While the highway roadwork in town has been inconvenient for some this past week, it’s been downright deafening for others. On Friday, Hans, the Eurasian eagle owl that lives at the American Bald Eagle Foundation‘s outdoor aviary, looked skeptically at his trainer, Sidney Campbell, with a posture she described as “alert.” Campbell was 50 feet away […]
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Thanks for making Haines cleaner
The Earth Day Ad Hoc Committee would like to thank the many who helped our community Earth Day events to succeed! The community cleanups, the “Plastic Pollution & Solutions” forum, the plastic bag ban ordinance now before the Haines Assembly, and the boosted fish net recycling program at Haines Friends of Recycling couldn’t have happened […]
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Public hearing set for plastic bag ban ordinance
An ordinance that would ban the distribution of non-compostable plastic shopping bags in the Haines Borough was introduced by the assembly on April 23. If approved, the draft ordinance would take effect January 1, 2020, to give businesses time to transition. Plastic bags used to package bulk items such as produce, nuts, candy or leaking products are […]
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Gina Jamison, sister of Alison Jacobson, came to Haines last week from Snohomish, Wash., to watch nieces Anna and Libby Jacobson at their last home volleyball games of the season. Gina, whose own daughters played high school volleyball, was impressed with the team’s skill. Alison and son Ketch are back from a trip to their farm near Fort Benton, Mont., where Ketch bagged […]
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Thanks for “Rock, Paper, Fish” success
The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council would like to thank our partners and volunteers and the communities of Klukwan and Haines for the successful premiere screenings of the Wild Confluence Media/Nomad Island film, Rock, Paper, Fish. We were thrilled with the turnout in both communities, and with the active, engaged community members who asked thoughtful questions and shared […]
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Gunshots, thunder or explosives? Those were among theories circulating to explain a series of loud booms heard around town early Tuesday morning. As many as 10 booms were heard around 5:30 a.m. by residents in an area that stretched at least from Piedad Road to 1 Mile Mud Bay Road. Some guessed the sounds were […]
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Graduate students working with Dr. Oakley research Lynx and Moose in Yukon
A Canadian graduate student working with Haines’ veterinarian Michelle Oakley to research the boom and bust cycle of lynx in the Yukon presented her findings at the American Bald Eagle Foundation on Feb. 15. Rachel Derbyshire, a master’s student from Trent University in Ontario, wants to learn how lynx change behavior as their primary prey population declines. […]
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Area museums popular with state grantee
Three of the eight Alaska museums selected to receive money aimed at supporting local artists are in the Chilkat Valley. Museums Alaska, a statewide nonprofit, awards Rasmuson Foundation funding in an effort to encourage museums to buy work from local artists, said Museums Alaska executive director Della Hall. Grants to Haines and Kulwan totaled more […]
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Levi Samuel Ford was born 12:29 a.m. Aug. 15 at the Juneau Birthing Center to parents Jennifer and Simon Ford. He weighed 9 lbs. and measured 21.25 inches. Siblings are Michael, 19, Jack, 17, Amber, 15, Dawson, 13, Naomi, 11, Bethany, 8, Noah, 5, Caleb, 3, and Ryan, 1. Grandparents are Mary Sutherland of Puyallup, Wash., former resident Sharon Ford of Bellingham, Wash., and David Ford of Tenino, Wash. Simon flew into Juneau that […]
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2018 required residents to face difficult truths
The surfacing of what many residents described as a decades-long open secret shook the town this year: allegations from multiple men of sexual abuse by former school official Karl Ward. Craig Loomis, the first man to speak publicly, was contacted by several others who had similar experiences after he implored those affected to reach out […]