“Antiques Roadshow” overestimated the value and the rarity of two Tlingit masks that reportedly originated in the Chilkat Valley, according to experts in Haines and Juneau. “This is really, really remarkable material. These are among the most rare objects in North America,” appraiser Ted Trotta told a TV audience about two masks that were brought […]
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Haines High grad pens grim account of life on streets
A 1990 Haines High School graduate who spent three years as a homeless drug addict in Fresno, Calif. said recently that he’s hoping his self-published account will be cautionary for young people, enlightening for the public and inspiring to those whose lives have become derailed. “Anybody can fall down, but everybody can get back up. […]
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Museum is village’s only capital request
The village of Klukwan has only one capital request to the Alaska Legislature this year: $750,000 for help paying for completion of the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center. Heritage center director Lani Hotch said the requested appropriation is half the $1.5 million the project must raise to reach a “tipping point” of 75 percent of total funding. Reaching […]
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Highway schools at crossroads
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa directed Mosquito Lake School advocates in December to describe the future of the school in relation to Klukwan School, an elementary and high school located less than five miles away inside the boundaries of the Chilkat Indian village. “If we have a situation where we have two struggling schools, that is not […]
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For Allen, radio and reading led to jobs here
Janine Allen doesn’t get a birthday, per say, this year, but she’s coming up on 27. The leap day baby has spent the past five years in Haines. Allen was born and raised in Greeley, Colo., and named after a nurse who worked with her obstetrician-gynecologist father and nurse mother in the delivery room where […]
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Dick Hotch tournament set to start on Feb. 26 Feb. 26
Six teams are expected to compete at the annual Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament starting 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Haines School. The bracket is to feature the two-time defending champion Klukwan Chilkats, who defeated the Southeast Warriors of Juneau, 97-89, in last year’s championship game to finish with a 6-0 record. Other returnees are […]
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House sales attract residents to village
The sale of government-built houses that have sat unoccupied for years is attracting former and new residents to Klukwan. The Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority built about 20 ranch-style houses on Falconer Street in the village in the early 1970s, when the population was larger than the 95 villagers there today. Over time, as many as […]
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District ups Stickler pay for principal work
The Haines Borough school board Tuesday voted unanimously to restore principal Cheryl Stickler’s salary to the same amount she received last year, in light of time she has spent doing her former duties. Under a restructuring of administration adopted at the start of the school year, Stickler was to spend half her time as principal and the other […]
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Strong touched many lives, will be missed
The Strong family would like to express their deep appreciation to all the people of Klukwan and Haines for all the kindness and support that was extended to our family following Fred’s sudden and unexpected death. The ambulance crew tried their best and we appreciate their efforts. Thank you for that. So many friends were present for his […]