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Researchers to conduct mine impact interviews
Next week, Canadian environmental consultants hired by Constantine Metal Resources will visit Haines to interview community members in an effort to...
Cirrus makes a rare ambassador at ABEF
Despite his 10-ounce weight, The American Bald Eagle Foundation's newest resident raptor stands to m...
LeConte a cheaper fix
On Thursday, the Alaska Marine Highway System announced its decision to move forward with repairs to the LeConte, with overhaul estimates totaling...
Borough staff to prioritize road maintenance
Of 70 streets in the borough, only 15 of them comply with code. The Haines Borough Planning Commission and staff are beginning to tackle how to priori...
Tazlina to sail again, winter travel remains grim
Last week, some Haines residents learned from Facebook that ferry service would increase from one sailing a week to three with the addition of the Taz...
Pool could open next week, staff says contractor left town
Employees for the Indiana-based contractor working on the swimming pool left town last weekend, though the company president said they will return aft...
Heli port application withdrawn
After a 40-minute discussion at the planning commission meeting Thursday, Big Salmon Ventures owner Scott Sundberg withdrew his application for a...
Hunter cited for State Parks violation
Last week, a hunter was cited for shooting a bear—not for the bear itself, but because of where he shot it. On Nov. 11, Alaska State Parks ranger...
Borough approves task force to address bears
A new ad hoc committee Haines Borough manager Debra Schnabel created has one goal in mind: to reduce bear and human interactions. Last week, the...
Museum up for grant improving handicapped access
The Haines Sheldon Museum is in the running for a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant that, if awarded, will improve accessibility...
Looming SCOTUS decision delays permit
By Jenna Kunze The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s forthcoming decision to approve or revoke Constantine Metal Resources’ waste...
Pool opening dependent on contractor sign off
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to prioritize getting swimmers into the pool—so long as the contractor on the job accepts a change order...
Scott, Maidy push to fund safe home
Last month, the Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to grant Becky’s Place—a local safe house for victims of abuse—$8,000 for rent....
Policing issue heads GAS committee
Despite its new three-members, the Haines Borough Assembly is no closer to a solution on areawide policing. On Tuesday, the same resolution that...
Business Briefs
Bamboo Room pop up Those who don't have, borrow for a small fee-that's chef Travis Kukull's motto,...
Ferry service cuts threaten to strand residents
The Alaska Marine Highway System has reduced winter service to Haines yet again—this time to one ferry a week from November to March. The state...
Town beaver's lair discovered
To local eyewitnesses, he goes by Timber, Cleaver, The Beavs and, for those determined not to get...
Tlingit language class back at Sheldon
In a nod to Native American Heritage Month, Tlingit elder and traditional practitioner Marsha Hotch will teach her second annual (in recent history)...
Trooper post remains open, 'internal matter'
Alaska state wildlife trooper Wallace Kirksey left his Haines post for another station in October, leaving the post to an uncertain future. State...
150-year-old Tlingit maps celebrated
In 2007, when cartographer John Cloud was cataloging more than 7,000 maps at the National Archives...
Bears wrestlers hit the mats at home meet
Just two weeks into their season, the new Glacier Bears wrestling squad-comprised of two freshmen...
Long rejoins police force, Brown resigns
After a five month “sabbatical” from the Haines Borough Police Department, officer Brayton Long unearthed his old uniform, ironed it, and headed...
Federal grant for handicapped, elderly, seeks local applicants
The Alaska Community Development Block Grant, a federal grant funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help vulnerable...
New landfill manager aims to rebuild "from the ground up"
Community Waste Solutions, Haines' lone landfill facility, has gotten a new face, incoming general...
Heliport re-application in the works
Borough planning commissioners Thursday delayed voting on a tour operator’s eight-year push for a permit to construct a commercial heliport near 26...
