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 […]
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Visitors arrive for 22nd bald eagle festival
The Valley of the Eagles will live up to its name this month as more than 2,000 of our national birds congregate on the Chilkat River. The 22nd annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival in Haines Monday through Nov. 19 is expected to see the highest turnout of eagles since 2009. About 2,027 eagles were spotted Monday […]
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Clinton narrowly carries Haines
The Haines Borough chose Hillary Clinton by a margin of only four votes in Tuesday’s general election. Three-hundred seventy-four voters in Haines’ first and second precincts picked Clinton, while 370 picked President-elect Donald Trump. Klukwan voters were in favor of Clinton as opposed to Trump by a large margin of 26 votes – 30 for Clinton and four for […]
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Willard known for good humor and work ethic
Lawrence Willard, 75, died Sunday at his winter home in Lake Havasu, Ariz. Wife Shannon Willard said Lawrence was watching the Seahawks game and apparently suffered a heart attack. The Willard family invites friends to a luncheon at the Klukwan ANS Hall at noon Saturday. Soup and bread will be provided, but other food items are welcome. A memorial service […]
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Fundraiser evening recaps heritage center’s first summer
Officials with the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center “got it done enough to open May 14,” executive director Lani Hotch said Saturday. They are making additions to the center this winter, and working with elders to add artifacts from another clan house next year. Speaking at the center’s annual fundraiser dinner at the Klukwan ANS Hall, Hotch reported […]
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Lawrence Willard, 75, died Sunday at his winter home in Lake Havasu, Ariz. Wife Shannon Willard said Lawrence was watching the Seahawks game and apparently suffered a heart attack. The Willard family invites friends to a luncheon at the Klukwan ANS Hall at noon Saturday. Soup and bread will be provided, but other food items are welcome. A […]
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Faster internet in 2017
Alaska Power & Telephone plans to offer new internet packages to Haines in early 2017 because of increased speeds and capacity with the underwater fiber-optic cable in Lynn Canal. The 86-mile cable connects Haines, Skagway and Juneau. Right now, AP&T’s lowest level broadband internet package can upload and download 768 kilobits per second. The second-lowest level […]