The Glacier Bears boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams each placed third at the first Yakutat invitational Saturday, behind Juneau and Sitka, respectively. The race, started by a policewoman firing a shotgun, followed a gravel road along Monti Bay. “How can you even describe the beauty of running next to the water, on a sunny day […]
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Haines team 19th of 122
The Haines Slackmasters finished seventh of 50 mixed teams and 19th of 122 teams overall at the annual Klondike Road Relay held last weekend between Skagway and Whitehorse, Y.T. Jessica Kayser’s time of 1:33:47 for 12 miles in the final leg ranked her third among all women on that stretch. The 10 local runners finished the […]
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Watershed group highlights Big Boulder, culvert projects
Log and rock structures placed in a channel dug last year are aimed at increasing king salmon spawning capacity in Big Boulder Creek. Since 1995, between 30 and 130 kings return to spawn there annually, but spawner counts in the early 1980s went as high as 300 fish. Road construction that channelized the stream below […]
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Berry now CIA leader
Dave Berry is the new president of the Chilkoot Indian Association. Berry was elected during a contested election to the tribe’s board, and chosen president by board members. Della Brouillette also was elected in the vote. Other officers will be determined at an Oct. 21 meeting. Tribal administrator Jim Carnahan is officially on vacation until […]
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Moose hunt begins
The upper Lynn Canal subsistence moose hunt started Wednesday with a guideline harvest limit of up to 25 bulls. The hunt in unit 1D is scheduled through Oct. 7; 250 permits have been issued. The harvest has fluctuated from 30 in 2008 to 19 last year, including four taken in violation of hunt regulations. “Hopefully, people have […]
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KHNS members to fill 4 board seats in vote
Four seats are up for grabs on the board of directors of public radio station KHNS. Members interested in serving on the seven-member board must submit a petition with the names of at least five station members by Oct. 10. Ballots will be mailed to members and will be tallied at the station’s membership meeting […]
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Old gym gets stay of execution
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 last week to demolish the primary and elementary schools, but to leave the elementary gym and its east wing for potential renovation. Members Jerry Lapp and Scott Rossman, who would take down all the buildings, voted in opposition. Demolition of the primary building and elementary school’s west wing is scheduled to be complete […]
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Creditors worried as Cruise West founders
Tour operators and other Haines businesses may be left holding bills for Cruise West, a 37-year-old cruise line with local ties that announced a “restructuring” last week and stopped answering its phone. It has since sold its largest vessel, the 120-passenger Spirit of Oceanus, suspended bookings, and replaced its website with a press release. Seattle-based […]
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Hostetler bags 2nd Golden Circle run
Forget the carbo loading and the stretching. Kelly Hostetler ran 360 miles from Skagway to Haines in 12 days on a diet of eggs and fish, and day-end dips in frigid water. “If I stretched I think I would pull something. In yoga, I can’t even sit Indian- style, my hips are so tight… There’s […]
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Coast Guard, DEC probe Lutak oil spill
U.S. Coast Guard officials came to Haines Tuesday to investigate an oily discharge that persisted for three days near the Lutak Dock. Described as a “mystery sheen” by the Coast Guard, ferry terminal workers this week said they suspected the source may have been two barges or a tugboat that had been moored against the dock since […]