Reports of record salmon harvests don’t extend to Haines. Lynn Canal gillnetters hauled in fish worth $9.28 million in 2013, down from about $15 million last year, a drop attributed to reduced prices for fish and a smaller harvest. The harvest value roughly matches that of 2011. Fishing ended Oct. 9. Canal fishermen caught 1.8 million […]
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Vets’ home draws tenants, concerns
Recent agreements with local nonprofits mean the ground floor of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village and Wellness Center will be fully occupied when it’s completed about a year from now, said Haines Assisted Living president Jim Studley, who’s leading the project. Tenants will include the physical therapy office of Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), Southeast […]
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Thanks for sharing gardens’ bounty
On behalf of the residents of Haines Assisted Living (HAL), we would like to take this opportunity to thank our caring community for the sharing of the great bounty produced in Haines this summer. We are ever so grateful for the strawberries from John Floreske; the flowers shared every week by Donna Walters; the flowers […]
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Goll, Thomas pen critique of highway plan
Haines Borough Assembly members Tuesday hashed out a position on the state’s plans for widening the Haines Highway, incorporating verbiage from a joint statement issued by former state representatives Bill Thomas and Peter Goll. The Department of Transportation plan to widen the road between 3.5 and 25.3 Mile came under fiery criticism last week for only superficially […]
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Thanks for creating holiday events
The Haines Chamber of Commerce appreciates all the volunteers who make the Fourth of July a spectacular success. Winners of the parade are: 1) Haines Christian Center, 2) Chilkoot Indian Association, and, 3) Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska. We’d like to thank the following individuals and organizations who contributed time or event prizes: Bill Thomas for accepting […]
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Sunshine brings out crowds on 4th
Another Chandler Kemp record in the the Mount Ripinsky Run and the longest parade in memory marked the 2013 Haines Independence Day celebration. Kemp, 23, lopped a whopping 26 seconds off the course record of 24:28 he set last year in the three-mile race that climbs about 1,100 feet. He topped second-place Marcus Deuling, a 16-year-old Canadian, […]
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Diapers, toilet amid riverside dumpings
Volunteers picked up between three and five tons of trash and recyclables from alongside the Chilkat River and channels during the Takshanuk Watershed Council’s annual cleanup event May 4. Brad Ryan, the group’s executive director, said items included discarded large appliances, ranges and refrigerators, and a porcelain toilet containing feces. At 7 Mile Haines Highway, crews found […]
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Work on veterans home soon
Construction of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village will start any day now, said Haines Assisted Living board president Jim Studley. A ceremonial groundbreaking for Alaska’s first state-funded, private veterans home was held April 27 at Second Avenue and Dalton Street, where former state Rep. Bill Thomas told an assembled crowd the building is dedicated to “two great Americans […]
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Work on veterans home soon
Construction of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village will start any day now, said Haines Assisted Living board president Jim Studley. A ceremonial groundbreaking for Alaska’s first state-funded, private veterans home was held April 27 at Second Avenue and Dalton Street, where former state Rep. Bill Thomas told an assembled crowd the building is dedicated to “two great Americans […]
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Kreiss-Tomkins: Session ‘depressing’ experience
State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins this week said his first session in the Alaska Legislature was a “sobering” and “depressing” experience. While the job is stimulating and enjoyable, the session itself – and particularly some of the legislation that came out of it – was discouraging, he said. Passage of the massive oil tax cut, which […]