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Japanese town with unprecedented bear activity deploys 'wolf monsters'
Haines isn’t the only town where unprecedented human-brown bear interactions are prompting municipal meetings and outcry from residents. In...
Fish and Game advisory group asks state, BLM to restrict heliskiing
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee (ULCFGAC) Monday voted 6-2 to ask state and federal land managers to restrict heliskiing in the...
Community Foundation awards more than $28,000 in grants
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation announced its 2020 grant awards “Covid-style” via a YouTube video where board members swayed to the song...
Chilkat Center to host singing competition
Haines singers will have a chance to compete and display their vocal talents in December for the first-ever “Haines Has Voice” contest organized...
Two residents develop symptoms of COVID-19 this week
Two symptomatic cases of the COVID-19 have been reported in Haines this week, Maggie Rae Martin, 23, and a Haines High School female student. An...
Haines Highway project ends for the year
The Haines Highway reconstruction project wrapped up last week, days before 16 inches of snow piled up and after about a month of work on the...
Blizzard sets daily snowfall record
Last weekend's blizzard caused the Haines Borough School District to close Monday after 16 inches...
Anderson takes first in annual coho derby
Steve Anderson won the 2020 Haines Sportsmen's Association Coho Derby. The third annual derby saw...
Pool opens this week
The public pool opened Oct. 5 after being closed for about seven months. Swims are open by reservation only and other pandemic mitigation efforts are...
Fire destroys garage, family business
A garage fire at the end of Highland Drive destroyed two small business and a freezer filled with a...
Borough, Fish and Game reach impasse over bear issues
The Haines Borough is asking residents to report the cost of property damage from bears. The request comes not in an effort to compensate residents...
Chum runs dwindle up drainage and across the state
This year’s chum salmon return to the Chilkat River drainage was a record low, with much of the state also experiencing dismal returns of both wild...
School gets through first quarter with no reported COVID cases, closures
Haines Borough School District students, teachers and staff have made it through the first quarter without having to close while maintaining...
Glacier Bards get top finishes at first virtual meet
The Haines Glacier Bards performed in its first drama, debate and forensics virtual meet of the...
Pool to open soon with pandemic protocols
The Haines Borough swimming pool has a new manager and should open soon and borough staff and the Haines Dolphins Swim Team organizers are still...
Shop local organizers to push for another round for holidays
Residents spent more than $60,000 in 13 days in response to the byHaines “Shop Local and Save” program—and organizers say they want to promote...
Chief shoots bear outside his home
Haines police chief Heath Scott shot and wounded a sow brown bear that he said had attempted to get into his garage and opened a garbage can outside...
Two new COVID-19 virus cases reported this week
The Haines Borough EOC reported two new cases of COVID-19 this week. On Tuesday the EOC reported that a resident tested positive for COVID-19, the...
Coho derby participation higher than last year despite border closure
With two weeks remaining in the third annual Haines Sportsman’s Association coho derby, resident Steve Anderson is in the lead as of Oct. 14 with a...
Borough to look into providing public access to dumpster when landfill is closed
The Haines Borough Finance Committee recommended the Solid Waste Working Group look into providing public access to dumpsters when the landfill is...
Glacier Bears take regional championship
Both the girls and boys Haines Glacier Bears cross-country teams are this year's Region 5 champions...
$40,000 generated by shop local program so far
About 100 residents spent more than $40,000 at local businesses during the first week of the “byHaines Shop Local and Save” program. The...
Finger pointing and another discredited rumor
I’ve heard accusations and rumors during the past several weeks that Debra Schnabel is now editing the newspaper, scrubbing out the names of her...
Candidates talk mining during final forum
The Haines chapter of the Alaska Miners Association hosted the final forum of the election season this week where candidates answered questions relate...
CARES Act committee recommends funding drivers tests
The CARES Act ad hoc committee recommended Tuesday that the borough use up to $15,000 to pay a contractor to issue drivers tests for Haines residents...
