I live and write on Lingít Aaní, and gratefully acknowledge the past, present and future caretakers of this beautiful place, the Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan.

First, read all about Haines High grad and my neighbor, Kyle Fossman’s UAA game against BYU in the Anchorage Daily News (they didn’t win but in the exhibition game against a D1 school, UAA & Kyle were tough) and then check out the feature and slide show of the new Haines distillery in the Alaska Dispatch (I told you already I was writing it, but the new business, and Haines, are really the stars of the story.)