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About 50 skiers from Juneau’s Nordic Ski Club are scheduled to be in town this weekend. They’ve booked the Mosquito Lake School and planned to...
We need to make changes
We have lost valuable talent on the assembly over the years through resignations, largely due to uncivil public discourse. We have also had people...
Huling resigns from assembly
Assembly member Tyler Huling resigned from her seat on Monday citing chronic stress and toxic public discourse as reasons for resigning. Huling,...
AMHS to add two new sailings in February
The Alaska Marine Highway System is contracting with a private marine transportation company to add a ferry service two additional days this month....
Borough staff, mayor lobby D.C. delegation
Mayor Douglas Olerud, former fire chief Al Giddings and borough manager Annette Kreitzer traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby the borough’s...
Degtoff ran lodge, sold firewood
Nick Degtoff, a former resident who operated a firewood business and a vacation rental, died Dec. 30, 2022 in Bradenton, Fla. He was 61 and took his...
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Eva Malia St. Clair was born to Elena Horner and Victor St. Clair at 7:38 a.m. on Feb. 1 at La Clinica Biblica in San Jose, Costa Rica. Eva weighed 8...
Baker wins regional business award
Costa Brava Bakery & Patisserie owner Rebecca Kameika was one of two selected for the annual Spruce Root Path to Prosperity grant—a regional...
Board of Game approves nanny hunting penalty
The Alaska Board of Game last week approved proposals to prohibit hunters who harvested a nanny mountain goat to hunt the following year and to...
Oldest tribal citizen dies at 96
Cecilia David, a steadfast volunteer for the Alaska Native Sisterhood who also was the Chilkoot...
Flegel: banker, volunteer dies at 75
Richard Flegel, 75, died Friday, Jan. 27 of an aneurysm at the Haines Health Center. His wife of 54...
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Quinn Asquith-Heinz is a commercial pilot for Ute Airways, delivering freight to about a dozen outlying communities around Bethel since December....
Join the revolution
Rebel against the regime! Just say no to oil and mining in Alaska! I've listened to those voices, and it certainly sounds appealing to my rebellious...
New interim director heads HEDC
The Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) board has promoted assistant director Cindy Zuluaga to the interim executive director position...
Wrestling program growth bolstered by middle school athletes
The Haines middle school wrestling program has expanded to 19 athletes including four fifth graders—up from six wrestlers last year. It’s a...
Former bush teacher, adventurer dies at 78
Steve "Smitty" Smith, a retired Alaska school teacher and eccentric remembered by friends as a...
English author, pipeline worker, dies at 90
Margaret Piggott, a steadfast hiker, outdoorswoman, traveler and author who moved to Haines 50 years...
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Joanne Waterman recently visited friends Norm and Suzanne Vuillet-Smith and Greg and Carol Goodman in Mexico. It’s part of convalescence for...
CIA buys Fort Seward Parade Grounds
The Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) purchased Fort Seward’s Parade Grounds from Alaska Indian Arts (AIA) on Dec. 20—ending more than a...
Glacier Bears girls sweep series against Wolves
Basketball fans witnessed an energetic, scrappy and winning Haines girls' basketball squad last week...
Police warn residents of fentanyl dangers
Police and first responders hope to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl after Skagway...