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 By Tom Morphet    News    May 23, 2013

King salmon derby on Saturday

If anglers participating in the 35th Haines Sportsman’s Association King Salmon Derby this weekend are lucky, they’ll be catching some of the...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 23, 2013

King salmon return expected low, but inside goals

This year’s king salmon run is projected to be below average but within the Department of Fish and Game’s escapement goal, assistant area manageme...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 16, 2013

Volunteers poke into condition of lighthouse

The leader of a local effort to restore the Eldred Rock lighthouse said she was encouraged by a Saturday “survey” of the facility. About two...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 16, 2013

Stacy worked every job at local Head Start

Anneliese Stacy has done so much in 26 years at Haines Head Start, it’s difficult to imagine the program without her, director Karen Bryant told a...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 9, 2013

Discovered barge lost in 1976 job

What anyone finds aboard a sunken barge in Lutak Inlet, they can keep, Tom Paddock, Jr. said this week. “They can have it. I’m retired. I don’t...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 9, 2013

Principal Stickler wins statewide recognition

Cheryl Stickler, principal of Haines Elementary School, has been named the 2013 National Distinguished Principal from Alaska.  The award is made...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 9, 2013

School board OKs $6.5 million

The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday approved its spending plan for the coming year, including $5.5 million in general fund spending plus $1 mil...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 9, 2013

Work on veterans home soon

Construction of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village will start any day now, said Haines Assisted Living board president Jim Studley. A ceremonial...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 9, 2013

Town hails 50 years of ferries

Passengers whose ferry stories spanned the 50-year history the Alaska Marine Highway System shared them at a celebration on the Port Chilkoot Dock...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 2, 2013

April nearly as cold as February; record snow

Five days of snowfall in the past week buried plans for the annual Haines Invitational track meet and caught motorists and plow drivers by surprise. T...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 2, 2013

Museum wins dibs to restore lighthouse

The Sheldon Museum has been awarded a “historic license” to restore, maintain and operate the Eldred Rock lighthouse as a historic project....

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    May 2, 2013

Contaminated soil stops road work

Construction work at the intersection of Beach Road and Front Street was halted early this week when oil-contaminated soil was discovered at a site...

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 25, 2013

Meeting Tuesday on bear-viewing platform

Residents will get to review and comment on four “design concepts” of a bear-viewing infrastructure at Chilkoot River, including parking... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 25, 2013

History Day: 4 qualify for D.C. contest

Four Haines eighth-graders have scored high enough at the statewide History Day competition to qualify for national competition in Washington, D.C.... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 25, 2013

School band, choir earn 'superior' ratings

Haines High School seniors Jess Giddings and Patrick Henderson earned a command performance at the regional music festival in Juneau for their duet of... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 25, 2013

Summer theater camp registration opens

Discounted, early registration is open through June 8 for Lynn Canal Community Players’ annual Summer Youth Theater Conservatory. The three-week sum... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 25, 2013

Ferry party will include barbecue, dancing tours

Residents are invited to a May 5 party at Port Chilkoot Dock during a special docking of ferry Malaspina to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Al...

 

Duly Noted

By Tom Morphet Lunch at the Haines School cafeteria last week included locally caught Dungeness crab legs. Seafood processor Hugh Rietze said the... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    Opinion    April 25, 2013

Editorial

By extending a $53,000 “courtesy” bonus to police chief Gary Lowe, the Haines Borough Assembly last week bankrupted arguments that the... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 18, 2013

Weather or not: Town cleanup in the works

Snow or no snow, the community clean-up is on. Bags for collecting rubbish and recyclables from public areas around town became available Monday at... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 18, 2013

Fossman named season MVP for UAA

Kyle Fossman of Haines has been named most valuable player of the University of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves basketball team for the 2012-13 season.... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 18, 2013

Veterans' home groundbreaking April 27

Veterans affairs officials with the State of Alaska are expected at the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans’ Village starting... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 18, 2013

Assembly takes aim at fire service board

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday will consider abolishing the board of fire service area #1, on the recommendation of member Jerry Lapp, who... Full story

 

Ellis had homestead near Chilkoot River

Douglas Ellis, a pump house operator who worked at the former U.S. Army tank farm at Lutak and... Full story

 
 By Tom Morphet    News    April 18, 2013

District identifies $250K in cuts

Haines Borough School Board members debated budgeting strategies at a workshop Monday that at times became pointed. At issue is a projected $435,000... Full story

 

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