SOUTHEAST LOG 4-24-21

 

SOUTHEAST LOG 4-24-21

COVID outbreak reported

WRANGELL - Authorities are reporting 16 COVID cases in the past week. They say the cases appear to be community spread. A mask mandate has been put in place until April 30. THE WRANGELL SENTINEL

Company gets timber contract

HAINES - An Oregon company has received won a contract to cut the 1,000-acre Baby Brown timber tract north of Haines. NWFP Inc, bid more than $423,000 for the state timber lands contract under which work could as soon as June. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

Airport to reopen

PRINCE RUPERT - The Prince Rupert Regional Airport on Digby Island will reopen by June 1. Officials say that Air Canada has reached an agreement with the Canadian government to resume service to the airports in Prince Rupert and Sandspit. THE PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS

What, no Kjottboller?

PETERSBURG - The Moose Lodge held a "Swedish" meatball fundraiser for the Little Norway Festival last week. THE PETERSBURG PILOT

Mounties honored

TERRACE - Three members of the Terrace RCMP detachment have been honored for their bravery in two recent incidents. Constables Dean Perrin and Matt Sullivan were given citations for how they handled a confrontation with an armed suspect in April of last year and Corporal Joshua Smith was honored for rescuing an injured person during a propane explosion in October. THE TERRACE STANDARD

Tired of the rainforest?

PETERSBURG - After nearly a quarter century of tending to Little Norway's public grounds, Jesse O'Connor is retiring. He plans to return to where he grew up, the Mojave Desert. THE PETERSBURG PILOT

Dyea cabin controversial

SKAGWAY - A newly built cabin in the Dyea campground is causing concern from some in the community that it competes with a nearby commercial operations. The municipality had planned to rent the bare bones cabin for $50 a night to help pay off the construction costs, but that number does undercut the commercial Chilkoot Trail Outpost which rents full-service cabins starting at $165 a night. THE SKAGWAY NEWS

Old Skeena site is new LPG facility

PRINCE RUPERT - Pembina has sent out the first shipload of liquid petroleum gas from its new Watson Island facility. The LPG plant is on the site of the former Skeena Cellulose pulp mill that had been closed for more than two decades. THE PRINCE RUPERT NORTHERN VIEW

Legislator breaks ground

WHITEHORSE - Yvonne Clark is the first person of Filipino heritage to be elected to the Yukon Parliament. Clark will represent Porter Creek Centre in the legislative body. THE WHITEHORSE DAILY STAR

Officer not faulted for taser use

GITLAXT'AAMIKS - A provincial investigator has determined an RCMP officer who used a taser to try to stop a man from cutting his own throat is not at fault for the man's death. The incident happened last October after the man had had already severely injured family members before the police arrived. THE TERRACE STANDARD

Northern Lynn Canal king fishery cancelled

HAINES - Sport fishing for king salmon north of Seduction Point will not take place for the fifth year in a row. Fish and Game is expecting the 2021  return to be well below the needed escapement level of 1,750 salmon. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS

Writers' workshop moves

SKAGWAY - The 12th Annual North Words Writers Symposium is moving to the first week in September. The Symposium is usually held around Memorial Day. THE SKAGWAY NEWS

Home prices jump

TERRACE - The average price of a home in Terrace topped $400,000 in 2020. The average sale price of $439,000 was up 26 percent from 2019. THE TERRACCE STANDARD

Royal visit remembered

WHITEHORSE - Oldtimers are fondly remembering the 1959 visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip when the couple met with residents and rode the White Pass and Yukon Railway. The Prince died last week at 99. THE WHITEHORSE DAILY STAR

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