Home décor store to open on Main Street Erica Carrington is opening a new home décor store on Main Street called White & Willow. The store, located next to The Hair Shop, will feature home items including throw pillows, blankets, kitchen towels, dishes and bakeware, mirrors, clocks, rugs and seasonal décor. “I have always just […]
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July 1971 Non-reserved vehicles have 3-day wait now for ferry Southbound vehicle traffic on the Alaska Ferry System has built up to a point where there is now a three-day wait for passage for vehicles without reservations, local ferry officials said Tuesday. They emphasized, however, that those vehicles with reservations will leave on the day […]
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November 2010 New start at heli-ski question Mayor appoints 9-member panel The Haines Borough’s new heli-skiing work group held its first meeting Tuesday, and members said they want to avoid the heated tone of previous discussions about the industry. “I think that this is a better way to resolve some of the issues than to try […]
How parents and children talk about a pandemic
How do you explain a worldwide pandemic to a child when you can barely wrap your head around it as an adult? Parents in Haines have been forced to consider the question as the threat of COVID-19 has increased in Alaska and around the globe. “(The virus is) spreading quickly… because people are traveling and […]
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Former Chilkat Valley News reporter Bill McAllister is quoted in a Nov. 21 New York Times Magazine article about Sarah Palin. McAllister, a former Palin press secretary who now works as a spokesman for the state Department of Law, said the national media “grossly mischaracterized” Sarah Palin “in a way he found frustrating and maddening.” McAllister said he […]
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Porter Owen Del Prete was born at the Juneau Birthing Center early Aug. 5 to parents Shannon and Andrew Del Prete. He weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and measured 20.25 inches. Big brothers are Garrison Del Prete, 5, and Caedmon Del Prete, 3. The family planned to be back in town by midweek after three weeks out of town. “We’re really […]
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Manager Susie McCartney said she has 12 vendors signed up for Saturday’s Farmer’s Market. It will be held 10 a.m. to noon under Payson’s Pavilion at the Southeast state fairgrounds. Kim Sundberg’s ballerinas will perform. Markets will be held weekly, same day, place and time. To perform or sell your wares at the market, contact Susie at 303-3038 […]
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By Cynthia Allen Leonitus Norman Swanson was born at 11:15 p.m., Jan. 21, at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau to parents Stephana and Kyler Swanson. Leonitus weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 inches. He joins brother Jason Heine and sister Ella Swanson. Stephana is the daughter of Sandi Ryan of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mario and Natalie Benassi of Haines. The Swansons have relocated to Haines; […]
Fair membership meeting, dinner Friday at Harriett Hall
The Southeast Alaska State Fair will hold its annual membership meeting starting 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at the fairgrounds’ Harriett Hall. A dinner will follow. All members are invited to hear reports on the fair, events, facilities, and the status of the corporation. The fair mailed out surveys to members Aug. 19. Members are […]
Move Lookout Park to lot corner?
Members of the Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee last week expressed support for moving Lookout Park to a location in the southeast corner of an expanded parking lot at the Small Boat Harbor. The seven-member group – which as of this week has seats open for four voting members – lacked a quorum, […]