After a very successful Fourth of July, the Hammer Museum would like to thank everyone who came out and helped make the nail driving and spike pounding event so much fun. A big thank you to our sponsors, Miles Furniture, Alaska Sport Shop, Lutak Lumber and Haines True Value Home Center for providing the rewards for the […]
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Chief Scott up for reappointment
by Jenna Kunze The Public Safety Commission this week recommended the borough manager reappoint police chief Heath Scott, whose three-year contract will expire July 20. “I proposed to my boss that I’d be happy to sign a five-year contract,” Scott told the commission on July 8. “Provided discussion go well in those areas I’ve asked […]
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July 4th draws crowd
Hot, sunny weather drew crowds to Haines’ Independence Day festivities. The day started with a hotly contested Mount Ripinsky Race. In the women’s category, Sarah Elliot broke her own women’s record, finishing in first with a time of 30:40 seconds. Alissa Henry finished second in 38:40. In the men’s race, two 17-year-olds finished within 30 seconds of […]
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Parade and celebration a major success!
On behalf of the Haines Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank all of the Ripinsky and Riley level sponsors (Alaska Arts Confluence, Alaska Marine Lines, Aspen Suites Hotel, Constantine Mining LLC, Haines Real Estate, Lynn Canal Corporation, Mountain Market & Café), volunteers, parade participants, and the Fourth of July Planning Committee – Jan Hill, Diana Lapham, Carolann Wooton, […]
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Heat, smoke stifle the Chilkat Valley
Haines residents are combating record heat by scrambling to purchase shorts, ice cream and the town’s supply of fans. On July 6, thermometers reached 90 degrees for the first time since 1975 – 27 degrees hotter than average for the day – as residents struggled to cope with a heat wave. “Every day people come […]
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Assembly again will consider expanded police service area
Policing outside of the townsite could be on the October ballot once again, one year after Mud Bay, Lutak and Haines Highway voters rejected raising property taxes to create a separate police service area in their neighborhoods. On July 8, the borough’s Public Safety Commission voted 2-1 to recommend the assembly introduce an ordinance that would add […]
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Man killed in wreck had earlier contact with police
One of the two men who died in a motorcycle wreck at 2.5 Mile Lutak Road this week had been pulled over by police hours earlier for driving a motorcycle on newly paved road closed off to the public with an open beer in his hand. He was let go after police said they didn’t have probable […]
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Duly Noted
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mentioned resident Nori Nash by name and praised her efforts in remarks during her official state visit to Bangkok, Thailand recently. Clinton commended Lenore Nash, better known here as Nori, for opening her home to a Thai family flooded out of their house. Nori joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 2010 and has been […]
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4th of July – Try your luck with a rubber duck
The rubber duckies will ride again. This year, after a brief hiatus, residents can try their luck again in the Rubber Ducky Race, put on by the Takshanuk Watershed Council. From 7.5 Mile, Lutak, ducks will float about 30 feet downstream to the finish line. “It’s a really fun event just to watch,” said Meredith Pochardt, […]