We would like to thank the Ripinsky Rippers quilting group once again for their amazing support of Becky’s Place Haven of Hope, our local “safe house” for women and children in Haines. Some beautiful quilts for the beds, table runners, sheets, pillow cases and bedspread were given, plus a cash donation of $300. We cannot begin to thank […]
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Clean-up at 7 Mile shooting site to cost $370K
The Bureau of Land Management this week started cleaning up the site of an illicit rifle range at 7 Mile, a $366,000 project aimed at removing soil contaminated with lead, antimony and arsenic from spent rounds. But shooters have since moved to another roadside area near 25 Mile Haines Highway, the site of a recent […]
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Lauren Rutland is the new Haines Dolphins swim coach. She and husband Ryan Rutland moved to Haines from outside Saginaw, Texas, with their three dogs, two cats and two children, Carson, 5, and Archer, 4. Ryan was recently hired as a Haines Borough Police Department officer. Before moving to Haines, Lauren was doing graphic design […]
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Lauren Rutland is the new Haines Dolphins swim coach. She and husband Ryan Rutland moved to Haines from outside Saginaw, Texas, with their three dogs, two cats and two children, Carson, 5, and Archer, 4. Ryan was recently hired as a Haines Borough Police Department officer. Before moving to Haines, Lauren was doing graphic design […]
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Sue Libenson this week attended the State Department-sponsored Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER) conference in Anchorage. Libenson watched President Barack Obama deliver a speech on climate change at the Dena’ina Center. Other national and international figures spoke as well, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “It was exciting […]
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Coleman Stanford and Amber Long were married July 25 at Coleman’s parents’ house at 27 Mile. Friend Ryan Hamilton officiated. Coleman’s parents are Jim and Deb Stanford. Amber’s parents are Becky and Brayton Long. Jonathan Dadourian of Los Angeles was in town visiting aunt Laurie Dadourian. They hiked off-trail on Mount Riley, camped and hiked on rock […]
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Kinsley Hope Alsup was born 8:14 a.m. July 7 at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital to parents Athena and Jesse Alsup. Kinsley weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 21.5 inches. Big brother is Waylon Alsup, 4. Grandparents are Ron and Laurie Alsup, and Inez and Dave Gross. Inez was present for the birth. Teena Scovill […]
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Over 25 relatives attended the three-day Chaffin family reunion, said Phyllis Sage, who hosted this year’s reunion. Family traveled from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oregon. The family also had a float in the Haines Fourth of July parade. Cousins from Louisiana brought 50 pounds of Mardi Gras beads, which the family threw […]
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Residents revel; sun caps 4th festivities
“The Slayers,” a team of teenagers, upended perennial champion Kevin Shove’s squad in the Mad Raft Race and Chandler Kemp cruised to victory in the Mount Ripinsky Run during sun-drenched Fourth of July festivities in Haines Saturday. Hundreds of residents turned out at Tlingit park for games and refreshments. The line of youths waiting to serve as […]
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Rippers strike again
Sixteen years ago when the Bartlett Foundation was opening the doors of its new dorm facility for medical patients in Juneau, the Ripinsky Rippers made 30 quilts and wall hangings to give the place a local feel. “We figured people who were staying there would want something to make them feel at home, from the area,” group […]