Alijah James Thompson was born Feb. 6 to Dawn Shannon and Levi Thompson in Whitehorse, Y.T. Alijah weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 22 inches. Dawn’s mother, Joan Storms of Whitehorse, attended the birth as well as Haines friend Heather Ripley. Levi’s brother, Kevin Thompson, went to Whitehorse to pick up the family and bring them back to Haines. Gale Thompson is the proud grandma. […]
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This week in history
Nov. 24, 1969 Casting tryouts for a winter play “Exit the Body” will begin Wednesday evening at 8 in the lobby of the Chilkat Center. The hilarious mystery-farce by Fred Carmichael has a cast of five men and five women, and concerns itself with a search for stolen jewels left in a New England house, […]
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife await tribal response for Chilkoot corridor road project
Avoiding impacts to Chilkoot Tlingit cultural artifacts buried along the Chilkoot River corridor, the site of a planned road improvement project, and offering consultation to impacted tribes are among the reasons the project is delayed until next year, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff said this week. “As a federal agency, we must ensure the […]
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Chilkoot Lake road improvement project delay
The State Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation will accept bids for the Chilkoot Lake Road Corridor Improvement Project until Oct. 9, after delaying a closing date five times. Project manager Danielle Ryder said the nearly one-month delay was mainly because “it’s a very culturally sensitive area and we want to make sure concerns are being met.” […]
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Chilkoot sockeye count highest on record
Record numbers of sockeye salmon have passed through the Chilkoot River weir this season, surprising biologists and delighting local fishermen. As of Wednesday, Alaska Department of Fish and Game weir workers counted 136,773 fish, “much higher than forecasts,” said area management biologist Nicole Zeiser. “None of us can really believe that the Chilkoot sockeye are […]
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Duly Noted
Corbin Eames Brooks was born Nov. 7 to Elissa and Chris Brooks. Corbin weighed 8 lbs., 3 ozs. and measured 21 inches. Corbin joins brothers Ohlin and Winston. Chris’ mother Arlene Brooks was in Juneau for Corbin’s arrival and was a great help to the busy family. Elissa’s parents, Laurie and Ron Alsup, are happy to have everyone back home in Haines. Irene Brothers Norm Smith and Carlton Smith caught up in Fairbanks at the Alaska Municipal League conference […]
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Citizen bat scientists on the lookout for white-nose syndrome
Patty Kermoian has worked as a citizen bat scientist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) since the inception of the program in Haines in 2014. “I might be weird but I find it very fun,” she said. Kermoian is a retired ADFG biologist. She, along with her friend Sandy Barclay, also a […]
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Duly Noted
Joe Parnell competed in the Whitehorse Fall Football Classic last weekend. The town revived the flag football tournament – or “Yukon Super Bowl,” as Parnell calls it – this year, after many years of a declining flag football presence. Parnell’s eight-person team consisting mainly of young Whitehorse men placed third among four teams, narrowly missing Saturday’s […]
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Police Report
Wednesday, March 6 A burglary alarm was activated on Chilkoot Lake Road. Haines Police made contact with a driver on Barnett Drive. A 20-day protective order was served on a 40 year old male. Thursday, March 7 A Second Avenue business reported a trespasser. A burglary alarm was activated on Chilkoot Lake Road. Haines Police made contact with an intoxicated pedestrian […]
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Pakistani intern compares Haines and home, past and present
Using gloved hands, Hina Zaidi braces each side of a brittle newspaper’s pages as she turns them. On the second page of the yellowed paper, above an announcement declaring the discovery of the North Pole, she reads a headline that surprises her: “Indian Wife Beater Given Stiff Sentence.” “And then you look at the year, […]