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Glacier Bards take third at state
Haines High School students notched impressive wins at the state championship debate, drama and forensics meet held last weekend at Anchorage’s...
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Former resident and tattoo artist Steve “Stevie G.” Geanoulis has died. Geanoulis worked for Erin McGinnis when they opened Pair-A-Dice Tattoo...
Four Winds proposed as ski lift site
An informal group of residents pursuing a lift-assisted ski hill in the Chilkat Valley has identified what it considers a strong potential site: Four...
Teacher, missionary dies at 93
Doris Peck, an energetic teacher and missionary whose career took her to Africa and small Alaska...
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Andrew Letchworth of the Haines Chamber of Commerce and Cindy Jimenez of the Haines Economic Development Corporation host a public coffee hour twice...
Pool Pizza Party Praise
Thanks to a donation from Mountain Market, the Friends of the Pool raised $300 during its pool pizza party Saturday. Proceeds will help pay for...
Haines grad hides from MSU shooter
By Tom Morphet Only a few hundred feet from the student union where the Michigan State University sh...
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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...
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...
Oldest tribal citizen dies at 96
Cecilia David, a steadfast volunteer for the Alaska Native Sisterhood who also was the Chilkoot...
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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....
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...
Coast Guard, DOT chief admiral dies at 93
A trumpeter played Taps at the Haines airport on Jan. 5 as the remains of Richard Knapp were...
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Brothers Tyler and Dylan Swinton led Alaska Sport Shop to a championship in the open division at the recent Mount Edgecumbe Invitational basketball to...
Long live the polar dip
Thanks to Howsers, Mountain Market and Haines Home Building for donations that made the 17th Haines Polar Bear Dip a success. About 45 folks...
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Nate and Jan Mohan recently spent a fun two weeks in the Southwest, including hiking at Big Bend National Park in Texas. Highlights included seeing...
Planning commissioners should be elected
In the coming weeks, volunteers will be circulating a petition with this question, “Shall Haines Borough voters elect members of the Haines Borough...
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The high school’s annual holiday food drive continues through Friday. Drop non-perishable food in bins under the tree at the Haines School’s main...
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The 25-foot Christmas tree at the public library was donated by Wendel Hales and came from his property on Lutak Inlet. Brady McGuire donated use of...
Thanks for supporting a holiday tradition
To make Saturday’s Lighting of the Fort happen, Port Chilkoot Distillery provided food, Felicia Finley organized the Nativity tableau, Greg Podsiki...
Easygoing pile buck leaves legacy of friends
Norm Baxter moved to Alaska when he was middle-aged but his easygoing personality and work ethic...
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Samuel Jonathan Barrett was born to Larissa and Trevor Barrett at 1:57 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24 at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Samuel weighed 7 lbs., 3...
