Teams from the Chilkat Valley took home half the gold at the 70th Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau last weekend, winning two of four brackets, including a first championship by a Haines women’s squad. A polished Klukwan men’s team cruised past competitors and notched its first championship in the “C” bracket, beating Metlakatla in Saturday’s final, […]
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Most valley teams advance at Medal
Four out of five Chilkat Valley teams were still alive at the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament as of press time Wednesday. Both Haines squads – the men’s “B” team and the women’s team – remain in the winners’ bracket and already have knocked off defending champions in Juneau. The men are 2-0, with wins over […]
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Duly Noted
Mayme Nickerson traveled to Klukwan this week from Klawock for the 40-day party for her late husband Donald Nickerson Sr. About 50-60 people attended the gathering at the Klukwan ANS Hall Sunday, bringing favorite dishes to share. Joe Hotch Sr., Smith Katzeek and Ed Warren did much of the speaking. Mayme’s brothers are Marvin, Lawrence […]
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Police report
Monday, Nov. 26 The police department received a civil packet to be served on a man currently living outside of Haines. Police contacted a relative of the man who relayed the message. The man was told to call the court. Sunday, Nov. 25 A person called 911 to report a woman would not allow the […]
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Thanks for chance in bee
I would just like to say “thank you” to the Haines School and Rene Martin for letting me participate in the Spelling Bee. I would also like to thank everyone from Klukwan School who came to cheer me on. It was really fun. Stella Ordonez
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Constantine a train wreck in slow motion
This is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Whenever I travel anywhere else and come back, I take deep breaths and think to myself, “My God, this state, and this valley especially, is vast and clean and quiet and wild yet.” The wildlife of Alaska speak with a gravitas so powerful I understand […]
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Six men’s teams at Hotch tourney
The annual Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament runs through Sunday, March 6, with an expected six-team men’s field, plus one Juneau team making the trip to challenge Haines women on the court. The competition starts 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday, March 3) at the Haines School. Games begin at noon on Friday and 11:30 a.m. on […]
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Hostility to ‘Tier 3’
State explains river protection A Tier 3 designation for the Chilkat River would be compatible with uses like two-stroke outboard motors and existing mining operations, but would be restrictive of new pollution like effluent coming out of a pipe from an industrial operation, a state environmental official told residents at a Monday meeting at the Chilkat Center. […]
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Tier 3 designation meeting was ‘ugly’
The public meeting this week – in which the Department of Environmental Conservation explained about possible Tier 3 protection for the Chilkat River – was ugly. The rudeness of many was reminiscent of meetings in the early 1980s about protection of Chilkat eagles. What was most disturbing were insults directed at Klukwan for proposing that we look into protecting […]
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Police report
Monday, Aug. 6 An officer responded to numerous calls about a bear on the beach near the harbor. Vehicles were removed after a person called to complain about overtime parking on Main Street. Police and paramedics responded to a collision between a car and motorcycle at the intersection of Young Road and Second Avenue. There […]