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Haines culture camp teaches youth about Tlingit traditions
About 35 students from Haines, Klukwan and Juneau spent the end of July on the banks of the Chilkoot...
Duly Noted - Aug. 3
Cindy Zuluaga-Jimenez and Matt Jillson married on July 15 at Viking Cove, where Robert Chadwell presided over a service attended by local friends and...
Duly Noted: July 27
About 30 Ward family members, including ones from Louisiana, gathered July 15 for a service to honor the memory and service of Morrie Ward, a U.S. Nav...
750 miles to Haines on rollerblades
Jason Katz-Brown said the most reassuring sight when he's rollerblading down a mountainside at 30...
Frank Putnam gillnetted, worked in wood
Frank Putnam, a carpenter, woodworker and gillnet fisherman who built furniture and a four-bedroom home on Small Tracts Road, died July 3 in...
Duly Noted: July 13
By Tom Morphet Don and Diane Lippincott of North Haven, Conn. docked their 40-foot pilothouse trawler Zucchini in Haines July 7 to visit Jane Pascoe....
Duly Noted
Chatham Lee Fudge was born to Cosmo and Rose Fudge at 3:45 p.m. on June 16 at Bartlett Regional Hospital. He weighed 8 lbs., 6 oz. and measured 21 inc...
Pool to get new hours
The public swimming pool reopens Saturday with a new schedule and a new approach to managing the facility. Saturday’s swims will be a free lap swim...
Memorial set Saturday for lifelong Chilkat Valley resident
A celebration of life for Mae Ila Clayton Haines will be held at 1 p.m., July 1 at the Haines ANB Ha... Full story
Ripinksy run to return on 4th
The Mount Ripinsky Run, one of Haines’ oldest Fourth of July traditions, returns this year. The run up the south flank of the town’s landmark...
Badgley to serve as 4th of July Grand Marshall
Longtime Haines Borough fireman Al Badgley will serve as Grand Marshal of Tuesday’s Independence Day parade. Badgley started as a volunteer fireman...
Boom! Wet weather means fireworks a go
The big boom is back, or at least it’s expected to be. The annual July 4 fireworks display – canceled last year due to fire danger from drought-li...
Volleyball but no mud
The mud is gone but volleyball returns to the Haines Fourth of July during the Lawn Party at Tlingit Park. For decades, Fourth of July mud volleyball...
Michael Flegel to lead park games
Michael Flegel will be leading Fourth of July games at Tlingit Park on Tuesday. The idea came from workers at the Haines branch of First National...
Undies go airborne to benefit town band
How far does does a pair of bloomers fly? The “Bloomer Blast,” a five-year holiday tradition puts that question to the test when cannoneer Sam...
Tips for helping Fido cope with the 4th
If you love fireworks and your dog, there are steps you can take to keep your pooch happy on the Fourth. Loud noises can be upsetting, particularly...
Slowest bike wins
Haines is known for fast bike riders. But an inaugural race at Tlingit Park Tuesday will make awards to riders who go the slowest. Sockeye Cycle is...
Haines forced to dip into savings after Dunleavy wallops school funds
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's slashing of K-12 education funding means the Haines Borough School...
After rain, snow, COVID, Kluane bike race back on a roll
Three years of pandemic cancellations and two years of bad weather put a damper on the Kluane Chilka...
Duly Noted
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...
Pool repairs advance
The Haines Borough is nearing completion of about $150,000 in improvements to its swimming pool,...
Local man arrested with fentanyl, pistol at airport
A 46-year-old local man faced felony drug and weapons charges this week after his arrest at the...
Kiehl, Story provide legislative wrap up at town hall
Speaking at the American Legion Hall Thursday, the Chilkat Valley's legislative representatives...
Borough to take close look at sheet-metal breakwater
The Haines Borough Assembly this week approved $136,000 to check the integrity of its 633-foot...
Duly Noted
By Tom Morphet Judy Hall Jacobson, Terry Jacobson, Nene Wolfe, Mark Kistler and Mardell Gunn and about a half-dozen other residents attended the...
