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Homeschooler Mackowiak named merit semifinalist
The National Merit scholarship isn’t only for youths in public school. Homeschool student Sasha Mackowiak of Haines recently was named semi-finalist...
White a merit scholar semifinalist
Haines High School senior Eli White has been named a semifinalist in the 59th National Merit Scholarship program, the first local student to achieve...
Warm summer boosts apple trees
A warm summer helped produce an encouraging crop of apples downtown this year. Joe Poor said “it was a very good year” for the 37 apple trees he...
Exchange students join high school
Three foreign exchange students are attending Haines High School this year. Sophomore Marvin Steinmeister, 15, came from Hamburg, Germany, a city of...
With postmaster hire, mail office fully staffed
Genevieve Bell started work on Monday as Haines’ new postmaster. Bell, 35, transferred here from...
Director job reopens after museum's pick renegs
The Sheldon Museum board of directors is looking for a new museum director after its first choice declined the offer at the end of July. John Hairr...
Gray takes helm at FNBA branch
The Haines branch of First National Bank Alaska has a new manager following the departure of Allen...
Chopper lifts hikers off Ripinsky flank
A Coast Guard helicopter lifted a Haines woman and her father off Mount Ripinsky 3:30 p.m. Tuesday after the pair spent a night lost on the mountain....
Snafu, ship visit kill cell service
Cell phone service came to a virtual standstill in Haines Wednesday when statewide problems affecting provider ACS coincided with an ongoing gridlock...
Resident petitions to pave Blacksmith
Blacksmith Street resident Leo Smith is fed up with the dust from the heavily trafficked roadway outside his house and has organized a petition to...
45th Southeast fair kicks off Thursday
The 45th annual Southeast Alaska State Fair opens noon Thursday with the raising of the U.S. flag on the fairgrounds and Alisha Young of Haines...
State fair exhibit deadlines approach
The deadline for entering most exhibits in the Southeast Alaska State Fair is fewer than 10 days away. “We always hope for lots of entries to make...
Museum chief hired
The Haines Borough Assembly approved a new director for the Sheldon Museum Tuesday. John Hairr, currently site manager for the House in the Horseshoe...
Survey: Seniors get enough food
A recent survey in Haines found 96 percent of senior citizens felt they had enough to eat but only 57 percent were satisfied with the variety of...
Makeover at state fairgrounds
The east side of the state fairgrounds is getting a makeover. A recently built pavilion will give the Southeast Alaska State Fair a new,...
Mud Bay cabin fire squelched by owner
Action by a neighbor limited damage from a fire that scorched a cabin near 6 Mile Mud Bay Road around 10:30 p.m. June 20. Ashley Hilsinger, renter of...
Expert bands 100 hummingbirds
A weekend banding project on rufous hummingbirds may provide insights into where the tiny fliers go...
Mountaineer Swift recounts early trail-maintenance efforts
There wasn’t much of a hiking culture when Paul Swift, 76, came to Haines in the early 1970s. “The town was geared to industry. Logging, mining...
