Life-long Klukwan resident Christine Sweet, 61, Choosèe, an eagle of the Thunderbird house, was remembered in a double Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) and Klukwan Assembly of God service at the Klukwan School gym on Sep. 1. She was buried next to her mother, Esther Hotch, in the village cemetery. Sweet died August 26 at the […]
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Drivers deflated over flat tires on highway
Residents, tourists, businesses and auto repair shops have seen a spike in the number of flat tires in the past five months, due to Southeast Construction’s (SECON) roadway widening of the Haines Highway between milepost 3.9 and 12.2. The project began last April, and is set to be complete in a series of three phases, […]
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Letters to the Editor
Explanation of wooden cut-outs I wanted to set the record straight on why there have been wooden, cut-out animals in front of the borough office. A few weeks ago I was called and asked if the Friends of the Library still had the picket fences used for a Lighting of the Library several years ago. The caller […]
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Duly Noted
Joe Ordonez toured the Chilkat Valley with KOMO News from Seattle earlier this month. The group took a float trip through the eagle preserve on the warm, sunny morning, after lunch they ventured out to Chilkoot Lake for some bear viewing and ended the day with an in-depth interview with Dave Pahl at the Hammer […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, August 28 A Haines Area caller reported a lost brown leather wallet. Haines PD investigated a report of a protective order violation. A caller reported a speeding vehicle on Oslund Drive. A Third Avenue caller reported a lost gem stone. A caller reported hazardous driving and suspicious behavior on Beach Road. A caller reported […]
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Troopers must accept jurisdiction
In your article “Residents Critique ‘On-Call’ Police Service, my position was misrepresented as saying the borough should lobby for the trooper position’s reinstatement. While I do support having a ‘Blue Shirt’ stationed here in Haines, funding is short, we cannot afford everything we want. My position is the borough has not exhausted every effort to […]
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Duly Noted
Sarah Warner and Christopher Latorre were married last month in Klukwan along the banks of the Chilkat River near the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural and Heritage Center. Sarah’s parents are Troy and Marsha Warner. Marsha’s father, Ralph Strong, and aunt Lani Hotch helped Sarah return to her heritage in Klukwan after growing up in California. “My […]
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Duly Noted
Teresa Land got a big surprise when she arrived at what she thought was a birthday party for her husband David and turned out to be a 40th anniversary surprise party. Family came including their son Kirk Barrett from Whitehorse, daughter Cara and husband Eddie Gilbert from Juneau, daughter Gwen and husband Jamie Sauser with […]
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Host of rescuers saved our dad
Thank you to everyone who helped with the search for my dad, Valentino Burattin: Phil Wilde with Wildefire Pyrotechnics, many people from Klukwan, the Coast Guard team from Sitka, Haines Fire Department and Police Department, SEADOGS- rescue dogs from Juneau, three local drone operators, the Constantine crew and Klehini Fire Department who brought food and water, […]
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Lost man finds divine solace as rescuers scour Sunshine Mountain
While multiple agencies and volunteers conducted a search-and-rescue operation for him, 74-year-old Valentino Burratin described his weekend wandering the Sunshine Mountain woods as a private three-day camping trip where he admired the starry night sky and “the creation that my God made.” Noticing his absence on Saturday, Burratin’s son Darrel Jerue said he thought his […]