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Satire: Chilkat king population rebounds after Homo sapiens shelter in place
Listed as a stock of concern for the past three years, the Chilkat king salmon population rebounded just hours after human activity curtailed across...
Satire: Entries from the Coronavirus Dictionary
A lot of new and easily confused terms are being thrown around by government officials and health experts alike. In an effort to help the public make...
Haines Borough issues disaster declaration
Haines Borough mayor Jan Hill issued a declaration of emergency Tuesday as the state and nation...
Hiring committee recommends Boron for school principal
The Haines School principal hiring committee last week recommended longtime teacher Lilly Boron for...
School closes to students through March 29
The Haines School will keep its doors closed to students until Monday, March 30 based on Alaska Department of Education and Early Development...
Principal candidate list to be narrowed down later this week
Seven educators, including two locals, have submitted applications for the Haines School principal position. Interviews are this week with a short...
Becky's Place raises funds for new, larger safe house
Becky’s Place Haven of Hope owners are fundraising for a eight-bedroom, five-bathroom house that would serve as transitional housing for victims of...
Dispatches from the COVID-19 wasteland
I land in SeaTac and already feel the oppressive presence of the coronavirus. My phone buzzes on my thigh as I turn airplane mode off and a podcast...
A new VA program helps keep disabled vets at home
Some military veterans who would otherwise need to live in nursing homes are able to remain at home thanks to a U.S. Department of Veteran’s...
Two mining forums scheduled this week
Two mining forums will be available to residents again this month—one discussing mining risks, led by Southeast Alaska Conservation Council’s...
Being prepared is not being alarmist
While it’s important not to be reactionary or alarmist, it’s also critical that the public has an awareness of what the COVID-19 coronavirus is, a...
Arts Outlook
Altered Books Haines School librarian Leigh Horner is transforming old, discarded books that would...
PRAC recommends assembly fund avalanche forecasting
The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the borough assembly fund the Haines Avalanche...
Assembly discusses swath of budget cuts
From divesting from the Chilkat Center and Mosquito Lake Community Center to closing the visitor center seasonally and rejecting the library...
Glacier Bards claim dramatic finish at state
The Haines Glacier Bards took second place for small schools in drama and third place overall among small schools at the state Drama, Debate and Foren...
Allen Marine to offer ferry two days this month
Residents looking for ferry service to and from Juneau have an opportunity twice this month after the Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to...
Army Corps proposes soil cleanup plan
To remove fuel contaminants in the soil at 15.5 Mile Haines Highway, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed excavating at least 7,500 tons of soil as...
Town hall to chip away at biomass project
In a recent borough memo, public facilities director Ed Coffland said the Haines biomass boiler project isn’t economical, that the cost of...
Glacier Bears boys fall in final seconds against Metlakatla
The Haines Glacier Bears boys basketball team fell twice to the Metlakatla Chiefs after two breathless comebacks by the scrappy Haines squad. “I...
As travel breaks down, future school activities expected to change
Haines School activities travel costs are seeing a spike, although a boon from A&E’s Ghost Hunters film crew paid the way for the basketball...
Last month's weather record was accurate, but not meaningful
Although Haines set an official record for 24-hour snowfall on Jan. 26, volunteer weather observers have recorded deeper accumulations. Data compiled...
Assembly members propose library, museum consolidation
While Government Affairs and Services Committee members were disinclined to include an assembly chamber in the public library’s expansion project,...
Martin to serve final semester as principal
Longtime teacher and Haines School principal Rene Martin submitted her letter of resignation from the school district this week. At Tuesday’s board...
Haines breaks record with heavy snowfall
Sunday's 23.5-inch snowfall was a 24-hour record for the Chilkat Valley, according to NOAA...
Public safety commission to develop charter amendment
Assembly member Paul Rogers has created a draft Haines Borough Charter amendment that adds emergency police response outside of the townsite to the...
