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Duty contract settles issue of janitor pay
The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved an “extra duty contract” that would allow the district to pay for head custodian...
Wilson, Gross, Chapell to seek school board seats
Inez Gross, operations supervisor at First National Bank Alaska, has joined two incumbents in the fall election to fill three seats on the Haines...
Seven Mile pullout an eyesore no more
Native groups and the State of Alaska have cleaned up and cordoned off a Haines Highway pullout that for decades attracted squatters, partiers and...
NPS biologist: Make rules, enforce them at Chilkoot
Making human use predictable and preventing bears from getting human food – including fish from anglers – should be top priorities along the...
Friske recounts fatal Sitka slide that claimed house
Former resident Andrew Friske this week said he feels lucky his family wasn’t hurt in an Aug. 18 landslide in Sitka that crushed his house and...
Boreal locavore to fix gourmet meal for museum
Early this week, Michelle Genest of Whitehorse, Y.T., was tucking into a dinner of chick-pea curry with a sauce of rosehips she picked and rhubarb...
Editorial
As it was only about 15 years ago that brown bear sows and cubs started showing up in numbers along the Chilkoot River during daylight hours, the...
Chilkoot bear scene 'worse than a zoo'
By Tom Morphet Crowding, garbage and careless behavior became so prevalent at Chilkoot River during last weekend’s Dominion Day holiday that some...
Troopers still looking into bear suit stunt
State trooper Sgt. Aaron Frenzel said this week that an investigation into the actions of a man wearing a bear costume along the Chilkoot River last...
School board approves teachers' contract
After a 45-minute executive session, the Haines Borough School Board Tuesday accepted a revised contract with the local teachers’ union. The...
Newcomer restoring noted painter's stone house
A commercial real estate developer who moved to town last spring is restoring a stone-sided house on the Chilkat River, partly as a tribute to Gil...
District to pay $7,000 for help with superintendent hire
The Haines School Board on Tuesday approved paying the Alaska Association of School Boards $7,000 to lead it through its next superintendent hire....
Duly Noted
Haines animal lover and Haines Animal Rescue Kennel founder Vinca Gilman died Friday in Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital of sepsis, partner Mike...
Main Street's new totem pole will feature a tourist
The Sheldon Museum sign, a rotting timber and stone edifice that was sinking into a lawn adjacent to Main Street, is scheduled to be replaced by...
Gov. Walker: New revenues, including taxes, will be discussed
During an afternoon visit here last week, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker said he would be putting the issue of new revenues “on the table” when the...
Classes at Haines School start Tuesday
Set the alarm clocks earlier. Students at Haines School return to classes next week under a new schedule. Classes start at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18...
Return of Chilkoot bears brings 'mad house,' shouting
Residents and some visitors are raising concerns about bear-viewing etiquette along the Chilkoot River. “It’s a mad house. All day long. It’s a...
Editorial
Haines Borough policy allowing free, overflow camping in public places during events that book the town could stand some tweaking. Putting campers in...
Numbers drop at state fair
Gate revenues at the 47th Southeast Alaska State Fair appear to be down about 12 percent from last year, but executive director Jessica Edwards said t...
SEARHC to absorb counseling agency
Lynn Canal Counseling Services officials said anticipated funding cuts are behind its decision to turn over its operation to Southeast Alaska...
Commercial trailers open around dock
Two unpermitted commercial trailers that started operating earlier this summer bring to three the number of wheeled shops operating on rented lots...
Biologist to speak at 2nd bear fest
The second annual Haines Celebration of Bears, an educational effort aimed at protecting bears by educating people, will include programs for youths...
Part-time forestry job survives budget cuts
The state Division of Forestry office isn’t closed yet. The Alaska Legislature this year axed most of the funding for the office, which laid off...
Vets' home nets $650K gift
Lucy Harrell has made a $650,000 donation that will complete the first floor of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village within a year. “Since we agreed...
Deadline for most state fair exhibits Saturday
Organizers of the 47th annual Southeast Alaska State Fair are expecting a bounty of vegetables and berries following recent warm and wet weather, plus...