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Genny and Harry Rietze, with baby Hugh, were among the crowd of thousands who lined the streets in downtown Whitehorse to greet Prince William and Kat...
Eagle count abnormally high for now
This winter’s bald eagle counts began Monday with 333 eagles spotted in the Chilkat Valley, a high number for this time of year. Chloe Goodson,...
Work to control local water pollution
Do the people of Haines see what’s happening with the pristine waters of your gorgeous, untouched coastline? Little by little Haines is being...
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Open Studio at the high school art room will begin its season on Monday, Oct.10, from 5:30-8:30 p.m., and continue through the winter whenever school...
Acid-mine drainage is legitimate
To equate natural processes with a short-term targeted extraction and transport of acid-containing ore bodies and to suggest that this will not have...
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Hazel Englund celebrated her 100th birthday this Saturday among 30 family members and friends who came from Skagway to Arizona to celebrate her big da...
Chinook salmon numbers low for Chilkat River
Chinook salmon returning to Chilkat River spawning grounds this year failed to meet the state’s targets, troubling Alaska Department of Fish and Gam...
Water quality not a disclaimer for mines
Glacier Creek, the tributary facing the potential Palmer Mine, is fed from a glacier. The Chilkat River’s tributaries are surrounded and primarily...
Call for storytellers for River Talk
This call is open to anyone who ever lived here, passed through and has a local-type or related story, or just plain loves small-town Alaska and has...
Haines Animal Police Reports
Monday, Sept. 12 A bear caller reported a human walking down Beach Road. A moose caller reported a wolf in AP & T clothing tried to sell him a Cows,...
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The Mountain Mamas Gone Mad was the only Haines team to compete in the Klondike Road Relay last Saturday. The race had the largest turnout to date. Te...
Quick end to west Chilkat goat hunt
Hunting season for mountain goats will close at midnight Thursday for the western shore of the Chilkat Inlet, from the Kicking Horse River to the...
Skits laugh at history
“Skits-O-Frenia – The Historical Hysterical Histrionics Skit Festival” will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Chilkat Center. The...
Lang Time
The list of new fall Haines reality shows was released this week. Here are two of the sure-fire hits receiving the most buzz: The Most Dangerous Fish...
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An adorable Canadian visitor was in Haines earlier this month. Randy Miner discovered a ground squirrel under his welding shop garage at Fort Seward....
Highway widening on track for next summer
The Haines Highway reconstruction project, a $100 million job about 12 years in the making, this week received the green light to move forward. The...
Record surge for Chilkoot sockeye
One of the largest surges of sockeye into Chilkoot Lake kept commercial fishermen busy and swamped subsistence nets in the past week. About 40,000...
Charlie Jimmie was image of Alaska to outside world
Haines cultural and dance leader Charlie Jimmie, 84, died Friday in the Alaska Native Medical...
Work starts on replacing steel bridge
Motorists traveling on the Haines Highway should be extra alert around 26 Mile Haines Highway, where construction on the state’s Klehini River...
Assembly dumps tour tax vote
Going against the recommendation of its own committee, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday decided not to ask voters about repealing the town’s 1...
A vote for agencies to determine Tier 3
While its members can’t decide if they support designating the Chilkat River as an Outstanding National Resource Water, the Upper Lynn Canal Fish...
Blackwell logged, owned restaurant
Dan Blackwell, a trucker, logger, and restaurateur died June 7 at Wildflower Court in Juneau of hear...
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Neil Strauss, former New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, and Ear Magazine writer and author of several New York Times best sellers, brought a group...