Greta Roberts and Max Marty were married in a mossy forest at Chilkat State Park Monday. The small ceremony was officiated by Logan Vaughn, a friend who made the motorcycle trip here when Max moved to Alaska. Lydia Kryshak served as witness. The bride’s veil was created by her sister Kali St. Germain, using Greta’s […]
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Average Ripinski snow beats record California snow
Haines amassed an average amount of snowfall this winter and it’s still more than the biggest year California has seen in living memory, Haines Avalanche Center director Erik Stevens said. The northern slope of Mount Ripinsky, located 2,500 feet above the Haines townsite, boasted 750 inches of snowfall this winter according to the Haines Avalanche Center. […]
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UA plans to use land as carbon credits
The University of Alaska unveiled a proposal last month to designate most of its Chilkat Valley land as part of a new statewide carbon credit program. That means about 7,600 acres of forest owned by the university could be left unlogged and sold as credits to companies trying to offset their carbon footprints. Trees suck […]
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Two tour permits approved The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to grant new commercial tour permits to Uncruise Adventures and SEAK Expeditions. Uncruise’s permit allows guided hikes on the Mount Riley Trail, Battery Point Trail and Mount Ripinsky Trail. The tours are part of an all-inclusive package and will not provide sales tax income. Uncruise proposed a per-head tax […]
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Meeting planned to discuss possible ski lift
A Friday gathering is slated to address the idea of developing a ski lift and operation in Haines. The Lutak side of Mt. Ripinsky and Mosquito Lake’s “Ski Hill” are some of the areas that will be up for consideration for a ski operation at the new Ski Lift Working Group’s first meeting, which is open to residents and […]
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Duly Noted
The Ducks Unlimited “Wall of Guns” fundraiser Aug. 23 netted about $13,000, said Haines chapter chairperson Jamie Knudsen. A name was picked from every 50 tickets sold. Winners throughout the evening then chose a gun from the wall, which included over 30 guns. Twelve guns were won from the wall. Patty Brown, Christy Tengs Fowler, Jacque […]
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Duly Noted
Dave Pahl’s Hammer Museum is one of 49 roadside attractions nationwide featured in a new board game, “Zillionaires Road Trip USA.” The game is akin to Monopoly, as players “bid, bluff and buy up America’s legendary roadside attractions.” Other attractions include Alaska’s Igloo Hotel in Cantwell, London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona, and Cadillac Ranch in […]
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Duly Noted
Dave Pahl’s Hammer Museum is one of 49 roadside attractions nationwide featured in a new board game, “Zillionaires Road Trip USA.” The game is akin to Monopoly, as players “bid, bluff and buy up America’s legendary roadside attractions.” Other attractions include Alaska’s Igloo Hotel in Cantwell, London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona and Cadillac Ranch […]
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Does it really rain less at the airport?
If you compare recent monthly precipitation totals at the Haines Airport weather station with data from the townsite, you’ll see that it rains and snows significantly less at the airport, a couple miles away. But does it? As of Monday, it had rained 12.5 inches in town this month, but only 8.8 inches at the […]
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Duly Noted
Former resident Jessie Babette Miller of San Francisco said she was so surprised to win the Southeast Alaska State Fair’s drawing for a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, she was hardly able to move when her name was called Sunday. “It’s still overwhelming. I still can’t believe it,” she said. The truck will replace her Volkswagen Passat that […]