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Watershed Weekly "Migratory Birds"
Watersheds support numerous impressive wildlife communities, but perhaps the most sensational are migratory birds. Here in the Upper Lynn Canal, a...
Gillnetter topples off trailer at Letnikof Harbor
The F/V Kaemik, a commercial gillnetter owned by Dennis Gudmundson, toppled onto the boat-launch...
Folletti gets two years for drug charge
Fred Folletti, 63, was sentenced two years in prison and five years of supervised release in federal court on Thursday, April 27, after pleading...
Fair board reschedules Juneau Drag show to a later time
The Southeast Alaska State Fair board announced Tuesday that it moved Juneau Drag’s start time from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The change came about a month...
Committee recommends funding HEDC
The assembly’s Government Affairs and Services Committee unanimously recommended allocating $125,000 to the Haines Economic Development Corporation...
Duly Noted
More than 50 bridge players from Haines, Juneau and Whitehorse played in an annual tournament at the American Bald Eagle Foundation this weekend. Hain...
Police arrest four this month for meth-related charges
Police arrested a 29-year-old Haines man at the Juneau International Airport Tuesday as he exited the aircraft, according to a press release issued...
Borough to install signs at cemetery
Borough staff are working to post signs at the Jones Point Cemetery after residents alerted them to...
Budget introduced, property tax rate decreased
In an effort to blunt the effects of a roughly 16% percent increase in property tax assessments this year due to the implementation of a new mass...
Glacier Bears track girls place third at first meet
The Glacier Bears girls track team won third place at the Capital City Invitational track competition last weekend, with several athletes and teams...
Changes at the CVN
Two big changes at the CVN are going into effect beginning in May. One is that we will resume printing with the Petersburg Pilot. The Juneau Empire,...
Choosing the right plants
Have you ever wondered why the rosebush that was supposed to survive Fairbank’s extreme weather died on you last winter? Or why the tree rated zone...
Extra quail eggs head to groceries
After bears killed all his chickens last year, a resident's experiment with raising quail to eat...
Watershed Weekly "People of the light"
It’s late April in the upper Lynn Canal, and that means the saak are coming! The snow is melting and spring winds kick up dust storms on the newly...
We exist on a grand spectrum
Dear young adults, There has been some uproar recently and your parents may be contributing to it. They maybe have written into this paper or said...
Thanks and still looking for matches
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) had a successful recruitment event over the weekend in Haines! BBBS is a mentoring organization that creates professio...
The right for everyone to choose
As a freedom loving American citizen and previous business owner, I pondered the Drag Queen show issue, and what would be the correct course of...
Senior Village residents report thefts, break-ins
Police are investigating attempted break-ins and theft at the Haines Senior Village after a resident’s checks were stolen from their apartment and...
Planning Commission postpones decision on Third and Main
The Haines Borough Planning Commission Thursday voted to postpone a decision to classify for sale the lot at Third Avenue and Main Street until a...
Haines man awaiting federal sentencing facing more meth charges
Fred Folletti, who’s awaiting sentencing for federal drug charges, is now facing two additional felony charges during the same week related to the...
Harlan Crow once bought a totem pole from local carvers
Harlan Crow, a wealthy real estate mogul and GOP donor who’s made national news in recent weeks, has a Haines connection—he once commissioned a...
Meet Karelian Bear Dogs at Living with Bears event
The third annual Living With Bears events scheduled next week will feature Karelian Bear Dogs, electric fence vouchers and tips for how to set up...
Chilkat, Klehini listed as endangered on national conservation group report
The Klehini and Chilkat rivers were identified as “America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2023,” according to American Rivers, a national...
Ode to street sweepers
Here's to the sweepers of grit and grime, the residue of wintertime. Ere tourists appear, our way is clear. If the street could tweet and the...
Gunalcheesh!
Thank you, Russ Lyman & Cynthia Allan for your gift to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation in memory of Joe Hotch; a very important Klukwan...