Son David and daughter-in-law Kelly Ewing of Camas Valley, Ore, spent a week in Haines visiting mom Betty and Charles DeWitt, and helping them with many chores. David’s friend Jack Smith Sr. also helped. They visited with sister Patricia Peters and Auntie Vi Buel and with Kelly’s cousins Lane, Brad and Daniel Martin and with […]
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Police: Beware phone scams
Haines Borough police chief Gary Lowe is warning residents of scams that have twice in recent months defrauded older residents. In both incidents, a caller convinced Haines residents to wire money by Western Union to an overseas location. More than $6,000 has been lost to the scammers, Lowe said. In the most recent case, a individual claiming to […]
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Rookies boost effort as DDF starts season
Rookie student speakers held their own when the Haines High School drama, debate, and forensics team traveled to Sitka last weekend for its first season meet. Due to conflicting school activities, sickness, and medical appointments, many of the squad’s most experienced members couldn’t make the trip, but the team posted excellent results, led by third-year […]
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Assembly: No to Button
On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday denied a request by Dave Button to operate a kayak tour in Lutak Inlet. Button previously sued the borough when it didn’t renew his tour permit. The borough had compiled a long list of complaints about his operation. On Tuesday, only member Scott Rossman voted against the denial, and he […]
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Grocery store tour zeroes in on nutritious choices
For those who don’t grow or raise food, good nutrition begins at the grocery store. But how many of us actually stop to think about making the healthiest choices when we shop? “Nutrition isn’t really taught,” Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium community dietician Genevieve Armstrong said in an interview this week. Obesity and its attendant […]
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Changes at landfill target bears
Tightened procedures for dumping have dispersed bears that formerly congregated at the Haines Sanitation landfill, according to dump operators. Operations manager Richard Crosby, who started on the job in June, said he’d counted up to seven bruins there at one time – including a sow with three cubs – when he started in June. He […]
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Voters to choose 3 school board members
Haines voters will fill three seats on the seven-member Haines Borough school board in the Oct. 5 municipal election. Challenger Sean Cone is vying for a seat currently held by Brenda Jones, who was appointed to the board last year. The seat has a three-year term. Anne Marie Palmieri, who also was appointed last year, is running unopposed […]
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Volleyball players turn focus to late-game intensity
Although it lost several senior players last year to graduation, the Mount Edgecumbe volleyball team showed it’s still formidable, beating Haines in varsity and JV matches last weekend at Karl Ward Gym. “They’re tough. As a boarding school, they get some good players,” said Haines coach Judy Erekson. The Haines girls were off their game […]
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Warm, dry spell sets new records
Residents found ways to get outdoors as a spell of unusually warm, dry weather that started Sept. 11 continued into early this week. Temperatures that reached into the 70s set records on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The average high temperature for the week ending Monday was 69 degrees, compared to an average high temperature of […]
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Meet the candidates
Candidates for Haines Borough Assembly will speak at three public gatherings in coming days. Incumbent Steve Vick, John Winge and Linda Geise are vying for assembly seat “B.” Greg Goodman and Karen Hess are vying for seat “E,” Hess as a write-in. Dave Button also is running a write-in campaign for the seat. The Haines Chamber of Commerce […]