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SEARHC halts Johnson & Johnson vaccinations
The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has temporarily paused use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Haines and other...
Bladesmith's TikTok ploy pays off
On April 1, local bladesmith Trevor Barrett set out on a quest to gift celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay...
Deputy clerk to help shoulder Fullerton's burden
The Haines Borough will hire a deputy clerk to assist clerk Alekka Fullerton, who is currently also serving as borough manager. The Haines Borough...
Assembly to consider Beach Road tax exemption
Beach Road property owners cut off from electricity and road access may receive a reduction in taxes for the current fiscal year. The assembly at a...
Assembly Briefs
Assembly supports Cascade Point ferry terminal The assembly voted 4-2 to write a letter in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point. Members...
DOWA gets majority share of Palmer Project
After this summer, Constantine Metal Resources will no longer have a majority interest in the Palmer Project. DOWA Metals and Mining, Constantine’s...
Manager's budget proposes modest increases, axes museum payroll
The Haines Borough’s $13 million operating and capital budget for next fiscal year (FY22), proposed by interim manager Alekka Fullerton,...
Assembly to restart manager search
The Haines Borough Assembly is starting over with the search for a new manager after Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee turned down the job...
Growers apply lessons from orchard workshops
As the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant-funded Chilkat Valley Orchard Project nears the end of its educational workshop series, several residents...
State seeks to expand behavioral health support in Haines
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services plans to support the expansion of behavioral health services in Haines. In late February, the...
Zoukee rejects manager job offer
Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee may have set a new record for shortest Haines Borough manager tenure when he turned down the...
Assembly to consider supporting improved Juneau access
The Haines Borough Assembly plans to take up a resolution in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay...
Displaced residents see drop in property values
Some Beach Road residents are requesting a moratorium on property taxes until utilities and road access have been restored to their neighborhood. On...
COVID-19 vaccine sign-ups dwindle
With roughly 60% of the adult population having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Haines’ vaccination rate is starting to plateau....
DOT cancels Matanuska sailings for third time in 2021
Less than a week after the only state ferry currently serving Haines returned to service, it was broken down again. On March 27, the state Department...
Tour operators plan to welcome independent travelers
As hope for large cruise ship traffic dwindles, some tour operators are planning for a season based on independent travelers. Visits by small cruise...
Haines DMV closure receives bipartisan opposition in legislature
The proposal to close Haines’ Division of Motor Vehicles office, along with offices in several other rural communities, has hit bipartisan oppositio...
Board asks borough for bare-bones museum funding
The Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees is asking the Haines Borough Assembly to fund payroll for the coming fiscal year (FY22) at a level that...
FEMA funds landslide mapping
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $100,000 to fund landslide mapping and slope analysis for select areas in Haines...
Displaced resident considers moving on
As displaced Beach Road residents wait for a verdict on if and when they can safely return to their houses, some are starting to consider futures...
Skiers rescued from Juneau icefield amid winter storm
TEMSCO Helicopters Inc. rescued two Haines skiers on Thursday, March 18 after a vicious winter storm pinned them on the Juneau Icefield halfway...
Borough offers Alten grievance settlement
Haines Borough mayor Douglas Olerud has sent a settlement offer to Public Employees Local 71, the borough’s employees union, in an effort to...
Residents reflect on the first year of the pandemic
For some in Haines, the arrival of COVID-19 one year ago felt like a seismic shift. “I will never forget it. My daughter was in labor in Juneau....
Heavy snow threatens access road
The Haines Avalanche Center has reduced the avalanche risk assessment for the Beach Road landslide path to “moderate.” The risk level was lowered...
Matanuska breaks down for second time in 2021
The Matanuska ferry, the only Alaska Marine Highway vessel currently serving Haines, is once again...