The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will return to a spot on the Mount Ripinsky hillside to remove a small amount of contaminated soil remaining from a historic pipeline spill above Highland Estates. The spill of about 4,000 gallons of aviation fuel occurred 40 years ago, during operation of the military pipeline between Haines and Fairbanks. About […]
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Mapping out ways to school Effort Tuesday will aim to establish paths, routes
Members of the Haines Borough’s Safe Routes to School task force will meet at noon Tuesday, June 29 to start mapping preferred approaches to Haines School. Volunteers will muster in the high school English room, just off the school foyer. “We can have an official route that we encourage kids to take, especially the younger […]
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State fair adds 2 amusements
The Southeast Alaska State Fair this year will feature two new amusements, a “bounce house” for children and a “bungee run” for children and adults. “This is a way for the fair to invest in itself, and to offer new rides for kids which we haven’t had in the past,” said fair manager Kelly Hostetler. […]
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Exam may determine cause of man’s death Saunders doubted PSP
The state medical examiner this week ordered an autopsy for a Haines man who died early Tuesday morning at his Mud Bay home. Mike Saunders, 57, had been home less than a day after spending two days at Bartlett Regional Hospital for what doctors suspected may have been paralytic shellfish poisoning. In an interview Monday […]
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Riverside search for missing man
When Chilkat River water levels drop, Alaska State Troopers will resume a search for a 36-year-old Haines man who may have been washed into the river June 17 while tending a subsistence fishing net near 25 Mile. State troopers were notified 10:40 a.m. June 18 that Jason Allgood, a 38 Mile resident and customs and border protection […]
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Fairbanks skiers sweep biggest Kluane race
Four riders from Fairbanks broke with the pack at Million Dollar Falls to take top spots in the 18th annual Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay Saturday. “Cross-country skiing is our main sport. Biking just gets our minds off it a little bit,” said David Norris, a 19-year-old University of Alaska-Fairbanks ski team member who along […]
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Corps approves dock job Agency OKs plan for off-site mitigation
The Haines Borough cleared a final hurdle for expanding parking and building new restrooms at the Port Chilkoot Dock Wednesday when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the work. Bids on the $2 million job will be reviewed and a contract is expected to be awarded at the borough assembly meeting July 13. […]
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LCC hails local student’s success
Lynn Canal Conservation would like to congratulate Will Hickman, the recipient of our 2010 scholarship award. Will is an “A” student at Northern Arizona University, majoring in environmental biology. Keep up the good work, Will. Heidi Robichaud Secretary, Lynn Canal Conservation
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Links owners helped scramble succeed
Hospice of Haines wishes to acknowledge the generosity of Stan and Kathy Jones who hosted the third annual Valley of the Eagles golf scramble – a $1,000 “hole-in-one” for the Hospice. Thank you for your time and for offering use of your beautiful course, lush with wild irises. Thank you also to the golfers who […]
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Neighbors cleaned a disgusting mess
I would like to extend a big and generous thank you to Erica Merklin, Floy McDowell, Jessica Plachta, Nicholas Szatkowski and Katrina Zahnow for cleaning up a big, nasty, disgusting mess! The bears seemed to have moved on hopefully. Your actions remind me of what it is to be a good neighbor. Ed and Melinda […]