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Skagway & Haines Assemblies Meet
Joint work group focuses on similarities, mutual interests

By Editor, on March 9th, 2011

SKAGWAY–At a joint Haines and Skagway Borough Assembly work group meeting Monday evening, members of both bodies discussed subjects of mutual interest, including upper Lynn Canal port development, tourism, the shuttle ferry service, hydropower and the Skagway-Haines energy intertie.

Though the meeting only lasted a little over an hour, there was general agreement that it was a good start toward the two boroughs working together for mutual benefit. Read more->

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Coeur reports record numbers with Kensington help
“This will be its first full year of production, and it’s had a huge impact.”

By Editor, on March 1st, 2011

By Jonathan Grass | JUNEAU EMPIRE
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. has outperformed its last quarter and yearly figures, with Kensington’s gold production playing a strong role in boosting the numbers.

Coeur reported $218 million in metal sales in its fourth quarter, a 75 percent increase. Its full year metal sales were up 72 percent, to a record $515 million.

Read the full article in the Juneau Empire.

Haines | Mining

Discovery renews ‘Gold Rush,’ ‘Flying Wild’
Alaska reality shows deliver high ratings

By Editor, on February 21st, 2011

by James Hibbard | ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Discovery is renewing two freshman reality shows that have delivered big ratings: Gold Rush: Alaska and Flying Wild Alaska. Both will return for second seasons, says Discovery President and GM Clark Bunting.

Along with veteran hit Deadliest Catch, the two programs have shown that Alaska-based reality fare can really deliver for the network. Gold Rush and Flying Wild have made the cable network competitive with the major broadcasters in some demos on the tough-to-program evening.

Read more in Entertainment Weekly

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State: Reality TV miners didn’t have to shoot bear
Love it or hate it, get ready for more of “Gold Rush: Alaska,” second season.

By Editor, on February 18th, 2011

By Kyle Hopkins | ADN

In one of the first episodes of “Gold Rush: Alaska,” the new Discovery Channel series about six men transplanted from Oregon to Southeast Alaska in hopes of striking gold, a brown bear wanders into camp.

Sure enough, a bear is killed by the end of the episode. “The team has made the camp secure,” the narrator concludes.

What viewers aren’t told is that no one had to shoot the bear to save a life or protect property at the mining claim on Porcupine Creek, according to a review by the state Department of Natural Resources.

Read the state Department of Natural Resources letter to the reality show miners here.
Read more at ADN.com.

Alaska | Alaska Politics | Mining

State recommends mining complaint dismissal
Alaska Public Offices Commission staff says measure opponents acted properly

By Editor, on January 14th, 2011

By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE
The Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) was told Wednesday that the mining advocates didn’t do anything wrong when they funnelled money from one group to another to fight an anti-mining ballot measure in 2008.

State budget includes $10.5M toward road to resources
They’ve been talked about for years; this year planning and engineering will be funded

By Editor, on January 8th, 2011

by Sean Manget, Alaska Journal of Commerce
Gov. Sean Parnell’s promise to bring “roads to resources” into greater focus during his administration has materialized, in the recently released fiscal year 2012 draft budget, in the form of $10.5 million in allocations to various phases of planning and engineering on three projects. The projects – transportation links to Umiat, Ambler and Nome – all promise to connect the state’s road system to important sources of minerals and oil.

Read more in the Alaska Journal of Commerce.

Alaska | Economy | Federal Regulation

Governor Outlines Strategy to Fight Overreach
“Federal agencies act more like the watchmen of a locked warehouse.”

By Editor, on January 7th, 2011

Governor Sean Parnell

FAIRBANKS– In a speech before hundreds attending the Rotary Club of Fairbanks, Governor Sean Parnell today focused on how recent federal restrictions have crippled resource development and blocked jobs for Alaskans. From the offshore drilling moratorium, to ocean zoning, to the effort to lock up the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the governor outlined numerous ways Washington is encroaching on Alaska’s sovereignty in developing its natural resources. Read more->

Haines | Mining | Tourism

Porcupine gold miners raise questions
Alaska officials hope Discovery Channel show doesn’t inspire another Gold Rush

By Editor, on January 3rd, 2011

From left to right, they are, Greg Remsburg, James Harness, Todd Hoffman, Jack Hoffman, Jim Thurber and Jimmy Dorsey.

by Aimee Green, The Oregonian
HAINES–It should come at no surprise that reality TV’s latest hit — “Gold Rush: Alaska,” the Discovery Channel series featuring a group of Oregonians — isn’t entirely real.

So say state regulators in the nation’s northernmost state. Some worry about the message that’s being sent to roughly 3 million American viewers who’ve tuned in: The Last Frontier is a land where anything goes.

Read more->

Haines | Mining | Tourism

“No Guts No Glory”
Locally filmed mining reality show to be aired.

By Editor, on December 2nd, 2010

This tip from the Haines Chamber of Commerce

The first episode of “No Guts No Glory” will be appearing on the Discovery Channel Friday, December 3 at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., and again on Sunday, December 5 at 11 a.m. This show was filmed during the past year at Porcupine, near Haines.

See more information at facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gold-Rush-Alaska/165728223447161?v=wall

Haines | Mining

Palmer Mineral Exploration Update
Summary: Presentation to the Haines Chamber of Commerce on July 9th

By Gary Lidholm, on July 12th, 2010

Photo: Courtesy of Constantine web site

No, the Palmer mining exploration project is not located in Palmer, Alaska! The project is located along the BC-Alaska border and only 40 miles from Haines. It takes its name from the logger who discovered the deposit in 1969 – Merrill Palmer.

A crew of 20-30 geologists, helicopter pilots, laborers, cooks, etc., including eight local people, are assisting this summer in further exploration of a known deposit of copper, zinc, gold and silver in the Haines Borough. According to Darwin Green, Vice President of Constantine Metal Resources of Vancouver, British Columbia, the exploratory work this summer headquartered out of 33 Mile, will spend $2.5 million this year in the area. Read more->

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Haines Alaska News and Comment

Skagway & Haines Assemblies Meet
Joint work group focuses on similarities, mutual interests

Coeur reports record numbers with Kensington help
“This will be its first full year of production, and it’s had a huge impact.”

Discovery renews ‘Gold Rush,’ ‘Flying Wild’
Alaska reality shows deliver high ratings

State: Reality TV miners didn’t have to shoot bear
Love it or hate it, get ready for more of “Gold Rush: Alaska,” second season.

State recommends mining complaint dismissal
Alaska Public Offices Commission staff says measure opponents acted properly

State budget includes $10.5M toward road to resources
They’ve been talked about for years; this year planning and engineering will be funded

Governor Outlines Strategy to Fight Overreach
“Federal agencies act more like the watchmen of a locked warehouse.”

Porcupine gold miners raise questions
Alaska officials hope Discovery Channel show doesn’t inspire another Gold Rush

“No Guts No Glory”
Locally filmed mining reality show to be aired.

Palmer Mineral Exploration Update
Summary: Presentation to the Haines Chamber of Commerce on July 9th

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