Haines Borough voters will elect two assembly members and three members to the borough school board in the municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 5. Three candidates each are vying for two, three-year assembly seats. Linda Geise, incumbent Steve Vick and John Winge are seeking assembly seat “B.” Greg Goodman and write-in candidates Karen Hess and Dave Button are vying for […]
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Primary election, local filing deadline on Tuesday
Haines voters going the polls Tuesday will help choose their parties’ candidates in the November general election, and decide initiatives proposing to restrict political campaigning and require minors to obtain parental consent for abortions. Local polling places at the American Bald Eagle Foundation and at Klehini Valley Fire Hall will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]
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Eagle foundation gets $100K gift
An anonymous $100,000 donation will speed up plans for the American Bald Eagle Foundation to provide flight training for rehabilitated birds. The money – which arrived July 16 as a check from the San Francisco-based Schwaab Charitable Fund – will pay to build two chain-mesh cages where birds will regain their strength and learn to fly again. […]
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Return of animals, new rides on tap
Barn animals are back, rides have increased, and the grounds are spruced up for the 42nd annual Southeast Alaska State Fair. Contests, displays and workshops will punctuate the four-day Haines tradition that begins at noon Thursday. Organizers are excited for a banner year. “We’ve been working really hard getting ready for this big week, and it’s […]
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Eagle foundation gets $100K gift
An anonymous $100,000 donation will speed up plans for the American Bald Eagle Foundation to provide flight training for rehabilitated birds. The money – which arrived July 16 as a check from the San Francisco-based Schwaab Charitable Fund – will pay to build two chain-mesh cages where birds will regain their strength and learn to fly again. […]
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Murkowski makes campaign stop
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski visited three Haines locations during a four-hour stop Friday. Murkowski, a Republican, is campaigning for re-election to the six-year seat. In the Aug. 24 primary, she faces Fairbanks attorney Joe Miller, who has the endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. After visits to the American Bald Eagle Foundation, Elks Lodge and […]
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Eagle video to premiere Saturday
The American Bald Eagle Foundation will host a showing for residents of “Flight for Freedom,” a professionally produced, 25-minute video about the eagle migration and annual eagle festival, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. “We haven’t shown the video to anyone. We wanted to show it to Haines residents first, as the premiere,” foundation director Cheryl McRoberts […]
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Eagle foundation chief: Thowing knives, beheading rats
She took first prize in a knife- throwing contest, shoots a black-powder rifle, and is fairly handy with a javelin, too. Despite this, Cheryl McRoberts cuts a studious profile behind her neat desk at the American Bald Eagle Foundation where she is director of operations, drawing on work as an accountant with H&R Block and the IRS […]
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DeWitt wins king derby
Resident Toni DeWitt didn’t have to go far to win top prize in the 32nd Haines King Salmon Derby. DeWitt hooked her 33.4-pound Chinook about 60 feet off the old Haines Packing Co. cannery Sunday, inside Letnikof Cove. “We were mainly fishing there because my granddaughter was in the boat. She brought me some luck, […]
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Veto ax kills fair funds, dock sale Residents opposed funding source for requests
Some residents opposed $2 million in state funding for Klukwan’s purchase of the Chilkat Cruises dock and vessel and $277,000 for renovation of the fair’s Harriett Hall as a convention center, staff to Gov. Sean Parnell’s budget director said this week. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, submitted the two requests to be funded from cruise ship […]