A very special thanks to Stacy Turner and Turner Construction for being such gracious hosts as they are providing the top soil and water which is bringing our apple trees back to life and good health. Also thanks to the many folks in Haines who have inquired, provided guidance or donated labor on this project, […]
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AP&T steps up with Hospice donation
For the second year, Alaska Power and Telephone has generously donated $250 to the cancer travel fund. Three years ago the Wisewomen at SEARHC had the idea to keep a fund strictly for providing $250 grants for those who must travel out of Haines for cancer treatment. Most of the proceeds from the Chilkat River Walk are […]
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Apple tree plan moving ahead Target sites: Main Street, Old Haines Highway, Fort
About 100 apple trees brought to Haines in May may be planted on the south side of Main Street between Third Avenue and Old Haines Highway, along the south side of Old Haines Highway between Lutak Lumber and Third Avenue and at Fort Seward this fall. That’s the current vision of Joe Poor, chair of the Haines […]
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Children’s play set for weekend
Twenty area youths between the ages of five and 15 will own the stage at the Chilkat Center Friday and Saturday for the Summer Youth Theater Conservatory’s performances of “The Jungle Book.” Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Director Elise Lammers, a drama teacher from a private school in Chicago, was walking young actors through their […]
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Fish plant settles with EPA over waste
A $50,000 settlement has been reached between the Environmental Protection Agency and a Lutak fish processor. Chilkoot Fish and Caviar agreed to the fine, to be paid over three years, following charges brought against the company by the federal agency last fall. “The underlying basis for the complaint was that for four years Chilkoot Fish and Caviar […]
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Numbers drop at hazardous waste cleanup
Participation was down 20 percent and businesses made barely a dent in their allocation at the annual hazardous waste cleanup Friday at the old city shop on Union Street. “Some years people are busy and it catches them off guard,” said Steve Haavig of Juneau, who oversees the program funded by the Haines Borough. Between 100 […]
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Sucking the life from local gardens Endemic thrip population swells, goes on attack
The tiny “thrip” is chomping and sucking its way through flowers and vegetables in Haines, breaking the hearts of gardeners. “They kill things. They’re awful. People have done things to stop them but have only been minorly successful,” said Stephanie Scott, a commercial flower grower and advocate of home-based agriculture. “People have lost entire pea crops. […]
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Community picnic, portrait set for Sunday, Aug. 15
A community block-party picnic and portrait of the people of the Chilkat Valley are set for 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15. The location will be Main Street between Third and Fourth avenues, which will be closed to traffic. The picnic is a celebration of the centennial of Haines’ municipal incorporation and will include a panoramic […]
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Highway crash totals truck
Alaska State Troopers will investigate a wreck that occurred at 11 Mile Haines Highway Sunday afternoon that totaled a 1987 Ford pickup truck and sent the rig’s driver to a Sitka hospital with serious injuries. Irene Gordon, 42, of Inuvik, N.W.T., was alone and driving westbound when the truck smashed into rocks on the north […]
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Sturgeon catch may be 1st on Chilkat
Carson Buck of Haines thought he’d maybe caught a big sockeye when his subsistence net took a hit while fishing about 100 yards offshore Mount Riley in Chilkat Inlet last weekend. But instead of a shiny salmon, he pulled up a green sturgeon, the first known catch of the lizard-looking whitefish on the Chilkat. Buck, […]