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Park at Third Avenue rejected
A request by the Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee to designate a lot at Third Avenue and Main Street as a park or future...
Rain garden aims to slow runoff
Seventh-graders in Pete Degen’s science class capped a weeks-long lesson about watersheds by planting a “rain garden” around the Chilkoot...
Twelve Glacier Bears qualify for state track
Senior Casey Bradford posted a career-best time of 53.93 to win the 400-meter run for small schools at last weekend’s Southeast regional track meet...
Haines High School grads 'shake it off' at ceremony
Speaker Suzanne Newton urged graduates to make “glorious, fantastic mistakes” at the commencement exercises for Haines High School’s class of...
Editorial
Who is in charge of scheduling in this town? No one. Should there be? Consider: On Saturday, May 14, civic-minded folks were forced to choose between...
Culture center doors open to large crowd
During a friend’s slideshow more than 20 years ago, Bernadette Price, an executive assistant from Portland, Ore., saw photos of the Whale House...
Bananas: Glacier Bears mix it up before regional championships
Glacier Bear runners and throwers went a little off script at last week’s Haines Invitational, and it included a banana relay. Besides a baton,...
Cabin cruiser stranded on sandbar
A cabin cruiser that ran aground on the Chilkat River flats Saturday apparently was refloated on a Sunday night tide. The vessel came to an abrupt...
Village cultural center opens Saturday
State museum officials, clan and tribal leaders and experts in Northwest Coast Native art are expected to attend the opening of the Jilkaat Kwaan...
Uglys to help cancer patients
Uglys of Haines will hold a pig-roast fundraiser May 21 they’re hoping will become an annual event to aid cancer patients in the Chilkat Valley. The...
Teacher seeks district's apology in dismissal
The Haines Borough School Board will hold an “informal non-retention hearing” starting 6 p.m. June 28 to consider the dismissal of kindergarten...
Students choose Newton as speaker
By Tom Morphet Suzanne Newton will give the commencement address at Haines High School graduation May 24. “I think she’s funny and a really good...
Home track meet starts Friday
Fans get one last chance to see several seniors compete in the Haines Invitational Track Meet starting 2:30 p.m. Friday with high jump at Karl Ward Gy...
Wellness Center opens; donor Harrell honored
When you go to the dentist at the new SEARHC clinic, you’ll be able to see your sore tooth live on TV. An oral display filmed with a pen-sized...
Public health nurse office jobs here to be eliminated
The regional manager for the state’s Public Health Nurse program this week said two full-time Haines positions will be eliminated and the public...
Picnic to spotlight preschool's plans
Supporters of a project that would expand the Haines Senior Center with an addition to the building for Chilkat Valley Preschool say they’re about...
Freeride's partner search will plumb deep pockets
Haines has a strong calling card for hosting extreme ski events like the Freeride World Tour, but gaining the level of sponsorship sought by the...
Options sought for Bug Lake park privy
The Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee is looking for alternatives to provide an outhouse at Mosquito Lake campground. Due to...
Cleanup season reveals pockets of dumped garbage
The spring cleanup season this year coincided with discoveries of dumped trash and trashed areas. A retired teacher with a heart condition hauled...
Second surge hikes eulachon count
The Takshanuk Watershed Council will be revising its estimate of the eulachon run to Chilkoot River following a resurgence of spawning there last...
Small squad holds own at Sitka track meet
With only four athletes, the Haines girls’ track team came within a handful of points of second place at last week’s Sitka Invitational Track...
Editorial
I participated in the 16 Mile cleanup Saturday. I wasn’t planning to spend an hour scooping bullet casings, metal junk and half-burnt copies of...
Skiers bump sales tax income in 2015
A springtime bump apparently from skiing and the Freeride World Tour helped push sales tax revenues to a five-year high in 2015. Haines Borough...
Eulachon harvest up on Chilkoot, Chilkat
Subsistence fishermen who netted buckets of eulachon on the Chilkoot River late last week got another chance this week along the Chilkat, including...
Memorial planned for Jones Point cemetery
A “town memorial wall” will be added at Jones Point Cemetery as a marker for deceased residents not buried in the cemetery. “More people are doi...