Fifty-nine racers competed in this year’s Kat-to Koot race. White out conditions on Mount Ripinsky forced race organizers to change the route. Instead of hiking up and over Mount Ripinsky and ending on Lutak Road, racers turned around before the peak and finished at the starting line in Dalton City. First overall, first skis, first men: 1:49:06 Caelan McLean, Whitehorse Colin […]
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Duly Noted
A memorial service for lifelong resident Jan Harrington, 62, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at the Chilkat Center, followed by a luncheon at the American Legion. Guests are asked bring a salad or dessert. Harrington died Sept. 28 at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage of cancer. An obituary will be published next week. […]
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PRAC to promote avalanche safety
The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will discuss buying avalanche safety equipment for public loan and how to increase avalanche awareness, safety and education with the community. Committee member Scott Sundberg, a former co-owner of a heli-ski company, brought the idea to the group last week. He said he wanted to raise the issue because […]
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Haines residents remember Green, Durr
More than 300 people poured into the Chilkat Center auditorium Tuesday evening to celebrate the lives of Matthew Green and Zane Durr, both 21, who were killed in an avalanche in the Haines Pass on Dec. 30. Residents remembered and memorialized the former Haines School graduates through stories, a Man-choir rendition of “Stand By Me” and three […]
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‘Funky’ weather brings late harvest
Although she didn’t expect to need them, it was out of habit that Rachel Kukull carried foraging tools while hiking through Chilkat State Park on Monday, Nov 18. The custom paid off when she spotted on the forest floor a flash of gold that made her scream. “Six chanterelles in November!” Kukull exclaimed, still shocked […]
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This week in history
Nov. 24, 1969 Casting tryouts for a winter play “Exit the Body” will begin Wednesday evening at 8 in the lobby of the Chilkat Center. The hilarious mystery-farce by Fred Carmichael has a cast of five men and five women, and concerns itself with a search for stolen jewels left in a New England house, […]
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Duly Noted
About $6,500 was raised for George Gates Haddock and family at Friday’s spaghetti dinner and auction at the American Legion Hall organized by the Uglys of Haines. Haddock is being treated at St. Elias Specialty Hospital in Anchorage for cancer of the lymph glands. Wife Susan and daughters Miranda and Marissa are nearby. Chuck Mitman of the Uglys said at least 120 meals were served. […]
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Inside Passage Quilting, a new shop near the cruise ship dock in Fort Seward, opened last month. Owner Linda Axsom said her business offers long-arm quilting service, Alaska-themed fabrics, greeting cards and unique gifts pertaining to quilting and to Alaska, and sewing kits. Her sewing machine, which features a 12-foot table and a 30-inch throat, […]
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Haines Avalanche Center to hold free regular classes
Temperatures have begun to dip below freezing, stirring winter recreators and, with them, the Haines Avalanche Center’s announcement for regular avalanche awareness classes. Beginning Nov. 14, free courses will be offered every other Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the public library. “In past years, we’ve done them sporadically throughout the winter, but this […]
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Duly Noted
Hannah Blilie and Raymond Reeves were married on what some said was the most beautiful day ever on the summit of Mount Ripinsky on Saturday, Sept. 28. The couple was joined by their daughter Darcie Reeves, and Hannah’s daughter, Charlie Lou Katzeek. Friend Jason Eson married the couple. “Ray packed up Charlie and I packed […]