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Winds hold back relay riders
A course-long headwind slowed cyclists in the 22nd Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay Saturday, adding more than 90 minutes to last year’s...
Historic church bell rings on high again
If you’re late for Sunday services in Klukwan, saying you missed the bell no longer works as an excuse. After two years out of commission, the...
Architect tours aging behemoth
National Park Service officials last week started Port Chilkoot Co. on a path toward restoring Fort Seward’s weather-beaten barracks building,...
Gillnet opener 'fairly good'
Commercial fishermen reeled in a “fairly good showing” of hatchery chum on the south end of the Lynn Canal gillnet fishery during the two-day...
District staff get paid vacation
On a 4-1 vote, the Haines Borough School Board Tuesday approved a combined $12,000 in paid vacation time and raises for two school district office...
Fort tower goes up, up, up
Contractor Dave Ricke restored a bit of the original Fort Seward skyline Tuesday, erecting a 60-foot tower modeled after one built for the U.S. Army...
School-library trail planned
Haines Borough School Board members and borough officials envision maintaining a winter walking trail between the Haines School and public library, in...
Three grades fully proficient in reading
Haines students in grades three, four and five scored 100 percent in recent “standards based assessment” tests for reading. The 2013-14 test resul...
Native voyagers head to Juneau
Seven Tlingit men left Portage Cove at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in a traditional canoe headed for Juneau, the first voyage of its kind from Haines in moder...
Board OKs school budget; $45K in 'stipends'
The Haines Borough School Board unanimously approved a $5.13 million budget for the coming year and one-time “stipends” of $1,000 to full-time...
Earthquake rattles residents out of slumber
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered 50 miles west of Haines shook residents awake early Wednesday, but caused no reported damage or injuries....
Is design of curbs part of problem?
There’s a pattern to recent snowplow damage to curbs built last year: Chunks have broken off at an “expansion joint,” a seam between the curb...
School board will consider budget, contract
The Haines Borough School Board meets 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Haines School library. Its agenda includes discussion of a proposed agreement with the tea...
Edwards leading king derby
The 42-pound king salmon Mark Edwards hooked about 3 p.m. Sunday at the 36th annual Haines King Salmon Derby tried a few tricks before he reeled it...
Graduates make emotional exit
Eddie Bryant said he didn’t think a long time before walking out on the gym floor for an impromptu dance with daughter Polly during Haines High...
King salmon derby offers $21K in cash, prizes
The 36th annual Haines Sportsman’s Association King Salmon Derby kicks off 8 a.m. Saturday, offering more than $20,000 in cash and prizes to...
Takshanuk spending $230K improving fish passage
A $150,000 culvert replacement at Letnikof Cove is aimed at allowing more coho salmon, Dolly Varden and cutthroat trout to reach spawning areas...
Battery Point trail grant may double widening
A $15,000 state grant matched by the same amount from the Haines Borough could double the length of trail improvements that have been years in the...
Techie living abroad is board's choice for superintendent
The Haines Borough School Board last week voted to offer its superintendent position to Virginia...
Blaze in roof vexes firefighters; origin undetermined
The origin of a fire in the roof of an Oslund Drive house that caused $75,000 or more in damage May 8 is still under investigation, Haines Borough...
Park ranger position open after Kroes promotion
Ranger Preston Kroes gave notice last month that he’d be leaving the position in May or early June to take the chief ranger position in state parks...
Kindergarten shifting to full-day schedule
Kindergarten at Haines School will shift to a full day, starting next year. One hour and 45 minutes will be added to the school day, a change that...
Spring exposes big gouges in 9-month-old curbs
State transportation officials say there's no way to prevent continued gouging of curbs as seen...
Four to vie for school chief job on Friday
Haines Borough School Board members this week learned via the Internet that one of their four finalists for the superintendent job isn’t quite what...
District wants more borough help
Citing district figures that show the Haines Borough’s contribution to local schools is at 2009 levels, members of the school board at a Tuesday...
