove his float on private property, the Southeast Alaska Fairgrounds. He said the ticket he got is in response to his earlier complaints about the Police Department.  THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

Racism committee proposed

JUNEAU - The borough assembly is considering establishing a Racism Review Committee to examine future city legislation for potential systematic racism. City leaders say they are responding to calls from the community for an oversight committee. THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Yah sure, it's wet yah!

PETERSBURG - Little Norway is on track for its wettest summer ever. After two months, it is already the 4th wettest on record with nearly 12.5 inches of rain. The all-time record was 15.74 in 1945. THE PETERSBURG PILOT
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New cargo facility planned

TERRACE - A $12 million railroad cargo transfer facility is planned for the former Skeena Celluslose sawmill site on Keith Avenue. The "transload" facility will allow for shipping containers to be transferred back and forth between trains and trucks. THE TERRACE STANDARD

Lodge, tribe at odds over opening

HAIDA GWAII - The Queen Charlotte Fishing Lodge at Naden Harbour has reopened for business despite a continued call the Council of the Haida Nation to keep Haida Gwaii closed to visitors during the COVID 19 pandemic. Lodge officials say they are protecting the community at large by bringing guests by helicopter directly from Prince Rupert to Naden Harbour. THE HAIDA GWAII OBSERVER

Subsistence program gets grant

WRANGELL - A local program has received a $4,500 grant to develop a food security program. Wrangell's Subsidence Giving Project is being spearheaded by Kassee Schlotzhauer and will provide subsistence hunting and gathering for those in the community that can not do it themselves. THE WRANGELL SENTINEL

Some red faces on Facebook

KITIMAT -  A group of six Catholic nuns from Poland and Brazil caused a bit of stir in Northern BC last week when reports began surfacing on Social Media that they were part of a sex trafficking ring searching for local children to kidnap. Church officials says the nuns - who visited Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Burns Lake -  were indeed nuns on vacation who just wanted to see the ocean and enjoy nature. THE KITIMAT NORTHERN SENTINEL

The show went on

JUNEAU - Last week, Theater in the Rough performed what was believed to the first outdoor audience attended theater in the country since the beginning of the COVID 19 shutdown. Using the stage at Savikko Park's Pioneer Pavilion, the troupe presented Shakespeare's "As You Like it." THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

But it was Honey Nut Oats!

KITWANGA - A local man was fined $345 for throwing a box of cereal at a bear on Highway 16. A passerby saw the action and reported it to the Mounties who tracked the man down. THE NORTHERN VIEW

Drip, drip, drip

SITKA - Yes, it's wet but not that wet. Sitka received a little more than 8 inches of rain in the first two months of the summer, but that makes it just the 16th wettest June and July on record. THE DAILY SITKA SENTINEL

In person voting will go on

PETERSBURG - The borough says that it will hold election poling in the community gym to provide enough space for social distancing. Mail in and absentee voting will also be available. THE PETERSBURG PILOT


Borough looks at land sales

HAINES - The Borough government is looking selling some land to boost the funding in the borough permanent fund so that the fund can be used to help pay off school bond debt that was recently vetoed by Gov. Dunleavy. The borough is considering selling land in Portage Cove, Excursion Inlet and the northeast side of Mount Ripley. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

Alcohol leads to crash, fire

KITIMAT - Two people are in the hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries after a car crashed off Dyke Road and caught fire. Police say alcohol appears to have been a factor in the crash. THE KITIMAT NORTHERN SENTINEL

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