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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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