Joseph Banks, a 20-year-old student at Haines’ wilderness leadership school, stopped a news reporter on Main Street on an evening last week and asked where he could find a pay phone. According to downtown business owners, Banks’ request is not a rare one from visitors. Alaska Power and Telephone removed the last pay phones from […]
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Helping hands make Jones Point shine
Go out to the Jones Point Cemetery to appreciate all the work that has been done. We thank all who grabbed a rake and bag to help, especially the History Day participants and their parents. The middle schoolers will represent Alaska in Washington, D.C. this summer in the History Day competition. The American Legion will […]
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House district tilts toward Juneau
Haines would be included in a state House of Representatives district dominated by voters from Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley under a new plan adopted Monday by the Alaska Redistricting Board. The news triggered concerns among Haines leaders that the town could lose clout in the Alaska Legislature wielded by state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, who co-chairs the […]
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Chilkat walkers slog through storm
Some 43 hearty walkers, runners and bike riders participated in the Chilkat River Walk Saturday. A few participants had family members ferry them dry clothes and most made an abbreviated version of the annual 23-mile trek between Klukwan and Haines. About six went the whole distance. “I was amazed. I couldn’t believe it when I counted (participants) all up. […]
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Walk, run or pedal the Chilkat
The sixth annual Chilkat River Walk, Run and Ride from Klukwan to Haines is set for Saturday, May 12. The event raises money for the Chilkat Valley Cancer Travel Fund and raises awareness about breast cancer and breast health. This is the second year participants can run or bicycle the course, in addition to walking. The 23-mile event […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, May 23 A caller requested a welfare check on an individual they had not heard from in a week. An officer responded and found no one at home. A dispatcher called the ferry terminal and was told the individual left on a ferry a couple days earlier and would not be home until early […]
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Christmas in April: $19 million in projects
Projects in the Chilkat Valley would receive $18.9 million in state funding from bills approved in the past week by the Alaska Legislature, including $6.1 million for a new veterans’ home and $4.5 million in harbor breakwater improvements. The amount is the highest in years. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, who helped secure the funds, said […]
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Friedenauer leads KHNS news programs
Former Chilkat Valley News staffer Margaret Friedenauer started as news and public affairs director at KHNS this week. Friedenauer, 35, took the reins from Tara Bicknell, who joined KHNS in 2008. Friedenauer filled in for CVN editor Tom Morphet last summer and for four weeks early this year and then handled website redesign and advertising […]
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Sales tax revenues up 1 percent in 2011
Haines Borough sales tax revenues increased 1 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, with retail showing the strongest gains and restaurants and bars taking the biggest hit. The retail increase of 6 percent includes fuel sales, which Haines Chamber of Commerce President Ned Rozbicki suggested were the driving force in pushing sales tax revenues to […]
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Duly Noted
Friends at the Pioneers of Alaska’s Sunday meeting sang “Happy Birthday” to Layton A. Bennett in anticipation of his 93rd birthday Thursday, April 12. Wife Lou is organizing a family party with sons Lynn Bennett of Juneau and Eric Bennett of Bellevue, Wash. The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the […]