It is unfortunate that Mayor Bronson of Anchorage does not know what more can be done to stem the spread of Covid in his town. One wonders if he has considered speaking with Dr. Anne Zink and the CDC. Those working on this problem do have ideas. During the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic when many Alaska villages were decimated by illness, Utqiagvik, Shishmaref, […]
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Haines High grad Kirby Faverty, 19, has won the Mark Robb Award at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. The award recognizes a student athlete who “consistently contributes to the team’s success and leads through example by commitment, dedication and teamwork.” A shooting guard, Kirby was named spring MVP on the school’s hoops squad last […]
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Portland dance group to perform Seven performers from BodyVox, a contemporary dance group from Portland, Ore. will perform at the Chilkat Center at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12 as part of its Alaska tour. The show will be based on the modern fable of the sheep and the wolf, general manager Una Loughran told […]
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Students return to school with a greater sense of normalcy
Although pandemic mitigations are still in place, Haines School’s first day back Tuesday was more jovial than last year when elementary students were lined up, six feet apart, by grade, and led into the building by teachers. On Tuesday, children played on the playground, and the hallways were abuzz as students checked out each others’ […]
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Roadside tower: Is it art, mailbox or lamppost?
By Tom Morphet “Pythagoras came to me in a dream” is how Jeff Bochart explains the nearly three-story roadside structure out front of his home at 39 Mile Haines Highway. Or this: “I had a bunch of leftover four-by-eight beams I needed to do something with.” A person speaking to Bochart may not get a […]
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Former resident and Mud Bay landowner Dave Walker recently spent 10 days at his beachfront cabin. Besides visiting across-the-bay neighbors Randy and Mira Ericksen, he worked on his place. “Other than that, I saw some other friends from six feet away, yelling into the wind. It was an interesting trip,” he said. Walker is a […]
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Molly Wilson arrived in Los Angeles last weekend, where she’s working as the first assistant camera person onboard the research vessel “Sea Watch,” also known as the “Shark Boat.” The vessel is scheduled to appear on a reality show that will follow Captain Chris Wade, a marine biologist and shark expert, and his team as they work […]
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The Chilkat Thunder beat the Haines Packing Co. at the Men’s City League basketball championship Sunday night. The score was 107-75. Two other league teams, Alaska Marine Lines and Harbor Heat, were knocked out of competition in previous rounds. Organizer Kyle Fossman said the league will take a break for the holidays and start up again in […]
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Bald Eagle Foundation cancels fall festival
The American Bald Eagle Foundation announced Tuesday that it is canceling its November festival due to COVID-19 concerns and a limited budget. “We’ve had an incredibly difficult couple of years,” said ABEF raptor program manager Sidney Campbell. “We’re stretched really thin as far as resources go because we’ve had such poor tourism. We could try to host […]
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Nash Steel Stickler was born on July 14 at Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital on the Big Island. He weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. Parents Daniel and Corrie Stickler with big brothers Olen and Aksel decided to buck the trend and turned the baby-waiting burden into a vacation. Traditionally, expectant […]