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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...