I would like to give a big thank you to all involved in the 43rd running of the Alcan 200. We are very lucky to have such dedicated, talented people running and volunteering for this far-from-small event. I would also like to thank Nick Trimble and Eric and Julie Ferrin for their indispensable help at […]
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Moores grateful for community help
Josh, Alex and I want to thank all the volunteers who helped us move out of our home and into another home last Thursday. With such an unfortunate situation with our home being affected by the land movement of Lutak and Oceanview, I was amazed at how our community comes together for one another. We felt so […]
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Weather station vandalized
Someone vandalized the school weather station over the weekend. The station was broken to splinters; thermometers broken and leads pulled out; rain gauge broken off; snow depth meter pulled up. The students in the three grades conducting studies there were all ready to go get data Monday noon. Now they can’t. Several people have put […]
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Snowshoe event gets big turnout
Congratulations to the 36 people who attended the Well and Fit Community Council snowshoe. The weather was cold but we still had a great turnout. WFCC is working to provide our community with a monthly activity that promotes wellness and healthy lifestyle choices. Thank you Alaska Mountain Guides for providing snowshoes, Mountain Market for donating […]
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Borough’s quick response noted
It seems that in the national press it is newsworthy when government messes up, but not so much when government works well. That is why I feel the need to publicly commend the borough government with regards to their handling of the earth movement below Oceanview Drive. They did an excellent job of handling the […]
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Police Blotter
Sunday, June 20 An officer responded after a person with dementia was reported missing at the Fort Seward parade grounds. A local garage was contacted when a person needed help after locking their keys in their vehicle at the parade grounds. An officer responded to a report that a youth riding a motorized bicycle ran […]
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AP&T rebuts price analysis
In response to Kathleen Menke’s letter, while we review your comments about price, it seems as though your analysis is that of a glass is half empty where the cost of the 256K at $50 a month is too expensive. We believe the glass is half full and the cost of the 8Mb service tier […]
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Duly Noted
Stoli Antoanetova Lende and Nels Wolf Lynch were married Friday afternoon at the Chilkat Center, surrounded by family and friends. Don Nash served as marriage minister. Scott Pierce and Julia Scott performed “Swept Me Away,” a song by the Avett Brothers, and Stoli’s mom, Heather Lende, read a poem she composed for the couple. Stoli’s […]
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Andes climb aims to determine true height of grand peaks
Haines resident Chandler Kemp and a hiking buddy from Sitka are waiting to see if research they conducted a year ago resolves a decades-long debate over the height of two peaks in South America. In January 2011, Kemp, 21, and Sitkan Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, 22, climbed Ojos de Salado, a 22,608-foot mountain in the Andes that […]
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Cause of lodge fire hard to pinpoint
While Bruce Bauer is hell-bent on making his Mosquito Lake lodge rise from the ashes, the cause of the fire that destroyed most of the structure may never be known. “I’d sure like to know what happened here,” Bauer said. The Dec. 16 fire started near the chimney in the attic, Bauer and fire officials […]