Maddox Rogers and JC Davis are back in Haines after a weekend of All State Honor Music Festival in Anchorage. Rogers said the two of them sent out their auditions about a month ago and were accepted shortly after. They flew Wednesday to Anchorage and began rehearsing with the 64 other choir students who also […]
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This Week in History: Rate increase, CVN goes online, and puppies $1 each
10 years, 11/27/2014 Leaders explain support, opposition of power rate increases Haines Borough officials said this week that information that can’t be disclosed led them to vote in favor of a settlement with the Alaska Power Company to increase electric rates by 11 percent. Assembly members Mike Case, Diana Lapham and George Campbell voted to […]
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A plan at the intersection of the Palmer Project and the Lutak Dock
In light of DOWA Metals & Minerals pulling out of the Palmer Project and giving American Pacific $10 million plus 100% interest in the project all for the low, low price of the option to buy half the zinc produced by the mine, I have an idea for how Haines can get in on this […]
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The Southeast Alaska State Fair is rebuilding, thank you to those who have helped get us where we are today
The Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds have been a place where people come together to recreate, celebrate, socialize and support local businesses for over 50 years. Our goal for 2025 is to continue to be there for the community, providing a place where people can heal and be there for each other. The Southeast Alaska State […]
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Thank you for community support after the Quick Shop complex fire
I would like to thank the community for all of their help after the Quick Shop complex fire. In particular, I would like to thank the American Legion, the Red Cross, the Haines Ministerial Association and Mike Ward. I lost everything I had in the fire and the community came together to help make everyone […]
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Thank you to the CVCF, community for helping Haines Assisted Living
The board and staff of Haines Assisted Living sincerely thank the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for its generous grant award to purchase dishwashers for Haines Assisted Living. We’ve got one hooked up and chugging along already! Thanks to you, there will be no dreaded “dishpan hands” in our immediate future! We also thank the Haines […]
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Chef buys shuttered Fireweed restaurant, plans local food hub
Just after midday on Saturday, Travis Kukull slipped a key into the lock at 37 Blacksmith Street in Ft. Seward and let himself into the dark kitchen at the back of the building. “It’s a pretty well set up restaurant,” he said as he maneuvered around steel tables, coolers and ovens. “There’s a lot of […]
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Dire condition of Alaska’s seafood industry has many causes and no easy fixes, experts say
State officials and industry leaders trying to rescue the ailing Alaska seafood industry are facing daunting challenges, recently released numbers show. The industry lost $1.8 billion last year, the result of low prices, closed harvests and other problems, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Direct employment of harvesters last year fell by 8% to the lowest […]
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources, Southeast News
Among butter clams, which pose toxin dangers to Alaska harvesters, size matters
Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that might help people harvest the clams more safely and monitor the toxin levels more effectively. The study, led by University of Alaska Southeast researchers, found that the meat in […]
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Newbies, veteran fishermen and Canadians take on coho derby this year
It was James Quashnick’s first year fishing in the annual Sportsman’s Association coho derby and he started off strong, landing a 12.65-pound silver. He said he was in first place on the hand-written leaderboard that sits in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s office for about two weeks. “I was feeling pretty confident, but […]