Residents gathered for an awards ceremony and potluck Oct. 29 at the senior center to recognize students in grades six through 11 who entered the contest for the third annual Chilkat Valley Peace Prize. Haines High School sophomore Karlie Spud earned top honors and $100 for her essay “Promoting Peace in Alaska.” The Klukwan resident wrote about […]
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State election Tuesday
Voters will cast ballots in Alaska’s general election Tuesday. Poll hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Bald Eagle Foundation, Klehini Valley Fire Hall and Klukwan’s tribal house. The ballot includes five candidates for the U.S. Senate. Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski is running a write-in campaign in a three-way race with Republican Joe […]
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Movie short from 1950s appears
An obscure film dramatizing the lack of modern medical facilities in Haines more than 50 years ago aired on Turner Movie Classics Sunday. “Alaska Lifeboat,” a 21-minute film released in 1956, features the M/S Hygiene, a medical ship operated by the territorial Department of Health that stopped here to dispense health care. It includes scenes […]
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Tourism gains after ’09 drop in business Stores, independents recover faster than shore excursions
Owners of stores and RV parks in Haines this week said they saw an increase in independent summer travelers from 2009. Shore excursion tour companies that saw the loss of bimonthly dockings by a large ship and the bankruptcy of a small cruise line gave mixed reports. “We had a really good, constant flow of […]
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Volunteer burnout, polarization cited as town’s impediments
A panel of 12 community leaders who gathered at the public library Sept. 29 said Haines could be strengthened through a loan program to encourage small businesses; by developing a central community garden; by growing the pool of active volunteers; and by adopting a code of ethics to guide contentious community discussions. An “us versus […]
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Beasley helped steam longtail canoe
It was nice to see a photo of the dug-out canoe on the front page of your newspaper last week. The canoe is a project we are very proud of here in Klukwan and we plan to do a ceremonial launching of the canoe next spring that will be open to the public. The two previous launchings […]
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Chilkats launch version of historic seafarer
Klukwan villagers recently launched a 36-foot, sea-going canoe, the first of its kind to ply local waters in about 200 years. About 20 carvers and villagers gathered at Chilkat State Park a few weeks ago to see the “head” or “longtail” canoe’s maiden voyage. The boat is distinguished by its thin, long ends, with a large […]
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Valley opposes abortion notice
Chilkat Valley voters turned out in relatively high numbers for Tuesday’s statewide primary election, and bucked some statewide trends. In the election’s most closely watched contest – between Republican U.S. Senate candidates Lisa Murkowski and Tea Party-endorsed challenger Joe Miller – valley voters went strongly for Murkowski, the incumbent. She beat Miller 206-124 in the […]
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School day getting a little longer, Students also to see new teachers, rules on behavior
Students returning to Haines schools next week will see new teachers, new rules on student behavior and a bit longer school day. Classes resume at Haines School and Mosquito Lake Tuesday. School starts in Klukwan at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday. For students at Haines School, school will start at 8:25 a.m. and end at 3:15 p.m. this year. […]
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Canadian subsistence fishermen?
In the past few weeks, I’ve heard of and seen many people dumping their fish wastes out at Four Mile Haines Highway with no respect for the people who do their subsistence fishing. I ended up with a net full of it. But that isn’t what really bothered me, it was people I’ve never seen […]