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Glacier Bears basketball season ends at state with two tough losses

The Glacier Bears girls team knew that they faced a tough opponent going into their opening game of the state tournament against the Tikigaq Harpoonerettes.  What they experienced was the most intense basketball they’d faced all season from the defending state champions.  On defense, the deep team from Point Hope kept tight pressure on, forcing […]

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Dunleavy vetoes major public education funding increase

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, following through on an ultimatum, vetoed a bipartisan education funding increase Thursday after members of the House and Senate failed to advance education items the governor supported. Public school districts across the state had sought a significant increase to the state’s per-student funding formula, and hailed the passage of Senate Bill 140 in late […]

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Haines Herring: Residents eagerly await “Free Pile Season”

Haines Herring is a semi-regular local news parody column.Send your submissions to [email protected] By Lucy Nieboer As the equinox approaches, community members are eagerly preparing for spring. For some this means starting seedlings for greenhouse gardens. Others are finalizing plans for summer building projects. For a select few, spring means one thing – Free Piles. […]

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Duly noted: Leap Day birthdays, firefighting award, Ripinsky Rippers

By Rashah McChesney and Lex Treinen Libby Kurz, Edith Fuzzy von Stauffenberg and Janine Allen celebrated their Leap Day birthdays on Feb. 29. Allen had a silent reading party, followed by dinner and then dancing and hula hooping at Harriett Hall. Former Haines residents Renee Staska and Eric Kocher are also Leap Day babies. Rodney […]

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Police report: March 3-9

Sunday March 3Chimney fire reported on Letnikof DriveA chimney fire was reported on Barnett Drive Monday March 4A caller was concerned a cyclist might havefallen through the ice into the Chilkat River along the Haines Highway. Tuesday March 5A caller inquired about retrieving property from an exAn ID was found on Dalton Street and later […]