Friends of Michelle Fehlings are welcome to share memories at a gathering at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30 at Port Chilkoot Distillery. Fehlings died July 8 in Hermann, Mo. Her ashes will be spread along Chilkoot River near the home she shared with her late husband Mick McCarter. Michele and Mick lived in Skagway for 14 years before […]
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Resident named Alaska’s museum volunteer of the year
Museums Alaska last week named Haines resident Michael Marks the state’s “volunteer of the year.” “I’m completely flabbergasted,” Marks, 69, said of the award. When Marks isn’t volunteering at the Portage Cove dock to greet cruise ship passengers, he’s gifting his time and resources to the Hammer Museum, Sheldon Museum and several other local organizations. […]
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Brittney Bradford and Aaron Bonner were married at Whispering Pines wedding venue in Winchester, Idaho on Sept. 3. Aaron’s father Ken Bonner officiated the ceremony. Haines’ guests included Brittney’s parents Scott and Candi Bradford, her brother Casey Bradford and his wife Dani, grandparents Sonny and Julie Myers, and friend Hudson Sage. Friend Claire Jensen of Coeur d’Alene, who spends summers in Haines, served as Brittney’s maid of honor. Claire honored her and Brittney’s mutual friend, the […]
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The injured moose calf adopted by Kroschel Wildlife Center died Thursday. Steve Kroschel said the calf called Ladybug was eating and drinking from her bottle in the morning, but by the time of the center’s first tour of the day, she didn’t stand to greet visitors, as she had previously. Bacteria may have infected bone in an oozing shoulder […]
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Update on bald eagle in Tlingit Park
In late June, a bald eagle displaying signs of illness was reported to the American Bald Eagle Foundation. With a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza (HPAI) reported earlier in the summer, the ABEF did not feel comfortable collecting a live bird exhibiting symptoms of this illness to protect the raptors and chickens on the education […]
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Duly Noted
Friends are invited to the 50-plus wedding anniversary celebration of Jean and Shel Scarrott at the American Legion Hall 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. Music will be provided by Helena Borkert. Children Steven Scarrott of Portland, Timothy Scarrott of Portland, and Brenna Scarrott of Washington, D.C. and families will be here to celebrate. Shel and Jean were married in Springfield, Ore., on Nov. 16, 1963. About 75 people attended […]
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November bald eagle festival to return after two years off
The Alaska Bald Eagle Festival will again draw raptor enthusiasts to Haines this November, following a two-year break because of covid. “Everyone wants to get out and get moving,” American Bald Eagle Foundation executive director Cheryl McRoberts said. “A lot of our regulars who come every year had been asking (if we were) going to do it.” […]
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Sheldon Museum Six-Week Spotlight: Concept of HOME “Places do not belong to us. We belong to them.” – Kazim Ali What is home? That’s an intriguing question in Haines, where most residents are from elsewhere. Lifelong resident Debra Schnabel explores the concept in an art installation that opened this week at the Haines Sheldon Museum’s Hakkinen Gallery. […]
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Study suggests birding could add growth to local tourism
Haines residents wonder if the town could be better capitalizing on its avian population after research from Audubon Alaska and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) reported that 300,000 birdwatchers visit the state annually, pumping $378 million into local economies. Haines local Natalie Dawson, who served as executive director of Audubon Alaska and vice president […]
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Joe Ordonez’s, “Where Eagles Gather: The Story of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve,” is featured with other recently published Alaska books in the June issue of Alaska Airlines magazine. Magazine intern and Haines High School alumna Anna Jacobson was assigned to write this issue’s book review section, “Writings on the Last Frontier.” Anna ordered many books, […]