The Haines Dolphins swim team’s annual Winter Games is Saturday and Sunday at the pool. “It’s always exciting when you have a home meet,” said coach Tyler Wyatt. “It’s a little bit more comfortable and there’s a little bit more confidence, because this is a pool that they know.” Wyatt said he hopes dozens of […]
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DDF hosts weekend meet
Sophomore Polly Bryant placed first in solo acting and earned an encore, command performance for the Haines High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team at a Jan. 13-14 Ketchikan meet. Bryant said she portrays “a ridiculous character,” and assistant coach Tim Shields said the results are “hilarious.” “It’s about a Southern belle deciding that she’s […]
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Assembly wants more Chilkat Center options
The Haines Borough Assembly this week directed manager Mark Earnest to provide a report outlining options for maintenance and ownership of the Chilkat Center. “This is a facility that is in need of a solution and has been asking for that solution for a long time,” said assemblyman Steve Vick. “This information is what we’d need in order to come […]
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Boys slay Wolves; girls split series
Wolves and bears are usually docile during blizzards. But that wasn’t the case Monday and Tuesday evening when Wrangell made a belated trip to Haines. When players are coached to be as physical as the referees allow, there’s going to be contact and this turned out to be a rough series. Fortunately, the players are […]
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Vandals are likely culprits in destruction of weather station
As if the snow gauges and meteorological equipment didn’t have enough to deal with this winter, the weather station at the Haines School suffered a likely vandalism attack over the weekend that rendered it broken and useless. “This was really vicious,” said Pam Randles with the Takshanuk Watershed Council. Monday morning when students went out […]
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Starving cub put down in Klukwan
A malnourished brown bear cub seen around Klukwan recently was put down by wildlife troopers this week. The female attracted the attention of the village, where the bear was spotted roaming and rooting for food. Alaska State Wildlife Trooper Rick Merritt said he’d received multiple calls over the last few months reporting spottings of the bear. But […]
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Permit for 26 Mile heliport struck down
The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week in a 3-3 vote denied a company’s request for a permit to use a 26 Mile heliport for commercial helicopter skiing. Commissioners Andy Hedden, Roger Maynard and Donnie Turner on Jan. 19 supported the conditional use permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA). Rob Goldberg, Danny Gonce and Lee Heinmiller were opposed, […]
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Ground slump still vexing
Sub-surface movement continues in the Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road area, prompting the Haines Borough late last week to implement its emergency response plan and causing one family to voluntarily move out of their shifting home. A “command center” was set up in public facilities director Brian Lemcke’s office on Jan. 19 and local disaster response planner Roc Ahrens […]
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Duly Notes
Knikki Cinocco recently returned from a 10-day trip to Peru that included mountain biking in the Andes, touring Machu Picchu, and hiking to the top of nearby Huayna Picchu, the 9,000-foot peak that looks down on the “Lost City of the Incas,” 1,000 feet below. Knikki said highlights included learning about Inca stonework and seeing […]
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Rezoning petition valid?
Don’t believe everything you hear, or read. According to the approved June 9, 2011 planning commission meeting minutes, the borough has not yet received a valid rezoning petition. Sources in the borough report that the map of the area showing the boundaries to be zoned was either not presented with the rezoning petition or the […]