I’ve been back in Haines since 1997 and have yet to say I’m proud of our I.R.A. I’ve seen much and heard much and just lately they paid out a big sum of money for their negligence. How shameful of that. That money could have been used for culture and heritage, our people so do […]
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Haines teams fall in Gold Medal finals
The Haines Merchants and Klukwan Masters met similar fates in championship games of the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau last weekend. Both teams finished as runners-up after losing halftime leads. The Merchants opened the tournament with wins over Kake and Angoon in the “B” bracket, and then fell to Hydaburg in the semifinals, 101-92. Haines earned […]
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Two local teams in Gold Medal semis
The Haines Merchants and Klukwan Masters combined for a 4-0 record at the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau this week and have advanced to tonight’s semifinal round. The Merchants in the “B” bracket defeated Kake, 74-59, and Angoon, 83-58. Haines High School senior Tyler Swinton made his Gold Medal debut by scoring 21 points in each […]
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Charlie Everett Blood was born to Matt and Holly Blood on March 14. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces. Grandmother Barb Blood had left Fairbanks after a weekend visit with the family just 12 hours earlier. Barb attributes the week-early arrival of Charlie to Holly’s walking around the Fairbanks Ice Sculpture Park for an hour […]
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Focus and creativity led designer Nash to dream career
It took a couple of casts for Corrie Nash, the youngest child in a Haines fishing family, to hook a career that suited her. A 2000 graduate of Haines High School, she started at University of Alaska Fairbanks, majoring in accounting and business. She lost interest and studied massage in California for a year, then […]
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Elias Glabek Ryan was born Feb. 15 to Jolanta and Brad Ryan in Portland, Ore. Elias weighed 8 lbs., 10 ozs. and joins big brother Atlin. The family stayed with Brad’s parents, Cecil and Joyce Ryan, in Rainier, Ore. and enjoyed spending time with Brad’s sister, JoAnna Thompson, and her family, who live next door. […]
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Police Blotter
Sunday, May 1 A caller requested help with an elderly man with dementia who had become very confused. Officers responded and took the man into protective custody. Saturday, April 30 A caller reported a large group of children walking on the wrong side of the street and swerving into traffic on their way to the […]
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Mosquito Lake School may struggle to stay open in fall
Mosquito Lake School faces the prospect of dropping below required enrollment this fall, forcing the school to close the doors on the students and teachers who rely on their close-knit school community. Haines Borough School District Superintendent Michael Byer held a meeting with Mosquito Lake School parents on Feb. 16. Discussion included whether the school will […]
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Whitehorse stands tall over competition in Hotch tournament
A massive Whitehorse team avenged two earlier losses to a Juneau squad to take the title at the Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament on Sunday. Whitehorse used its height advantage to edge Lonnie Anderson’s team, the defending champions, 73-70. The tournament drew eight adult teams from Haines, Juneau, Klukwan, Skagway and Whitehorse. The Chilkat Warriors of […]
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Archaeologist shares expertise and skills with Native communities
Archaeologist Nancy “Anastasia” Wiley tells her younger students not to agonize over their course of study choice. “It doesn’t really matter because you are going to change your mind anyway when you get there.” Wiley herself began her academic career studying Latin at the Albany State Teacher’s College of New York. “I decided I wanted […]