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 By Tom Morphet    News    January 7, 2016

Police Blotter

Monday, Jan. 4 A company requested police help with retrieving their property from another local business. An officer stood by in the area. Sunday, Ja...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    January 7, 2016

Editorial

Fifty years ago this week, Ray Menaker launched this newspaper with the idea that it would seriously cover issues of interest. In his first editorial...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 17, 2015

Year marked by citizen involvement

Heightened citizen participation marked 2015, a year in which residents challenged municipal leaders on a range of issues, and seemingly small...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 17, 2015

Museum reverses name change action

The board of the Sheldon Museum voted unanimously Wednesday to rescind an October motion to change the facility’s name. Instead, the board agreed...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 17, 2015

State test results put math program in spotlight

School district officials said this week the preliminary statewide test results showing Haines students just above the state average for meeting...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 17, 2015

School enrollment highest since 2012

Enrollment at the Haines School increased 11 students this year to 277, based partly on increased numbers of students enrolled through the local...

 

Dobler sold insurance, real estate

John D. Dobler, an insurance and real estate broker whose success here helped him establish a...

 

Bertroch was ranch hand, inventor

Don Bertroch, a welder and shop owner who lived here during the timber boom, died in Kingman, Ariz.,...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 10, 2015

DOT seeks a better embankment

The state Department of Transportation this week said it would pursue “vegetated river protrusions” as part of mitigation for the Haines Highway...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 3, 2015

Raptor center shift puts "birds first"

Birds used in demonstrations at the American Bald Eagle Foundation now have a say in the matter. Following a decision in June, the natural history...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 3, 2015

Superintendent search extended

The Haines Borough School Board voted unanimously Monday to extend its search for a new superintendent after hearing that the two candidates that met...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 3, 2015

Specialist's review offers clues about skull, bone

Examination by a forensic specialist provided more clues about the origins of a skull and other bones from a Haines Highway gravel pit, but a more...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 3, 2015

Swath of hillside lets go, blocks Lutak

Debris from a large landslide blocked 5 Mile Lutak Road for at least seven hours early Monday, but that wasn’t the half of it, said Matt Boron,...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    December 3, 2015

Klukwan center nets $300K grant

Notification on Monday of a $300,000 “top-off” grant from the Murdoch Charitable Trust moves the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center another step toward...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 26, 2015

Tour season: Ships up, Canadians down

Tourism-related businesses in Haines report mixed returns in 2015, with tour operators benefitting from a jump in cruise passenger numbers but...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 26, 2015

Site preschool at Senior Center? Seniors lukewarm, don't want to lose space

Following a proposal made by the Haines Borough, a working group will look at the possibility of Chilkat Valley Preschool sharing an expanded Haines S...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 19, 2015

Exam may solve skull's mysteries

Two human leg bones discovered near 6.5 Mile Haines Highway should provide more information on a skull that originated at the same site,...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 19, 2015

DOT: Plowing was an exception

Residents who turned out for Saturday’s bald eagle release at 19 Mile drove on plowed roads, but they shouldn’t expect such service on weekends th...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 19, 2015

Snow, auction cap eagle fest

The organizer of the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival said she was “very pleased” with the 21st event, despite glitches that included a last-minute...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 19, 2015

Sheldon Museum name change on hold

A decision on moving forward with a name change for the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center appears to be in limbo. The matter was not included in the...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 19, 2015

Foundation lands grant for outdoor upgrade

The American Bald Eagle Foundation has received a $49,000 Foraker Group grant for pre-development services toward a project that will create a...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 19, 2015

Hoops league seeks more women players

Organizers of a fledgling women’s basketball league say they’re looking for participation from players of all abilities to round out competition....

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 12, 2015

Eagle preserve book takes stand on mine

Resident Joe Ordonez doesn’t duck conflict in his new book, “Where Eagles Gather: The Story of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Haines,...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    November 12, 2015

Taxi shutdown strands visitors

Eagle-watchers arriving at the ferry terminal and airport were left in the lurch this week when the only company providing local taxi service stopped...

 

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