Alaska Power and Telephone customers will soon get faster Internet speeds and be able to transfer more data, thanks to the fiber optic line that runs from Juneau to Skagway and Haines. AP&T installed the 86-mile undersea cable last fall with the help from the HOS Silver Arrow. The Lynn Canal Fiber project had been in the […]
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Lende, Hotch win awards from governor
Two longtime Haines and Klukwan leaders are recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities. Heather Lende won a “Distinguished Service to the Humanities” award, one of three given out each year. Lani Hotch of Klukwan will receive the “Arts Business Leadership” award. Lende knew she was nominated, she said, but didn’t expect to win. “It’s […]
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Year in Review: Art, public projects dominated Haines news
Advances in the arts and public projects marked much of the news in 2016, and combined, for some novel exchanges. At a Sept. 8 Haines Borough Planning Commission meeting dominated by critics of the proposed harbor expansion project, commission chair Rob Goldberg suggested a 630-foot steel wall breakwater planned for Portage Cove might someday be an attraction. […]
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Molly Frances Dorn was born Dec. 9 at Bartlett Regional Hospital to parents Eliza and Dr. Justin Dorn. She weighed 6 lbs., 15 oz. and measured 29 inches. Grandparents include Jim Dorn and Sarah Olsen of Juneau, Marty Early of Lancaster, Pa., and Chip and Heather Lende of Haines. Aunt J.J. and uncle Bryan Hinderberger […]
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Becky’s Place: Nonprofit offers shelter to abused
Jackie Mazeikas remembers walking around Haines, questioning people about something nobody here wanted to talk about. Women were being assaulted and sexually abused by husbands, boyfriends and fathers who lived and worked and shopped here, who walked around smiling and laughing; their friends and neighbors unaware of what went on at home. The town, she […]
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Police Report
Monday, Feb. 3 An anonymous caller reported a man sought to buy narcotics from him. Officers were advised. A caller reported a person driving an ATV recklessly in the Young Road area. Police located a 15-year-old boy operating an ATV in the area and conducted a traffic stop. The boy’s mother was notified. Officers provided […]
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Colleen June McGuire was born Nov. 14 to Sally Boisvert and Raphael McGuire at Juneau’s Bartlett Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz. and measured 21 inches. Sally and Rafe are back at their Mosquito Lake homestead after five weeks in Juneau. Tom and Sally McGuire of Haines are excited to spend time with their first granddaughter. Grandparents Thomas […]
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Fort Seward’s new art piece aims to slow sands of time
One of Haines’ newest public art pieces is an interactive work that combines glass, steel, stone and even the contemplative sands of time. The piece, called “Time Out,” was unveiled last week at the Fort Seward Sculpture Garden, the eclectic outdoor art space in the old barracks foundation at the decommissioned fort. The concept is […]
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Police Report
Monday, June 15 A Main Street resident reported an intoxicated person loitering and drinking beer in their apartment building’s stairwell, even though the man repeatedly had been told to leave. Police responded and arrested a 58-year-old Klukwan resident for criminal trespass. A road construction company reported Allen Road would be closed to traffic during construction hours for […]
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Deliah Kay Nash entered the world at Bartlett Hospital in Juneau at 4:18 a.m. on Nov. 1 to CaSandra Smith and Adrian Nash. Deliah weighed eight pounds and two ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. She joins four-year-old sister Mijah. Grandmother Nancy Nash arrived in Juneau just in time for the delivery of her third grandchild. Grandparents include Nancy’s husband Dwight Nash and Sally Garton […]