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21st eagle festival hosts war veterans
The American Bald Eagle Festival will host two veterans from recent U.S. wars as part of its six-day celebration of America’s bird. “To me,...
Pellets replace woodstove that burned free wood
The Haines Senior Center lost a low-cost heat source when the Haines Borough replaced a large woodstove in the building in late summer with a pellet...
Hilltop subdivision clears first planning hurdle
The Haines Borough Planning Commission unanimously approved initial design of the 72-lot Hilltop subdivision at its Oct. 15 meeting, after hearing...
Value of salmon fishery plummets
Smaller salmon, fewer of them and reduced prices paid by buyers dropped the gross value of the Lynn Canal gillnet harvest to its lowest point in at...
Borough CIP Fund, fish tax ID'd as harbor project funding
At separate meetings last week, commercial fishermen and Haines Borough officials identified potential funding sources for the harbor expansion...
Rebuilt Battery Point trail garners praise
Hikers are giving good reviews to the Battery Point trail following completion of its reconstruction late last month. “It’s a great...
Vote on preschool Monday
A proposed agreement between the Haines Borough School District and Chilkat Valley Preschool to site the preschool program at the Haines School...
Borough will fight planned ferry cuts
Haines Borough officials are organizing a community response to a planned reduction in ferry service that tourism director Leslie Ross describes as...
Museum name change not yet final
Should the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center go by a different name? The museum’s board of directors favors such a move, but it will wait to hear...
Youths crowd swim after donor pays for pool time
A private donation providing free admission boosted the numbers of youths taking advantage of a new swim at the Haines pool. Pool manager RaeAnn...
More than 2 decades gone, city league hoops return
By Tom Morphet After a departure that lasted two decades or more, regular city league basketball games have returned, with four men’s teams...
King's Store to close 5 months
By Tom Morphet King’s Store will close for five months starting Oct. 31, and a winter closure may become permanent, owner Bev Jones said this week....
Funding passes 'tipping point'; center to open May 14
By Tom Morphet A determination that federal trail-building funds could be used for a visitor’s center helped trigger funding that in mid-May will...
Grapplers earn spots at finals in Wrangell
Two Haines grapplers reached the finals of a Wrangell tournament last weekend, but each finished as a runner-up. Sophomore Cameron Merklin-Bauer (126...
Volleyball notches a victory in Petersburg
The Haines High School volleyball team picked up one win at a seven-team Petersburg tournament last weekend. The Glacier Bears topped Skagway, but...
Hearing Wednesday on revised highway expansion
The state Department of Transportation will hold public meetings in Haines and Klukwan Oct. 28 on the draft revised environmental assessment of...
Reclclers consider 're-store'
Haines Friends of Recycling board members will meet early next year to consider the future of a “Re-Store Sale,” an effort to sell used materials...
Committee brings on McDonough, Poinsette
Tim McDonough and Derek Poinsette were elected last week to the State’s Fish and Wildlife Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee. Five other seats on...
Klukwan opens preschool
A new preschool program at Klukwan School has attracted between five and seven students and is a “win-win” for the Chatham School District,...
Borough explores economic development options
The Haines Borough Assembly’s commerce committee on Wednesday endorsed exploring a shift that would put its economic development efforts under a...
Duly Noted
Longtime Haines School art teacher Linnus Danner was awaiting surgery at an Anchorage hospital early this week after suffering a broken leg in a bicyc...
DOT: Snowplowing, sanding will be reduced
Due to budget cuts to the state Department of Transportation, motorists should expect to be driving in more snow this winter during evenings and...
House blaze apparently started in chimney
Greg Christianson, whose Comstock Road home was destroyed by fire early Saturday, said this week he felt lucky that most of the family was gone at...
School roof job exposes more issues
A recent $60,000 “patch job” roof repair at the Haines School looks mostly successful but uncovered other issues, school maintenance manager Gary...
Teachers, staff oppose siting preschool at Haines School
At Tuesday’s Haines Borough School Board meeting, teachers lined up against siting the Chilkat Valley Preschool in the Haines School, saying it...