On 5-1 votes, the Haines Borough Assembly approved a new tour permit for Haines Rafting Co. and expanded tours for Rainbow Glacier Adventures at its March 11 meeting. Member Joanne Waterman voted against both permits. The tours elicited concerns about impacts on fisheries, carrying capacity for recreational uses and intrusion of commercial tours in neighborhoods. Rainbow Glacier Adventures planned […]
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Art Jess volunteered, kept faith
A cross-section of Haines, Klukwan and Skagway residents filled the ANB Hall for Art Jess’s memorial service Saturday. Margo Clayton eulogized her father as a man devoted to spiritual and social advancement. ^He believed the world is a beautiful placeall is welland everything would work out^” she said. Jess83died at his home March 22 […]
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Duly Noted
Jackie Haddock-Swift and Scott Brewington returned from their Las Vegas honeymoon, during which they stayed at the Luxor Hotel and Casino, met a drug dealer on Fremont Street, and did a lot of walking. Haddock-Swift spent a day at the spa. To keep themselves from gambling, she said they attended shows, including the Carrot Top […]
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‘Ring of Fire’ plan delayed for 2 years
A decision by the Bureau of Land Management on whether to open about 320,000 acres of mountain terrain near Haines currently off-limits to commercial heli-ski tours has been delayed at least another two years. The BLM issued a statement earlier this month saying new information obtained by the agency regarding goat populations and their cultural […]
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Middle school grapplers place well for a small squad
Five Chilkat Valley students joined a field of more than 200 grapplers at the 2014 Southeast Middle School Wrestling Tournament in Juneau last month. Floyd Dryden Middle School hosted the Feb. 21-22 event that drew entrants from more than a dozen Southeast schools. “It gives them an idea of what they’ll be getting into in […]
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Merchants ready for Gold Medal
The Haines Merchants figure to have a size advantage at this year’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau. The competition begins Sunday. Team stalwart Ben Egolf (6’10”) will be joined by his “little” brother, the 6’9” Will, on the Merchants’ roster. The younger Egolf wrapped up his Division I basketball career at Bradley University last […]
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Duly Noted
Ten Klukwan School students and chaperones Cynthia and John McFeeters, Carson Buck and Katherine Hotch recently returned from a Juneau ski trip. The students, ranging from second to twelfth-graders, participated in morning lessons and enjoyed free time skiing in the afternoons. Senior Danielle Dallmann said learning to ski was easier than expected. The group also […]
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Olympic torch may come back
It’s been nearly 30 years since Haines funded former resident Nadine Price’s trip to Seattle, where the college runner carried the 1984 Olympic torch for the summer games held in Los Angeles. Price, who grew up in Haines, wants to give her torch and torchbearer uniform to the Sheldon Museum. “Really, what am I doing […]
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ANB/ANS honor 3 on Peratrovich Day
Haines ANB and ANS on Sunday honored residents Mike Denker, David Light and the late Brendan Larson as people whose work helped the cause of civil rights in Haines. The recognition was part of a local celebration of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day. “The things (the honorees) have done have helped advance understanding between people and cultures,” […]