Loss of cruise ship head tax revenues and a leaner proposed spending plan by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell will likely equate to a drop in state spending on local projects. “It’s early yet, but the concern is we’ve done well in Haines the last six years. We’ve been averaging $10 million to $13 million. It’ll […]
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Heli-skiers, bears, dock stole headlines in 2010
The fate of the waterfront, regulation of helicopter skiing and problems with bears dominated headlines in 2010. The town also celebrated its second 3A boys’ basketball championship in three years. And it lost millions of dollars in annual revenues when the Alaska Legislature chopped the voter-ratified cruise ship head tax. “He walked in like he […]
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Author revamps book on plants
Judy Hall Jacobson has published a second edition of her book, “Native Plants of Southeast Alaska.” She self-published the first edition in 1995 under the name Judy Kathryn Hall, following nearly a decade of research. The “totally revamped” second edition has been available since mid-November, Hall Jacobson said. Hall Jacobson is a naturalist for Alaska […]
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Thanks for the eagle festival support
Thank you from the American Bald Eagle Foundation to Haines and all the businesses for helping make this year’s Alaska Bald Eagle Festival the biggest one yet! We had 264 registered guests attend this year, and had a sold-out crowd for the Flight For Freedom Auction and Banquet. We could not have done this ourselves and have […]
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Releases unpredictable, says Juneau Raptor Center official
An immature eagle that splashed into the Chilkat River during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival is an example of the “unpredictability” of bird rehabilitation, said a representative of the Juneau Raptor Center. “We never know how a release is going to go,” said Janet Capito, president of the center’s board of directors. “Sometimes, we do our best […]
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‘Baby’ makes a splash
An immature eagle released Saturday during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival was recaptured Monday due to concerns it wouldn’t survive in the wild. “Baby,” a bird found in late July after falling from a nest in Juneau, failed to gain elevation before a crowd of more than 200. “(It) flew about 10 feet and went […]
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Eagle festival sees record attendance
The 16th annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival set an attendance record, with 264 participants, including 87 college students, according to organizer Cheryl McRoberts. Last year, 201 participated, she said. The American Bald Eagle Foundation, which organizes the festival, also sold out tickets for its “Flight for Freedom” banquet and auction Saturday. “We had to turn people away […]
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State election Tuesday
Voters will cast ballots in Alaska’s general election Tuesday. Poll hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Bald Eagle Foundation, Klehini Valley Fire Hall and Klukwan’s tribal house. The ballot includes five candidates for the U.S. Senate. Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski is running a write-in campaign in a three-way race with Republican Joe […]
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Two injured eagles go to raptor hospital
Representatives of the American Bald Eagle Foundation recently have sent two injured eagles to Juneau for rehabilitation. Cheryl McRoberts, director of operations, responded to a call Oct. 16 for an injured eagle at 10 Mile Lutak Road. “Sally McGuire called it in, and it was on the beach out in front of her house, out on Lutak, just before you […]
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Eagle foundation preps for new birds
The lineup at the American Bald Eagle Foundation includes three owls, two eagles and a falcon, with plans to add an Eastern screech owl and ared-tailed hawk. “We have room for nine birds right now,” said Cheryl McRoberts, director of operations. “Each individual bird has to have a different size mew.” She said the foundation soon will […]