I want to thank our local doctors for bringing up the potential health-related effects of a large-scale mine on our community. The question is not whether or not miners are good people, of course they are. The question is whether or not a mine the size and scale of Constantine is the best choice forward […]
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HAL donates veterans building
The Haines Assisted Living board of directors donated the Soboleff-McRae Veteran’s Village to Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium. The building was constructed in 2015 after the Alaska Legislature appropriated $6 million for the job, and a $650,000 donation from the late Lucy Harrell helped complete the first floor. It’s home to 11 apartments available for […]
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Tlingit language class back at Sheldon
In a nod to Native American Heritage Month, Tlingit elder and traditional practitioner Marsha Hotch will teach her second annual (in recent history) Tlingit language course at the Haines Sheldon Museum. The course will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Nov. 5 to Nov. 26, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. “Last time we had community members […]
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150-year-old Tlingit maps celebrated
In 2007, when cartographer John Cloud was cataloging more than 7,000 maps at the National Archives in Washington D.C., he came across two that immediately chilled him. “In fifteen minutes, I found two different maps done by Alaska Natives working cooperatively with the Coast Survey (present day NOAA) in the nineteenth century, and nobody knew […]
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Duly Noted
The Haines School hosted its first family night of the school year, themed “Cultures From Around the World” on Friday. “We came up with the theme as a staff and looked at what resources we can provide within that theme. We have lots of community members who we can learn from. And the event went […]
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Tribes meet to plan for environmental changes
Tribal members and staff of the Chilkat Indian Village (CIV) and the Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) met in Klukwan on Oct. 4 to discuss observed changes to the local environment and traditional food sources. The meeting was part of a larger planning initiative by CIV to examine and respond to the impacts of environmental changes on tribal […]
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Duly Noted
Hannah Blilie and Raymond Reeves were married on what some said was the most beautiful day ever on the summit of Mount Ripinsky on Saturday, Sept. 28. The couple was joined by their daughter Darcie Reeves, and Hannah’s daughter, Charlie Lou Katzeek. Friend Jason Eson married the couple. “Ray packed up Charlie and I packed […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Mining
Dunleavy’s unannounced visit is appalling
Haines’ residents learned after-the-fact about Gov. Dunleavy’s recent visit to the Palmer Project with his chief of staff, Ben Stevens, and ADEC Commissioner Brune, via the Chilkat Valley News and KHNS. Neither the assembly, interested entities like the Klukwan community residing just downstream from the proposed mine site, nor other invested local folks had the opportunity to interact with […]
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Thanks to AML for free playground shipping
The staff, students and families of Klukwan School would like to send out a very heartfelt thank you to Alaska Marine Lines for the donation of shipping cost for our new playground. We have been waiting a long time for our playground and without your generous donation we would have waited for an even longer time, no […]
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Meet the borough assembly candidates
Six candidates are vying for two seats on the Haines Borough Assembly in the Oct. 1 municipal election. The third highest vote getter will be appointed to a third vacancy, created by the resignation of assembly member Will Prisciandaro last month. Residents may only vote for two assembly candidates on the ballot. Voting for a third will […]