It’s that time of year again: the bears are out at Chilkoot, and your neighbors are vying for your vote. Six people are running for three open Haines Borough Assembly seats. The top two vote-getters will serve three-year terms, and the candidate with the third most votes will fill a seat recently vacated by Caitie Rothbart (formerly […]
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Haines students Dylan Chapell, Brennan Palmieri, Mark Davis, Yzella Miramontes, and Hannah and Haley Boron attended the two-week Sitka Fine Arts Camp. In addition to watching counselors’ performances, they attended daily classes, which began at 8 a.m. The students performed and took concert band, jazz band and choir. Dylan took a stilts class and Brennan took an experimental photography class, in […]
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UA reps discuss carbon bank or logging on borough land
Representatives from the University of Alaska Land Management department visited Haines last week to consider how to earn a profit from the 12,000 acres they own in the borough. The university paused its planned timber sale in 2019 after tariff changes rendered the deal unprofitable. Now department liaison Kirsten Henning said they are weighing options […]
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Co-ed softball tourney returns after more than a decade
Little League may be over, but both fields on Sawmill Road will again see back-to-back games this weekend – now with adult players. From Aug. 12 to 14, three local and four visiting teams will face off in the first softball tournament Haines has hosted since 2010. The tournament will be a double elimination round […]
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CIA embarks on initiative to boost Tlingit language use
There are only three fluent Tlingit language speakers left in the Chilkat Valley — and the Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) is working hard to develop more. CIA in July secured a $900,000 federal grant for a three-year Tlingit language revitalization program that the tribe hopes will expand language use across the community by 20%. Tlingit is […]
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November bald eagle festival to return after two years off
The Alaska Bald Eagle Festival will again draw raptor enthusiasts to Haines this November, following a two-year break because of covid. “Everyone wants to get out and get moving,” American Bald Eagle Foundation executive director Cheryl McRoberts said. “A lot of our regulars who come every year had been asking (if we were) going to do it.” […]
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Neil Strauss, former New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, and Ear Magazine writer and author of several New York Times best sellers, brought a group of 50 men to Haines June 14 to celebrate their anniversary with Society International. According to its website, “the society is an exclusive, high-level, international personal growth, networking, and mastermind […]
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Congratulations to Chris and Elissa Brooks on the birth of their second son. Winston Rally Brooks was born July 2st1 at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. Older brother Ohlin will now be sharing grandparents Ron and Laurie Alsup, Arlene Brooks, and Steve Brooks with the little guy. Local uncles are Andrew Brooks and Jesse Alsup. Elissa said everyone is doing great. Nine-day-old Winston was the youngest attendee at a Haines High reunion for […]
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Nick Oddo and Faith Tuohy were married Friday afternoon at Picture Point. “The skies just opened up. It was amazing,” Faith said. Magistrate John Hutchins officiated. Faith’s son Dalton Tuohy was best man and daughter Megan Tuohy served as maid of honor. Nick’s mom Michelle McMillan came from Portland, Ore. for the ceremony. Other guests included Faith’s mom, Gerry Dearent and Faith’s best friend Alexis Dombrock. Skylar McGuire took photos. The […]
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High school students come to Haines from around the country
Ten exceptional high school students from around the country will converge on Haines for a week beginning Sunday as part of a college-credit course led by resident Natalie Dawson. The students are participants in the Student Diplomacy Corps, a nomination-based and scholarship-funded program that aims to prepare underserved – but remarkably accomplished — high school […]