Glitz and glamour came to Haines in the form of a magazine photo shoot earlier this fall for ferry terminal employees Fuzzy von Stauffenberg and Joanne Waterman, who appear as models in the October issue of Lands’ End Business Outfitters catalog. The Lands’ End photo crew traveled on the Malaspina around the upper Lynn Canal promoting their new Outrigger jacket, […]
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Doris Ward is home from a month of travel that included family visiting and old friends. She traveled to Tulsa, Okla. to see sister, Janie Owen, and Janie’s daughter and grandchildren. The fall temperatures were in the 80s, rising one day to 91, and Doris soaked up the sunshine on Janie’s patio. From Tulsa, Doris returned to Seattle […]
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Four members of the Makah Tribe of Neah Bay, Wash. visited Alaska Department of Fish and Game sport fish biologist Brian Elliott for a long weekend. Hap Leon, Tiffany Peterson, Zac Espinoza and Joseph McDonald have worked with Brian and has known them through pacific salmon treaty work. They visited the Klukwan Heritage center, hosted […]
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Pride of ownership isn’t clear cut
In 2010 as a first-time homebuyer with a foreclosure house on Deishu, I wanted to work with the local insurance agent, but couldn’t for a very interesting reason. He represented an insurance company owned by Alaska Natives. I don’t remember the name or location of the company but I do remember exactly why they wouldn’t take me […]
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Federal law threatens Native seal hunting rights
Ted Hart posed with the first seal he took on February 2012. Hart said he learned to hunt from Wayne Price, who got the second seal pictured. It was a flat, calm day on the water sixteen years ago when father and son Wayne and Steven Price were returning from an overnight camping trip on […]
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JCFO coming to work with Haines on Waterfront Framework Plan The community will have opportunities to provide input on the Portage Cove Waterfront Plan this month, working with the internationally renown landscape architecture group James Corner Field Operations (JCFO). The group is coming to Haines from May 19 to May 22 to collaborate, taking input […]
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Give us all the information
Constantine, in conjunction with a corrupt state DNR rubber-stamping permit process, is showing bad faith to the communities of Haines and Klukwan with their upcoming 30-day permit review for a wastewater management permit for further exploratory activities in the headwaters of the Chilkat River. They are predicting 200 gallons/minute, which translates to 288,000 gallons per day of mining wastewater discharge, […]
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Conservation group lists Chilkat River among 10 most endangered rivers
On Tuesday, the Washington D.C.-based river advocacy group American Rivers named the Chilkat River on its annual list of the 10 Most Endangered Rivers in North America. “The rivers chosen face some sort of threat where a decision is going to be made in the coming year that could make or break the river,” American Rivers representative […]
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Scott Brewington and Jackie Haddock-Swift were married Saturday at the Presbyterian Church. Crystal Badgley officiated, and Haddock-Swift’s son Dustin Swift gave her away. The wedding party included matron of honor and mother of the bride Judith McDermaid, bridesmaids Charlynn Goldberg, Jae McDermaid and Sherry Nason, best man Phil Wilde and groomsmen Terry Martell, Dustin Swift and Alex Swift. Sue Waterhouse gave a beautiful piano performance and Jim Lampkins played guitar while Jae McDermaid sang Christina Perri’s […]
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Asher Mack Jimenez was born Wednesday, Oct. 12 to Sierra and Carlos Jimenez. Asher weighed 7 lbs., 3 ozs. He was greeted soon after his arrival by big brother Hayden. Sierra’s parents, Hayden and Bonnie Kaden, flew in from Gustavus on Asher’s birthday to meet their newest grandson. Carlos’ mom, Susan Tandy, took the ferry from Haines that evening. The family is doing well. Kody The Haines […]