Anneliese Stacy, who experienced deprivation and trauma as a child in war-torn Germany, devoted her life to the happiness of children. She died of cancer at her Battle Road home Saturday at age 80. “There was something about her honest love for kids. They knew it. Kids just know these things,” said Karen Bryant, teacher-director […]
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Cold case unit cut could end work on Wafer killing
For the past 33 years, Lois Wafer has waited for a break in the case of her 14-year-old daughter, Eileen Wafer, who was found dead on a Portage Cove beach in the late afternoon of June 14, 1982. With the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s recent decision to close its entire Cold Case Investigation […]
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Roadside adoption groups must renew contracts
The community cleanup ends on Friday, but there are still ways to help keep the town looking trim. Haines groups can participate in the state’s “Adopt-a-Highway” program, according to the Department of Transportation’s Ruth Carter, who helps administer the program statewide. Under the program, community groups sign three-year agreements to patrol at least a mile […]
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Thanks to inns for opening doors
A big thanks to the properties that opened their doors for the Accommodations Open House on April 29-30. Response to the evenings has been incredibly positive. It was fun to hear all the compliments for the different places visitors can hang their hats. Haines is very lucky to have such distinct properties, including secluded cabins […]
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Fiber optic cable to boost Internet Internet
Alaska Power and Telephone’s plans to install an 86-mile-long fiber optic submarine cable in the Upper Lynn Canal to boost Internet service are moving forward, and the company hopes to have the cable installed by October. Bruce Messerschmidt, AP&T’s general manager for telecommunications operations, said the cable should give AP&T customers “more bang for their buck” […]
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Emblem Club gave $5K for scholarships
The Emblem Club of Haines donated $5,000 to the American Legion scholarship fund. The American Legion Lynn Canal Post 12, Haines, Alaska thanks you very much for your generous donation. John Newton, Post Commander
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Mine presentation a success
Thanks to all those that came out to last week’s mining information presentations in Haines and Klukwan. Both events were well-attended and we received some great feedback. If you missed the presentations there will be a link to the audio on the KHNS website and a video recording on the Takshanuk Watershed Council website. Special thanks […]
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Landing craft sold, will be ferry at Prince of Wales
A private, landing-craft ferry built for service in Lynn Canal is being repurposed as a ferry that will operate out of Prince of Wales Island. The Silver Eagle, currently being overhauled in Washington state, will be rechristened the Rainforest Islander. Bruce Gilbert, who built the 65-foot, raised-cabin vessel and launched it here in 1995, sold it in […]
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Worry: Trooper’s trip may hurt enforcement
Haines’ sole wildlife trooper could be vacating town this summer, a possibility that has the Public Safety Commission concerned about enforcement of new and old fishing and wildlife regulations. Wildlife trooper Ken VanSpronsen said he was recently notified that he might be relocated for all or some of the summer to the Bristol Bay commercial […]
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State to begin work on ferry dock rebuild
The state last week began work on the new $15 million ferry dock, a project that will make the facility look like its Auke Bay counterpart in Juneau. The project will remove the ferry dock’s sheet pile bulkhead and replace it with a boulder riprap slope, catwalk and steel pilings. “It’s an aging facility and […]