First Friday in Haines was a busy one, with plenty of new faces in town. The Bookstore celebrated its change of ownership with balloons and huge pieces of chocolate cake for everyone to enjoy. Former owner Amy Kane handed over the bookstore to the new owners, Beau Bradley and Zane Bradley, with plenty of congratulations […]
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Assembly Briefs: Lutak Dock takes a step back to go forward, assembly compensation, 5G and defense of the pool
Lutak Dock Lutak Dock has been a week-after-week topic for the assembly this year, particularly with looming mediation in the borough’s dispute with contractor Turnagain Marine. That process was supposed to begin this month, but the borough has now changed course. Interim borough manager Alekka Fullerton announced Tuesday night that the borough and Turnagain have […]
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Haines man finds long lost father in Scotland
Stephen Winn died on Monday in Nairn, a small beach town in Scotland. From Nairn, a social worker placed a call to another small, rainy town, half a world away, to notify Winn’s son, Mike Thompson, of Haines. Thompson said he was glad to hear that his father passed peacefully and without pain; Winn had […]
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Borough settles with SERB, but some question the process
A settlement between Southeast Roadbuilders (SERB) and the borough last week granted a conditional use permit for gravel extraction on Lutak Road, ending a long-running string of appeals that moved between the planning commission, borough assembly, and State Superior Court. But now, the process for the final resolution, conducted in settlement negotiations and executive sessions, […]
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Local musicians travel to Juneau to play for ‘Haines Night’ at 50th Folk Festival
If you’re a tourist, or new to town, you don’t really want to find yourself in Dalton City at dusk in early April. Not with wind howling off Ripinsky/Geisan, creaking old timbers and rattling windows in something so odd as an old, empty film set. But if you were lucky to happen in on the […]
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Police Blotter: Feb. 9-March 1
Sunday, Feb. 9A caller reported that his daughter did not return from Winterfest as planned. An officer responded.A driver received a citation for failure to stop at a stop sign on Tower Road.Dispatch received multiple 911 calls from Alaska Power & Telephone transmission towers.A driver received a verbal warning for unsafe operation on Mud Bay […]
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2024: Chilkat Valley Index
1,643 pounds of food came out of the Victory Garden in Mosquito Lake, according to Erika Merklin. More than 700 pounds of that were cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage. 3,000 pounds of fudge were purchased at Alaska Rods this year, along with 800 knives. While they had some new flavors to try out this year, including […]
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Two women charged by bears during lunchtime hike
‘Wrong place, wrong time,” is how Tracy Wirak-Cassidy described her recent encounter with two bears near the Mount Ripinsky trailhead. Wirak-Cassidy and friend Emily McMahan decided to do a quick lunch hike up the mountain Oct. 28 and were just coming up on the trailhead. “We were talking. We weren’t being quiet and we weren’t […]
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Police Blotter: Oct 27 – Nov 2
Sunday, October 27 Caller wants to sue for peace – officers spoke with the caller. Caller requested a welfare check on his wife who is reported to be staying with her sister in the Haines area – Caller does not know where the sister lives. HBPD officers spoke with a citizen on Small Tracts Road. […]
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A record breaking snow storm?
An early, heavy snowstorm blanked parts of the Chilkat Valley late last week. Local forecasters and weather experts said while it was an unusual event, historic data shows that it’s not entirely unheard of in the region. Even though the National Weather Service was not predicting a big storm at the time, Eric Stevens was […]