There’s a battle raging two miles outside of Haines. Ten masked young men carrying M4-style rifles storm up a hill under the mossy canopy of Sitka spruce, dodging behind tussocks and climbing over slippery fallen logs to get closer to their enemy. They’re trying to capture the top of the hill from their outnumbered opponents. […]
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UFO sighting in Haines?
Maggie Martin had just finished a two-mile walk through Haines with her sister on Saturday evening, when she saw something above Mount Ripinsky that startled her. “I looked up and saw this little glowing dot falling out of the sky and it came with black smoke coming out of the sky,” she said. Was it a plane? […]
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AT&T customers say they got refunds for wireless outage
Haines residents are used to dealing without some of the amenities of big cities, but the cellular connection problems that plagued AT&T customers this last week have been too much for even longtimers. “I was having to drive home to make calls from my landline,” said Leslie Ross, who manages the Haines small boat harbor. […]
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Hilma White, who helped establish the Hotel Halsingland and operated the Port Chilkoot Camper Park for decades, died Saturday at Haines Assisted Living. She was 98. An obituary will be published in next week’s CVN. Friends and concerned animal-lovers were happy to hear that Foxy is home with her family. The 12-year-old border collie-retriever mix wandered away […]
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Mind your pets around goats
By Katey Palmer and Eric Holle On our recent hike up Mount Ripinsky, a lone dog appeared behind us. Soon three friends appeared, one the owner of that dog and another with a leashed dog. We continued to the alpine and noticed nine mountain goats on a snow patch a half mile away. The unleashed dog […]
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Gary Sampson is in town, visiting childhood friends and showing around cousins Gary F. Sampson and Craig Sampson. Gary is the son of Vern and Gloria Morey who owned the Bamboo Room restaurant for 20 years starting in 1959. Gary remembers playing basketball in what is today the Chilkat Center auditorium. The Haines Chamber of Commerce is still seeking volunteers for […]
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Haines will get first public use cabin set this summer
The first public use cabin in Haines’ backcountry is set to be completed by the end of the summer. Haines Huts and Trails, a local non-profit, has been working on the project since 2018. The cabin will be 3,200 feet up the Takshanuk Mountains, about eight miles north of downtown Haines and three miles from […]
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Gary Sampson is in town, visiting childhood friends and showing around cousins Gary F. Sampson and Craig Sampson. Gary is the son of Vern and Gloria Morey who owned the Bamboo Room restaurant for 20 years starting in 1959. Gary remembers playing basketball in what is today the Chilkat Center auditorium. The Haines Chamber of […]
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Historic cabin gets makeover with help of Boy Scouts
A group of youngsters came from Juneau last weekend to clear brush and help as caretakers of a piece of Haines history – the Anway cabin. Boy Scout Troop 6 came to Haines on June 7 to work on their cycling merit badges and historic trails awards. Chilkat Valley Historical Society treasurer C.J. Jones gave […]
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Greta Roberts and Max Marty were married in a mossy forest at Chilkat State Park on 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 a witness. The bride’s veil was created by her sister Kali St. Germain, using Greta’s mom’s wedding dress. […]