Veteran state Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, said Haines residents shouldn’t kid themselves: Redistricting and declining state appropriations likely mean the municipality will have to tighten its belt for years to come. Stedman harkened back to the days when he served alongside former House Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, on the legislature’s finance committees during times of […]
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The annual herring run in Mud Bay started in earnest Sunday, with residents using canoes, driftnets and throw nets to haul in buckets full of the silvery fish. As many as 10 eagles and flocks of hundreds of gulls were there feasting on the bounty. Eulachon can’t be far behind. Folks in Klukwan and out Mud Bay Road saw rufous hummingbirds as early as March 30. That’s early, […]
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Mine firm will lease 100,000 acres
A state agency last week awarded Constantine Metal Resources lease rights to nearly 100,000 acres of land 30 miles northwest of Haines for mineral exploration, development and production. The lease encompasses an area more than twice the size of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, located mostly between the Tsirku and upper Chilkat rivers. The […]
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Daniel Johnston is back in Haines after a five-month trip that included two-month stays in India and Sri Lanka. He kicked off his trip with a visit to Seattle, where he visited fellow Glacier Point guide Sam Edwards and Sam’s mom Mary. In India, Johnston and girlfriend Erin Dowden of Skagway visited cave temples and […]
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Assembly OKs 2 river tour permits
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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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 […]