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. […]
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Greta Roberts and Max Marty were married in a mossy forest at Chilkat State Park 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 witness. The bride’s veil was created by her sister Kali St. Germain, using Greta’s […]
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Average Ripinski snow beats record California snow
Haines amassed an average amount of snowfall this winter and it’s still more than the biggest year California has seen in living memory, Haines Avalanche Center director Erik Stevens said. The northern slope of Mount Ripinsky, located 2,500 feet above the Haines townsite, boasted 750 inches of snowfall this winter according to the Haines Avalanche Center. […]
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UA plans to use land as carbon credits
The University of Alaska unveiled a proposal last month to designate most of its Chilkat Valley land as part of a new statewide carbon credit program. That means about 7,600 acres of forest owned by the university could be left unlogged and sold as credits to companies trying to offset their carbon footprints. Trees suck […]
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Assembly Briefs
Two tour permits approved The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to grant new commercial tour permits to Uncruise Adventures and SEAK Expeditions. Uncruise’s permit allows guided hikes on the Mount Riley Trail, Battery Point Trail and Mount Ripinsky Trail. The tours are part of an all-inclusive package and will not provide sales tax income. Uncruise proposed a per-head tax […]
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Meeting planned to discuss possible ski lift
A Friday gathering is slated to address the idea of developing a ski lift and operation in Haines. The Lutak side of Mt. Ripinsky and Mosquito Lake’s “Ski Hill” are some of the areas that will be up for consideration for a ski operation at the new Ski Lift Working Group’s first meeting, which is open to residents and […]