State parks officials say they’re seeking a creative solution to a controversial plan to replace a Chilkat River boat launch area near 25 Mile with one closer to Wells Bridge. Officials from the state Department of Transportation, Division of Parks and Department of Fish and Game are behind the proposal that would eliminate a boat-launch site on […]
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Hotch tourney starts Thursday
The Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament is set for a four-day slate of games next week at the Haines School. Organizer Larry Sweet said nine adult teams are expected for the Feb. 24-27 tournament, from Haines, Juneau, Klukwan, Sitka, Skagway and Whitehorse. “A lot of the guys didn’t like using the little gym last year, so […]
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Girl wins membership with owl name, ‘Aspen’
Natalie Humphrey-Kauffman, 10, won a contest to name a great gray owl at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The owl now is called Aspen, because Natalie “just thought it was a beautiful name for a beautiful bird,” said Cheryl McRoberts, director of operations. Aspen is from Wasilla and has been in Haines since September. “She […]
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Heli-skiers, bears, dock stole headlines in 2010
The fate of the waterfront, regulation of helicopter skiing and problems with bears dominated headlines in 2010. The town also celebrated its second 3A boys’ basketball championship in three years. And it lost millions of dollars in annual revenues when the Alaska Legislature chopped the voter-ratified cruise ship head tax. “He walked in like he […]
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Crowd sees stars at planetarium
Tlingits saw Pleiades, a constellation in the northern sky known as “The Seven Sisters,” as a sculpin placed in the heavens by Raven. Some western Alaska Natives described the cluster of stars as a “bundle of codfish” and the Inupiats of Barrow saw in the same stars a polar bear hunting scene. The lore of […]
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Chilkat Valley foundation gifts $12K to groups in ’10
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation celebrated more than $12,000 in grants for 2010 during a Nov. 18 dessert reception at Haines Assisted Living. “It’s really wonderful to be able to support local nonprofits that are such an integral part of our community,” said Ann Myren, chair of the foundation’s board. Awards for a combined $12,282 […]
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‘Baby’ makes a splash
An immature eagle released Saturday during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival was recaptured Monday due to concerns it wouldn’t survive in the wild. “Baby,” a bird found in late July after falling from a nest in Juneau, failed to gain elevation before a crowd of more than 200. “(It) flew about 10 feet and went […]
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Culture and dignity no longer exist
President after president, administrator after administrator, council after council and last, but not least, nepotism after nepotism. This is very much so. Seems like they forgot the rest of us, as usual. This is what I see and hear every day: 1) Non-natives in our IRA and teaching our children. 2) By-laws neglected. No meetings […]
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Voters lean left and right
The Chilkat Valley mostly followed statewide trends in Tuesday’s general election, although Haines townsite voters tilted more Democratic and Klukwan leaned more Republican than Alaska and districtwide averages. In the three-way race for the U.S. Senate seat, Haines voters split between Democrat Scott McAdams and write-ins presumably for Republican Lisa Murkowski, 37 percent each. Republican Joe Miller […]
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Variety highlights 16th annual bald eagle festival
Do you know what to do if you find an injured bird? The answer to that question and a range of others will be answered at the 16th annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival, starting 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The five days of activities will include workshops by festival photographer Weldon Lee […]