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State proposes Baby Brown timber sale again
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is again putting out to bid the old-growth Baby Brown and Glacier Side timber sale 37 miles north of...
Chilkoot Lake Road closed to winter vehicle traffic permanently
Alaska State Parks has permanently closed the Chilkoot Lake corridor road to motorized vehicle...
GAS committee discusses commercial user fees in Porcupine area
The Haines Borough officials are discussing a fee system for commercial users to maintain Porcupine Road and other roads in the area that lie within...
Planning commission asks if more affordable housing is needed
A planning commission discussion on amending the definition of a mobile home and the zoning use chart sparked questions about the availability of...
Lakeman, 92, hard worker, painter
Painter and former resident Daniel Lakeman, 92, died Jan. 20 in hospice care at the Sheridan...
Restaurant cook found bliss at Chilkat Lake
Kathy Lake, a waitress and restaurant cook who found contentment at her Chilkat Lake cabin, died...
Duly Noted
Piper Grall reached out to Melissa Ganey and encouraged a collaboration with artist Cara Murray to turn her painting ‘Haines Stay Strong’ into a...
Origami cranes, butterflies hang in tribute to Larson, Simmons
A flurry of about 1,500 colorful origami cranes and butterflies flutter across the Haines School in...
Southeast State Fair plans for summer fair
The Southeast Alaska State Fair board voted unanimously last week to hold some version of a fair this summer along with other events typically...
Man who threatened clinic charged with felony
A 55-year-old man who called the SEARHC clinic and threatened to “shoot the place up and burn it to the ground” if he didn’t get an appointment...
Matthews, 62, worked as trucker, fisherman
A memorial gathering of friends of lifelong resident Hal Matthews will be held later this year. Matt...
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Kai Dixon moved from Haines back to Wasilla with his family at the end of summer 2020 and has transitioned his high school athletic career in grand...
Legislative intern boards flight despite testing positive for COVID-19
A University of Alaska student intern passing through Haines boarded an Alaska Seaplanes flight last week, despite testing positive for the COVID-19...
Remote sellers tax yields $125K in first three quarters of 2020
The Haines Borough's loss of pandemic related sales tax revenues this summer has been offset by the...
Avalanche Center tracks rainfall data
A new rain-monitoring tracker on the Haines Avalanche Center’s website was created earlier this month and is intended to provide a convenient locati...
First Alaska state ferry sinks at Anacortes dock
The first ship built for what would become Alaska's state ferry system sank Jan. 13 in a windstorm...
Science Cowboy
Dear Precipitation Ponderers- There are way too many factors that affect the snow-to-rain conversion calculation for me to give you a definitive...
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Aaliyah Michelle Houghton-Bynum was born on Jan. 16 in Anchorage to Karlie Spud and George Houghton-Bynum of Klukwan. She was 5 pounds 9 ounces and...
Man trapped under icy woodpile saved by Siri
Funny Farm manager Mark Kelly, 50, relied on a weak wifi signal and the iPhone’s Siri voice command app to call for help after he was buried and...
Swinton hired as new boys basketball coach
Former Haines Glacier Bears basketball player and Haines School graduate Tyler Swinton, 27, is the new boys’ basketball head coach for this...
New magistrate sworn in
A new magistrate judge was sworn in Monday morning at the Haines courthouse. Kila Orion...
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Nora Grace Taylor was born on Dec. 10 in Hong Kong to Barry Taylor and Fransiska Sukarni. Nora was 8 pounds 4 ounces. Fransiska is from Sumatra,...
Anchorage resident repays kindness to Haines disaster relief
Wally Smith, 83, a retired industrial arts teacher in Anchorage, donated $1,000 to local disaster relief efforts this month because he “had a... Full story
2020: Pandemic, natural disaster and upheaval
As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: "I don't want to relive this year, nor sh...
Faverty takes it to the next level
Last March when the clock ticked down on the Haines Glacier Bears’ come-from-behind regional tournament victory over Metlakatla, Kirby Faverty’s b...
