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Waste group: Support for Borough ownership
The Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group may recommend the borough take over solid waste management from the private company that now provides...
Food bank inventory runs low
The Haines Salvation Army is hoping to boost food pantry donations for residents in need. It is seeing high demands with few donations despite...
Lendes donate $25K
Haines residents Chip and Heather Lende have donated $25,000 to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for a new fund to support local fitness and...
Seep leaks tank farm fuel
Work at the Haines Fuel Terminal last year revealed significant underground pollution at Tanani Point Beach, representing as much as one third of the...
Efforts continues for Mosquito Lake privy
The push for an outhouse at Mosquito Lake campground continued at Monday’s meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. Committee chair...
Group will discuss trail improvments
The Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will host a trails workshop next month to generate ideas for trail improvements and...
Advisory committee endorses agency call on Tier 3
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee recommended at its April 27 meeting the state Department of Environmental Conservation take...
Two poles. screen honor veterans
Totem poles and a screen carved by Tlingit master carver Wayne Price were ceremoniously unveiled in front of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village and...
Consultant backs waste plan, says landfill 'in trouble'
A Juneau solid waste consultant recently backed the Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group’s goal of creating a management plan, and warned of...
Habra quiet on plan for cuts
As the Haines School District braces for possible state budget cuts to education, superintendent Tony Habra says he won’t share his plans for local...
Plenty of fish to eat, and to study
New eulachon population research in Southeast Alaska rivers may help biologists learn more about the habitats of the small but important fish....
Marchers hit streets in defense of science
More than 50 Haines residents and seven dogs gathered for Haines’ March for Science on Earth Day Saturday, carrying signs in support of science and...
Whales and nets: Are entanglements on rise?
About eight whales a year in Alaska are freed from fishing nets, crab pot lines and other marine equipment that threaten the animals’ survival....
School savings down to $195K
A budget battle between the Alaska state Senate and House of Representatives has the Haines School District budget in a lurch until the state’s...
Sportsmen considering coho derby
With unprecedented restrictions on fishing for king salmon, the Haines Sportsman’s Association has turned to coho. Group president Charlie DeWitt...
Statewide gathering of Legion next week
The Haines American Legion chapter will host Alaska’s 98th American Legion Department Convention April 27-29, bringing more than 95 people to town....
Klukwan School loses principal after 3 years
The superintendent of Chatham School District, who also serves as Klukwan School principal, resigned last week. Superintendent Bernie Grieve...
Mining steering committee plans forum on issues
A new mining steering committee recently organized by Takshanuk Watershed Council plans to educate the public through a “comprehensive and...
Planners mum on plans for pot farm
Marijuana cultivation is legal statewide, but municipalities have the option to more stringently regulate it or outlaw it all together. In the face...
Klukwan program aimed at youth jobs
Klukwan high school students are learning the basics of pre-employment skills and career exploration, hoping to snag a job this summer at local busine...
Sportsmen set sights on upgrade for range
The Haines Sportsman’s Association is planning a facelift of its Mud Bay Road rifle range. Board member Shane Horton said the group will start...
Planners seek to expand notification
The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted to notify more neighbors when development projects are being planned. Households within 500 feet of a...
Clerk, attorney give go-ahead on recall
The effort to recall three Haines Borough Assembly members is moving forward. Borough clerk Julie Cozzi, consulting with borough attorney Brooks Chand...
Regional EMS pros coming to Haines
The 34th annual Southeast Region Emergency Medical Services Symposium will take place in Haines, April 18-22, 2018, a first for the community....
Habra to speak on the state of school district
Haines School District superintendent Tony Habra will make “State of the District” presentations for the community this month, spelling out where...