Rashah McChesney

Feb 15, 2025 | juneauempire.com | Rashah McChesney

Haines author and backcountry adventurer Tom McGuire, 79, set off skating alone on Thursday, Feb. 6, and fell through the ice, disappearing before he could be rescued.

Feb 7, 2025 | sitkasentinel.com | Rashah McChesney

Hunter: Headless Seals Part of Marine Life Details Category: News Created on Friday, 07 February 2025 15:21 Hits: 7 By Rashah McChesney Chilkat Valley News On a windswept beach near Haines, Tim Ackerman walks down a hill with a pair of gloves, a knife, and a bottle of Dawn dish soap to kneel beside the carcass of a harbor seal. The flesh of its head is conspicuously absent, though the bones are still visible. It’s one of a handful that have washed ashore in Haines since late November, with at...

Feb 6, 2025 | juneauempire.com | Rashah McChesney

On a windswept beach near Haines, Tim Ackerman walks down a hill with a pair of gloves, a knife, and a bottle of Dawn dish soap to kneel beside the carcass of a harbor seal. The flesh of its head is conspicuously absent, though the bones are still visible. It’s one of a handful that have washed ashore in Haines since late November, with at least three recovered at Letnikof Cove.

Dec 2, 2024 | ktoo.org | Rashah McChesney

A recently dead harbor seal at Letnikof Cove is missing its head. Well, most of it. The skull bones are still there and intact. The phenomenon has appeared a few times throughout the state. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s regional stranding coordinator said they have not quite figured out what is killing the seals, or getting to them after they’ve died. “We have seen it before. I just don’t know what’s going on,” Mandy Keogh, said.