1,643 pounds of food came out of the Victory Garden in Mosquito Lake, according to Erika Merklin. More than 700 pounds of that were cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage.
3,000 pounds of fudge were purchased at Alaska Rods this year, along with 800 knives. While they had some new flavors to try out this year, including Cotton Candy, Pear and Rootbeer Float, Moose Drool ultimately won the top spot.
The most-read story on the Chilkat Valley News’ website was about Skagway cruise passengers stranded in Canada by a rockslide rejoining their ship in Haines after bussing more than six hours and several hundred miles.
14,500 pounds of electronics recycling was sent out of the community and an additional 75,000 pounds of cardboard, scrap metal, high value metal and aluminum and tin cans for recycling, according to the Haines Friends of Recycling.
118 members joined the Haines Chamber of Commerce, up from 60 last year.
560 is the maximum single-day count of eagles for 2024 which Stacie Evans said is on the low side. But, she said it has been a long season for the eagles and most of the congregation is still hanging out and getting fish around the council grounds.
105 rabies vaccines and 200 microchips were given out by Haines Animal Rescue Kennel so far this year. They’ve also done 66 spays and neuters. As of Wednesday, they had adopted out 75 animals so far including 63 cats, seven birds, three dogs and two rabbits.
6,130 gallons of milk, 11, 615 pounds of bananas, 14,487 cartons of eggs, and 9,103 pounds of ground beef, were sold at Howsers IGA.
56.21 inches of precipitation measured between Jan. 1 of 2024 through Dec. 18 at the Haines #2 station which is located on W Fair Drive. It was close to average, according to meteorologist Jim Green.
1, 236,013 pounds of household trash, 2,149 tires and 4,712 pounds of electronics were dropped off at the Community Waste Solutions landfill in Haines.
300 is the number of times people headed into Klukwan’s library to check out items since Jan. 1.
5,005 total admissions to the Sheldon Museum – 4,005 were paid adult admissions while the rest, 604 local admissions and 346 children got in for free.
13,731 pounds of coffee were roasted by Ripinsky Roasters at Mountain Market this year.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new data since it originally published.