Molly Wilson arrived in Los Angeles last weekend, where she’s working as the first assistant camera person onboard the research vessel “Sea Watch,” also known as the “Shark Boat.” The vessel is scheduled to appear on a reality show that will follow Captain Chris Wade, a marine biologist and shark expert, and his team as […]
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The annual herring run in Mud Bay started in earnest Sunday, with residents using canoes, driftnets and throw nets to haul in buckets full of the silvery fish. As many as 10 eagles and flocks of hundreds of gulls were there feasting on the bounty. Eulachon can’t be far behind. Folks in Klukwan and out Mud Bay Road saw rufous hummingbirds as early as March 30. That’s early, […]
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Weather, donations boosted fish event
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division, would like to thank Howsers IGA, Alaska Sport Shop, First National Bank, Lutak Lumber, Parts Place, Alaska Power and Telephone, and Alaska Backcountry Outfitters for helping out with prize donations and gear for Youth Fishing Day, held on Saturday, April 26, at the 21 Mile pullout on […]
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It’s fall. Leaves are beginning to turn. Nights are getting colder. Conventional wisdom says we won’t get snow until Halloween. The fireweed says we will get it sooner. Want to place a bet? Eaglets born in June have now fledged. See them along sandbars, foraging easy pickings of spawned-out pink salmon. The youngest have dark chocolate plumage. Age will bring increasing numbers […]
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Assessments out; used ‘market groups’ method
Property owners should be receiving their 2014 assessments by now, as notices were sent out last week, contract assessor Marty McGee said. The total taxable value of assessments rose about 2 percent this year, McGee said, countering his initial expectation that the total value would drop. Residents concerned with their assessments should contact the borough […]
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Rogue at the harbor: Lock on crane cut 4 times
At least one person doesn’t want to shell out the $50 annual fee for use of the Small Boat Harbor crane, and instead has decided to repeatedly cut off the crane lock and use the service for free. Since the crane came back on line in early March, the lock has been cut four times. […]
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Thanks for help with pet fashion show
The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel would like to thank all the community members, local dogs and volunteers who participated in our recent pet fashion show. We especially want to thank Mayor Stephanie Scott, Greg Podsiki and Kay Clements for judging the fashion show. As well as Joanne Waterman for being the auctioneer and Marty Fowler, who was master of […]
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Tom Ganner, Don Chase and Jedediah Blum-Evits have noticed black-billed magpies along Haines Highway at 10 Mile and 22 Mile. Are they moving back into town for the winter or just hanging out? Magpie migrations are poorly understood in the Chilkat Valley, but they have been moving up north of the Alaska Range for the first time. Carol Duis […]
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Kreiss-Tomkins: ‘Unsavory options’ ahead
Speaking to the Haines Chamber of Commerce Feb. 15, state House Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, painted a dire picture of Alaska’s finances in the coming decades. “We’re running out of money, basically,” Kreiss-Tomkins said. “The good news is we have a lot of money in the bank so nobody is really going to be hurting […]