Kudos to the Southeast Road Builders’ fire brigade along with the all the others who responded to the fiery demise of my beloved SueBeeSue#6 along the highway just south of Klukwan. Thanks to the unknown driver of the blue pickup who I flagged down and dispatched to alert the SERB crew nearby. Thus, all the […]
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Blotter: April 22 – April 25
Wednesday, April 22 A caller in Haines reported a scam on social media. They were given the information for the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. A driver on Beach Road was given a verbal warning for not meeting requirements to display a license plate. An officer put a 72-hour notice on an abandoned vehicle on […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday May 1
The Haines Sheldon Museum’s main gallery is reopening this week after its first major overhaul in nearly a decade, with a redesigned layout and a sharper focus on what makes the Chilkat Valley distinct. The new exhibit is something of a guided experience using objects and panels to trace trade routes, landscape, and Lingít history. […]
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Blotter: April 12 – April 25
Sunday, April 12 A caller reported smoke alarms going off in the 400 block of Fourth Avenue. The volunteer fire department responded. A caller reported someone banging on their door in the 100 block of Dalton Street early in the morning. An officer was advised. Haines Borough police assisted another agency in Haines. Tuesday, April […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Saturday April 25
Twenty years ago Alaska voters created the Ocean Ranger program which put state environmental observers on large cruise ships and created a $4 per-passenger tax to fund the program. But Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration axed the program, telling the legislature in 2020 that it was “costly for its outcomes,” and subjected the cruise industry to […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday April 9
As federal regulators move to roll back limits on “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, some Alaska lawmakers are pushing in the opposite direction with new bills that would require near-zero PFAS levels in drinking water. For communities like Haines, where contamination has already been documented near the Tanani Point Tank Farm, the stakes are as local […]
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Duly Noted: Easter eggs, boat engines and a moose stalker
Krystal Lloyd helped to organize the Haines community Easter egg hunt and hot dog social this year. She gathered volunteers to fill the plastic eggs for the 14,00-egg event at the school on Easter. On Friday and Saturday Ron Weibel, Sue Waterhouse, Joshua Lloyd, Serena Woods, Judy Weibel, Neil Einsbruch, Joan Degen, Megan Highfield-Stewart, Savannah […]
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Gold Medal Hall of Fame completes a marriage dream
“I was surprised, I was pretty content just being a Hall of Fame wife,” Juneau Lions Club President Marie Beierly said after being selected into the Gold Medal Hall of Fame. “This was definitely something we did not expect, and we just enjoyed the years we have been involved with Gold Medal. I guess it […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday, April 2
One of Haines’ few year-round restaurants is shutting down after a lease dispute between the owner and landlord brought deeper financial struggles into the open. Alpenglow Woodfired Pizza will close following a final weekend sendoff, ending a three-year run under current ownership. Owner Nolan Woodard points to lease terms he says would have made it […]