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At Battery Point, 13 bags of plastic
Seventeen volunteers collected 13 garbage bags of beach debris – including a discarded section of gillnet and two bags of polypropylene line ...
Duly Noted
Jessie Hopper of Fayetteville, Ga., is processing archival collections at Haines Sheldon Museum thanks to a grant from the National Historical...
New owners say they'll keep church camp open
Rainbow Glacier Camp, a summer church camp operated in Haines for decades, is under new ownership. The 52-acre facility at Paradise Cove, including ca...
Track team to host squads from Juneau
Haines High School’s younger and older track team competes in its only home meet of the season starting 2:30 p.m. Friday at Sharnbroich Field. It...
Relay squad powers track team at Ketchikan meet
Haines High School freshmen stepped up at last weekend’s Ketchikan Invitational Track Meet, teaming up with the team’s seniors to put dents in...
Plastic debris, gear piles on beaches
Marine debris, including lost and discarded fishing gear, is found on remote coasts throughout Alaska, sometimes in staggering volumes, speakers told...
Beach cleanup set for May 13-14
Haines Friends of Recyling, Alaska Division of State Parks and a local hiking club are sponsoring the first beach cleanup here in about seven years...
Fish habitat regulations a concern for advisory committee
Members of the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee expressed support for more public notification of work impacting salmon habitat...
Former resident West dies at 53
Tracie West, who lived in Haines as a youth, died March 19 at her home in Palmer. She was 53 and...
Veteran actors team up in classic Neil Simon comedy
After years of producing “drama-dies” for Lynn Canal Community Players, director Tod Sebens decided it was time for a full-on comedy. Plus,...
Kurtz, 74, advocated for port, rail projects
Bill Kurz was buried March 16 at Jones Point in a large crate he had used as a toolbox. Kurz, who ha...
Valley teams winning early at Medal tourney
At press time Wednesday, teams from the Chilkat Valley were undefeated after five games at Juneau’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. The Haines...
Frozen market to boost production at Excursion
As much as four million additional pounds of salmon will be processed at Ocean Beauty’s Excursion Inlet plant this summer due to market conditions...
Mystery object: A 'king spoke' from a ship's wheel?
Historians at the Alaska State Museum this week examined photos of an object discovered by resident Luke Marquardt which resembles a handle, possibly...
King closures extend south
Along with far-reaching restrictions on subsistence and commercial fishing in Lynn Canal, the state Department of Fish and Game also closed large...
Whales identified by photos
At least some of the killer whales spotted in Lutak Inlet on Feb. 17 were members of “AG pod,” a fish-eating group of orcas that number up to 35,...
Aspiring farmers say summit was rare opportunity
From gardener to commercial food grower is a common transition. Making it smoother was one of the goals of last weekend’s Farmer’s Summit, which...
Summer to bring online food market
People who eat or grow locally grown food but can’t make time for the Saturday farmer’s market will have a new option this year. They’ll be able...
Growth group to be considered
The Haines Borough Assembly’s Commerce Committee will meet 6 p.m. on Monday, March 6 to consider a request for $95,000 from a newly formed Haines...
Display loses luster after plow bashing
Interim Haines Borough Manager Brad Ryan this week confirmed what David Pahl suspected: That a sign Pahl built for a historic steam-powered drill at t...
'Sweet 16' spotlights challenge for quilters
“Sweet Sixteen,” a display of fabric creations incorporating 16 techniques will be on display at the Alaska Arts Confluence Main Street office dur...
Meeting seeks interest in Toastmaster's
Two meetings set for Wednesday, March 8 will discuss the possibility of launching a local Toastmaster’s Club in Haines. Toastmaster’s is a...
Games put homegrown spin on Olympic events
The Haines Winter Games will be held Sunday. First held as the Winter Olympics in 1999, the event started as a hockey tournament under the fairgounds...
Trying to save every last Chilkat king salmon
Biologists are considering unprecedented fishing restrictions this summer to protect a feeble return of king salmon to Chilkat River estuaries....
District lays off music teacher
The Haines Borough School District won’t renew the contract of Jason Muccino, its only full-time music teacher. The district plans to cover music...
