The Haines Glacier Bears cross-country running team will run in Petersburg Saturday for a season opening invitational meet with area schools. Head coach Keri Ewing said he is excited to arrive in Petersburg and get the season started. Assistant coaches Chandler Kemp and Alixanne Goodman are encouraged by what they have seen so far. “I’m […]
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Public Works chief Borders retires
It’s not yet 5 a.m. Sunday, the final day of the Southeast Alaska State Fair. There are no cars on the roads. Except for laughter and the sound of a trumpet on Second Avenue, the town is quiet. Saturday night partiers dance in the street in front of the Pioneer Bar. The last begin to […]
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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 […]
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Cleanup at 7 Mile at $800K
The cost of cleanup at an unsanctioned rifle range at 7 Mile has reached $800,000 and will likely continue into next year, a U.S. Bureau of Land Management cleanup official said this week. Larry Beck, environmental protection specialist for BLM, was in town this week for continuing work at the site, where contractor Northwind, Inc. […]
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Rogers, Kemp win 4th events
Pounding foundation stakes in Skagway may have given him the edge in the Fourth of July spike-driving competition, carpenter Manual Rogers of Haines said this week. Rogers, who is helping build Skagway’s new public safety building, won the competition on the afternoon’s very last spike, driving it in 5.4 seconds. Winning, Rogers said, requires hitting […]
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A website through CaringBridge has been set up for Song Nash, who is receiving treatment for stomach cancer in Seattle, said wife Amy Nash. CaringBridge is an organization that offers personalized websites to individuals in need of medical treatment. For updates on Song’s condition, go to www.caringbridge.org and type in the name “Song Nash.” Visitors […]
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New organizers needed for race
We wish to convey our thanks to the many people who over the last approximately 35 years have helped us with the July 4th Mount Ripinsky Race. The race first took place about 50 years ago under the direction of Erwin Hertz, and is still done in the same manner and route he first planned. C.J. Jones, Chris […]
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Haines students Dylan Chapell, Brennan Palmieri, Mark Davis, Yzella Miramontes, and Hannah and Haley Boron attended the two-week Sitka Fine Arts Camp. In addition to watching counselors’ performances, they attended daily classes, which began at 8 a.m. The students performed and took concert band, jazz band and choir. Dylan took a stilts class and Brennan took an experimental photography class, in […]
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4th of July Schedule
Saturday, July 2: Red, White & Blue Stroke Play Tournament, 10 a.m., Valley of the Eagles Golf Links Fire Department Barbecue, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fire Hall BINGO, 7 p.m., ANB/ANS Hall Sunday, July 3: BINGO, 7 p.m., ANB/ANS Hall Monday, July 4: Flag Raising, 6 a.m., Fort Seward Parade Grounds Breakfast, 7 to […]
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Glacier Bear track team attracts 16 athletes
Keri Ewing, Haines High School’s new track and field coach, says he’ll take his athletes to a Sitka meet April 29-30. Haines has skipped the meet in recent years, but Ewing said competition is valuable, especially considering the number of newcomers on his squad. “Anytime you can get extra meets in, it’s great practice, and […]