While teams from Haines and Klukwan battled in the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament last week, their younger counterparts also had several games in Juneau. Students in fifth through eighth grade participated in “B” and “C” divisions March 24-26, against teams from Fairbanks, Hoonah, Juneau, Kake, Petersburg and Sitka. Haines entered one boys’ team and one girls’ team […]
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Merchants alive at Medal
Four teams from Haines and Klukwan entered Juneau’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament, but only the Haines Merchants were alive as of press time Wednesday. The Merchants were set to face Angoon 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the “B” semifinal. The team is 2-0, with wins over the Kake Tlingit Warriors and Hoonah ANB. Klukwan exited the “B” bracket with […]
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Census: Population grew 5% since 2000; Town bucking trend in Southeast
The Haines Borough’s population has increased nearly 5 percent since 2000, according to 2010 U.S. census figures released Wednesday. “Haines has actually been one of the more stable communities over the last five or six years,” said Robert Venables, former borough manager. “It is a bit of an anomaly for the region, which is still […]
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Juno wins Hotch tournament
An undersized Haines Merchants team advanced to the finals of the Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament Sunday, but fell 137-81 to a powerhouse squad from Juneau. “We definitely gave it our best effort, but we were out of gas, and they played a really good game,” said Haines’ Jason Shull, who earned all-tournament honors. The […]
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State plan for boat put-in opposed
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 […]