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Pool switching to chlorine from salt water
Swimmers in Haines love the pool’s salt-based chlorination system, but it’s having unintended consequences—corroding the pool’s gutters,...
Nine Glacier Bears head to state track tournament
The Glacier Bears Track and Field team won big at the regional championship in Juneau. For the first time in several years, the men’s varsity team...
First Tlingit photos reflect U.S. expansion in Southeast
Two weeks after the United States made its first payment to Russia for Alaska, the Tlingit people...
Verhamme vies to break school shot put record
On the brisk afternoon of May 10, shot put throwers from Haines, Juneau-Douglas, and Thunder Mountai...
Commission chair urges better communication with borough assembly
Since the resignation of the Haines Borough Planning Commission chair Don Turner III in April, the working relationship between the planning commissio...
Assembly again considers, alcohol, marijuana taxes
On Tuesday, Haines Borough Assembly members considered introducing a two percent excise tax on marijuana and alcohol. “We should allocate those...
Lighthouse remodel looking brighter
A two decade effort to save Alaska’s oldest lighthouse on Eldred Rock is about to clear one of its greatest hurdles. This week, the Haines-founded...
Women's choir rallies for ferries
Eight members of the Haines A Cappella Women's Choir donned sailors' caps and belted out "Ferryboat...
Would a wood chipper boost the economy?
As the Haines Borough explores the option of heating public buildings using wood-burning biomass boilers, instead of the diesel fuel that has...
Assembly to consider permit requirement for site development on private property
The borough’s Government Affairs and Services Committee was divided, but ultimately advanced an ordinance proposed by the planning commission that...
Police spending, canine conundrum
The Haines police chief is asking for a $37,826 budget increase — about 3.7 percent — for the fiscal year that starts July 1, to help cover the...
Damaged Hydropower cable has nine years left on warranty
Alaska Power and Telephone (AP&T) has known that the hydropower cable that connects Haines and Skagway to the Kasidaya hydropower project has been...
Glacier Bears Track and Field team take top places in Sitka meet
Last weekend, the Glacier Bears track and field team placed in 12 categories during a meet in Sitka where they competed among 100 other athletes—rec...
Resident's book details 4,000 mile journey into the arctic
In March 2012, borough resident Caroline Van Hemert and her husband Patrick Ferrell (Pat) set off on a 4,000-mile journey from Bellingham, Washington...
Haines 'powerhouse' scores big in Music Fest
Last week 16 Haines students shone among more than 500 from around the region at the annual...
Police chief asks for more funding
On Tuesday, the Committee of the Whole (COW) discussed borough manager Debra Schnabel’s proposal for the townsite service fund, which accounts for...
Arts Outlook
JCFO coming to work with Haines on Waterfront Framework Plan The community will have opportunities to provide input on the Portage Cove Waterfront...
Seniors to lose monthly state benefit subsidy
Many Haines seniors won’t receive Senior Benefits Program payments from the Alaska Department of Human Services (DHSS) for the next two months due...
Klukwan residents save teacher's job
On Wednesday Chatham School District superintendent Ann Hilburn told Klukwan School teacher Jenn...
Duly Noted
Tim June and Sue Nelson returned from the 45th annual Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau, which hosted more than 125 musicians and bands.June said his...
Art teacher retires after 38 years
Haines School's longest serving teacher, Linnus Danner, won this year's Champion of the Arts in Educ...
Mud Bay petitions against extraction
Mud Bay land owners brought forward a petition to the borough assembly’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee on Tuesday, calling for...
Citizen bat scientists on the lookout for white-nose syndrome
Patty Kermoian has worked as a citizen bat scientist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) since the inception of the program in Haines...
Globe trotter to report for six months at the CVN
By Sarah Chatta Ayubowan! Namaste! Salam! Xin chào! Privyet!—or ‘Hello!’ in the predominant...
Sperm whale carcass beached near Eldred Rock, jaw bone stolen
For the first time on record, a sperm whale carcass was found in Lynn Canal. This is the third time...
