It’s about to be coho season: time to win some cash. Haines’ annual coho salmon derby will kick off next Thursday, running through Oct. 29. Those who haul in the heaviest cohos will receive cash and gift card prizes. Top prize is a $1,250 check and a $200 gift card to Outfitter Sporting Goods. In […]
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Diane McGowan of Phoenix, Ariz. boosted three local causes when she donated back her winnings in the Haines Little League’s 50-50 raffle. McGowan’s $4,260 windfall will be split three ways between the local little league, Haines Softball League, and Jenae’s Playground fund. Diane’s husband Jim umpired several games during last weekend’s softball tournament. Connie Ward of the softball league called […]
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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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Gillnetters see strong sockeye returns
Lynn Canal gillnetters hauled in the best catches of the season so far during the past week. Alaska Department of Fish and Game commercial fisheries biologist Nicole Zeiser said the fleet caught 63,000 sockeye last week. By Tuesday of this week, gillnetters caught another 40,000 red salmon, well above the 19,000 fish 10-year average for […]
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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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Public deserves a say in wastewater plan
Thank you for covering the lack of public notice on the construction approval for the Palmer Project’s wastewater discharge system. Six environmental groups and more than 700 members of the public have submitted requests to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for a public comment period on Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.’s revised waste management […]
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State approves revised wastewater discharge plan for Palmer Project
The state two months ago approved Constantine Metal Resources’ engineering plans for a revised wastewater management system at the Palmer Project, an exploratory mixed-metals mining operation 40 miles northwest of Haines. The decision, which allowed Constantine to construct facilities essential for underground mineral exploration, came without public notice and was criticized by environmental groups who […]
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A Celebration of Life for David Simmons took place last weekend. Simmons, a world traveler who settled in Haines in 2017, was one of two residents who died in the December 2020 Beach Road landslide. The celebration began July 14, when Libby and Glenn Jacobson arrived with David’s parents Randy and Rachelle Simmons on Alaska Fjordlines. They were later joined by several of David’s European […]
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Congratulations to Chris and Elissa Brooks on the birth of their second son. Winston Rally Brooks was born July 2st1 at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. Older brother Ohlin will now be sharing grandparents Ron and Laurie Alsup, Arlene Brooks, and Steve Brooks with the little guy. Local uncles are Andrew Brooks and Jesse Alsup. Elissa said everyone is doing great. Nine-day-old Winston was the youngest attendee at a Haines High reunion for […]
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Georgiana Hotch and Jeff David Jr. (see picture with article) were presented with plaques and gold medals on June 24 from the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood Grand Camp in recognition of five Tlingit men who served in World War II as “code talkers.” Two of them, George Lewis and Robert “Jeff” David Sr., both now deceased, lived in Haines. […]