Monday, Dec. 2 A borough employee requested assistance contacting the maintenance department to unlock a building. A state employee reported an abandoned vehicle on Main Street. Police are investigating. Sunday, Dec. 1 A traffic stop was conducted by the trooper. Saturday, Nov. 30 A caller requested help contacting family members. A Small Tracts […]
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Eulachon harvest up on Chilkoot, Chilkat
Subsistence fishermen who netted buckets of eulachon on the Chilkoot River late last week got another chance this week along the Chilkat, including at Jones Point. “Lots of people were catching them out there yesterday,” Meredith Pochardt, executive director of the Takshanuk Watershed Council, said Wednesday. Using mark-recapture technology, the council has been estimating the […]
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Police Report
Monday, March 2 A child called 911 to ask if she could have a bake sale in front of her home. Dispatch told her to have her parents contact the borough office. Sunday, March 1 Police warned of a traffic hazard near the hotel construction site on Main Street. The hazard was marked with cones. […]
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Legislature targets public health nurse offices
A planned 17 percent cut by the Alaska Legislature to the state public health nurse program will change services and close some offices, but it’s not yet clear how the reduction would play out in Haines. “The proposed reduction would necessitate an unprecedented decrease in service groups; the age range for provision of services will […]
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Local squads win 2 of 4 Gold Medal brackets
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 […]