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Sitka airline offering service to Juneau
A third airline is offering local service. Sitka-based Harris Aircraft Services Inc. last week began offering daily flights between Haines and Juneau...
HARK, Sosa hit standoff in talks
Contract negotiations between the Haines Borough and Haines Animal Rescue Kennel ground to a halt last week, with the two sides blaming each other...
Skull fragment unearthed at 7 Mile
Workers digging into some delivered soil at the American Bald Eagle Foundation this week at first thought they’d found a coconut shell. Then...
Drug collection event cancelled
Due to a lack of support from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Haines Borough Police Department has canceled its participation in the popular...
Interim police chief meets with public
Haines Borough interim police chief Robert Griffiths addressed a wide range of topics at Tuesday’s town hall meeting, including recent department...
Moose hunt closed; uncertain count cited
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game ordered an emergency closure of the Haines area moose hunt this week, citing concerns about exceeding the...
Arrest for cocaine at U.S. border
A Haines man convicted in 2011 of attempting to import Ecstasy through the Dalton Cache border was arrested Saturday for trying to bring cocaine...
Museum launches winter film series
Don’t forget to BYOB (Bring Your Own Blanket) to the Sheldon Museum’s new “Pajama Night” movie screenings this month. Sheldon Museum...
Songwriters team up for tour
A trio of Canadian singer/songwriters hailing from three different regions is making its way to Haines Oct. 11 to perform at 7 p.m. at the Chilkat...
StoryCorps will visit to interview residents
Two representatives from the Juneau Public Library are traveling to Haines Oct. 16-18 to interview locals for StoryCorps, a national oral history...
Area authors to be 'checked out' at library event
A handful of local authors will make themselves available to be “checked out” at the library this Saturday in celebration of Alaska Book Week....
Police Report
Monday, Sept. 28 A caller reported an injured bear about one mile past the ferry terminal on Lutak Road. Ferry terminal personnel and the state wildli...
Duly Noted
Helen Tengs celebrated her 89th birthday this week. She spent Sunday having brunch with daughter Christy Tengs Fowler and niece Wendy Bergstrand....
Assembly OKs minor offense law, with delay
At a four-hour Haines Borough Assembly meeting this week that included the deputy mayor threatening to eject members of the public, an assembly...
Borough employee pay: How does it stack up?
Discussion of Haines Borough employee salaries and whether the municipality offers wages...
Driver hits car, leads police on high-speed chase
A man sideswiped by an alleged drunk driver near 1 Mile Haines Highway last week said he thought he was going to be “squashed” in his car when he...
Chamber, borough discuss development job
The Haines Borough Assembly and Haines Chamber of Commerce are putting their heads together to discuss the municipality’s community and economic...
Firms: Increase margin for local preference
Local contractors are petitioning the Haines Borough Assembly to give resident businesses a better opportunity at securing contracts for borough...
Case says medical issue may shorten term
Haines Borough Assembly member Mike Case said this week he may have to step down from his seat soon due to medical issues. Case told his fellow...
State to release revised highway plan
After hitting a wall of public resistance with its initial document in 2013, the Alaska Department of Transportation is nearly ready to release its...
Food preservation workshops scheduled
If you missed out on April’s series of free food preservation workshops, get in on this weekend’s second helping of classes. April’s classes...
Police Blotter
Monday, Sept. 21 A caller reported someone stole her purse and phone at a local bar. The woman said she didn’t want to press charges, but just...
Duly Noted
Julie Rae and Jan McPhetres recently returned from a challenging tour of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. Rae and McPhetres completed eight...
Planners sign off on harbor expansion plan
The location of Lookout Park and the size of the parking lot again dominated committee and commission discussions of the Small Boat Harbor expansion...
Is it high time to address marijuana?
Ketchikan has the Marijuana Advisory Committee. Petersburg has a 19-person Local Marijuana Regulation Advisory Committee. Juneau has the CBJ Marijuana...
