Some residents opposed $2 million in state funding for Klukwan’s purchase of the Chilkat Cruises dock and vessel and $277,000 for renovation of the fair’s Harriett Hall as a convention center, staff to Gov. Sean Parnell’s budget director said this week. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, submitted the two requests to be funded from cruise ship […]
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Downtown paving job waits until at least 2011
If you spill your coffee driving down Third Avenue, you might consider a bib. Resurfacing of downtown streets – recently a high priority for the Haines Borough – will likely wait until 2011 or later, according to borough manager Mark Earnest. Failure to secure funding of the project by the Alaska Legislature torpedoed the borough’s main funding […]
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Thanks to volunteers, walkers
We would like to say thank you to all the walkers and sponsors of the Chilkat River Walk on Saturday, May 15. Thank you especially to: Mark McCready at Alaska Power & Telephone for the great poster, Alaska Meat and Grocery for the oranges, Chilkat Guides for the bus and driver, Southeast Alaska State Fair and Haines […]
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Spoken Tlingit in race against time
Like similar programs that have sprung up in the region in the past decade, Sheldon Museum’s Tlingit class is building an appreciation and awareness of the area’s indigenous language. But a larger effort will be needed to keep the language from fading into history, advocates say. “The fate of the Tlingit language is a lot […]
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Tlingit class enters 13th year
Students in the Sheldon Museum’s Tlingit language come for different reasons, but the class has proved its staying power as it enters its 13th year, said Kathy Friedle, who organizes it for the museum. “Typically attendance runs between 10 and 15 students, but it’s gone as high as 18. I think people enjoy the language and […]
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Juneau dominates Sunball tourney
Haines teams weren’t able to defend the home field in the annual Sunball Softball Tournament, with teams from Juneau taking the title in both the men’s and women’s divisions. “The games were very good and most were competitive,” said organizer Tom Scovil of the 12-team tournament. “We’ve restricted the competition to mid-range players, so teams […]
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Enrollment up in Haines schools
Although final enrollment figures are expected to change slightly, 447 students showed up for school in the past week, said Haines Superintendent Ron Erickson. There were 282 elementary and middle school students in Haines, 151 students at Haines High School, eight students in K-4 at the Mosquito Lake School and six correspondence students, Erickson said. A year […]
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Schnabel eyes markets for rock
Developer Rodger Schnabel is meeting early resistance to his plan to load processed gravel and rock on barges at a new facility on city tidelands adjacent to the small boat harbor. Schnabel has applied to lease city tidelands in front of the Oceanside RV Park on Front Street, now owned by his father, John. He […]
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City considers collecting ambulance fees from rural residents
A mayoral proposal to begin collection of ambulance fees from non-city residents appears to be weakening. Faced with an audience of emergency response volunteers opposed to the proposal, the city’s public safety committee Tuesday voted against collection of the fees. Committee members Lynda Walker and Brian Lemcke wil carry their recommendation to the full council […]
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Critic says land settlement sacrifices rights, profits
Southeast Natives whose land claims were ignored in the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are lobbying Congress for swift settlement of their land entitlements. But one Chilkoot Native lobbying to kill the agreement proposed by the Southeast Alaska ANCSA Land Acquisition Coalition (SAALAC), saying hidden obligations to timber companies will undercut tribal authority and […]