Embarrassed by tourists having to walk through the remains of this winter’s gravel supply, a dozen merchants decided to take brooms in hand and remedy the situation themselves. The first installment of “Operation Clean Sweep” occurred last Tuesday, Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, 12 volunteers swept three blocks on Main Street in two hours, […]
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Residents say ‘keep curves in highway’
Location plans to reconstruct the Haines Highway from Mile 24 (Chilkat River bridge) to the Canadian border are “cast in jello” and not at all final. That was the message Department of Transportation engineers brought to public hearings in Haines and at Mosquito Lake Thursday. “This is the location phase of the project,” said DOT […]
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‘Fare wars’ may have hit rock bottom
Last year, a round-trip airplane ticket to Juneau from Haines cost $130.Now, with the help of a feverish “fare war,” you can get there and back for almost half that amount. But the man who appears to be a primary factor for the cheaper flights says the current rates are as low as they’ll get. […]
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There’s no 3-piece suit for this board chairman
Less than a year ago, Ed Warren was out of work and getting by, as he says, “with a lot of help from the village and a lot of smoked salmon from friends.” Now, he is the chairman of Klukwan, Inc., one of the more profitable Native village corporations in all of Alaska. The 55-year-old […]
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Condominium planned for Pyramid Island
A twenty-story motor court is planned for Pyramid Island, it was announced yesterday by Samanda Motor Inns. A spokesman for the company stated it will be entering formal final negotiations to purchase Mud Bay cliffs and the island within the next 30 days. Plans call for rock and stone from the cliffs to be used […]
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100 acres of woodland burned; fire now contained
Approximately 100 acres were curbed in a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon, June 17 at mile 28, according to Gary Saupe, forester for the Division of Lands of the State Dept. of Natural Resources. City fire equipment responded first to the fire call, and the fire was under control that night, Saupe said. It […]
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Little League News
Haines-Skagway Little League is under way. To date, the Haines Eagles and the Haines Heroes have met three times. The Eagles have won all three times by scores of 6-3, 26-8 and 10-7. All games have been exciting, with balls making funny hops over the grooves and ruts of the Oslund Playing Field. Plans to […]
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35 years makes a difference
The 1941 Howe fire truck—acquired surplus by the Haines Volunteer Fire Dept. in 1959—stands proudly but outclassed by the new Seagrave truck the HVFD received Wednesday. The new 350 h.p. diesel truck has an automatic transmission; it will pump 1,500 gallons of water per minute and carries 3,000 feet of two and one-half inch hose. […]
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City and State talk about acquiring Lutak dry cargo dock
In the space of a week, the federal government dry cargo dock at Lutak became the center of intense discussion among federal, state and city officials. The dock was the subject of a public meeting March 10, and a further meeting among officials at the three governmental levels took place yesterday at the city council […]
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Young Introduces bill for ‘short-term solution’ to clearcutting problem
WASHINGTON — A bill to provide the secretary of agriculture with the authority to sell timber from U.S. Forest Service lands in Alaska was introduced in the U.S. House last week by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska. Young described the bill as an attempt to find a “short-term solution” to the ban on clearcutting handed down […]