Articles from the January 27, 2011 edition
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Spike in bear kills puts focus on hunt
The state Department of Fish and Game will be watching the spring brown bear harvest, as the number of kills has exceeded the state’s guideline...
Assembly renews SEABA permit
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday voted 6-0 to renew a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) following lengthy...
Best educated town, per capita, in Alaska?
The Haines Borough has the highest per capita number of college graduates in Alaska, according to information published this week by The Chronicle of...
Downtown group takes 1st steps
A half-dozen downtown business and property owners met Wednesday to reap "low-hanging fruit" identified in the Haines Borough’s...
Don't encourage squirrel-killing
I was saddened to read in last week’s edition of the Chilkat Valley News the story of the squirrel killings. When we were children we...
Miles made Haines a better place
Dennis Miles, you were the very best of us. Ever quick with a smile, a joke and always easy to laugh. Intelligent, focused and driven, but forever...
DDF thanks for fund-raiser help
Once again the Haines High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team had a successful dinner fundraiser thanks to the generosity of our community. Food...
Book aims at solving conflict
Sixty copies of the book "Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most" have circulated throughout Haines in recent weeks....
Denker to appeal HAL variance
Union Street resident Mike Denker said he’ll appeal a 5-1 decision by the Haines Borough Planning Commission last week that reaffirmed a...
Opinion
Ice creepers always seemed to me designed for the elderly or feeble. Then I fell last week three times on a single trip home. Aging, they say, is...
Entrepreneur Miles remembered for energy, humor
Dennis Miles, a colorful and energetic businessman who made friends of customers at his Main Street furniture store, died Sunday of an apparent heart...
Fish run pushes up gull numbers in annual Audubon count
Numbers of gulls nearly tripled to 1,425 during the annual Audubon bird count, possibly due to a run of fish in Chilkat Inlet. "Several thousand...
Bear girls shut down Wrangell, lose 2 to Skagway
Not unlike the tugboat they rode in on, the 2A state champion Skagway girls’ basketball team powered into Haines this week. The Panthers...
DeHart new health nurse
Elsa DeHart is the new public health nurse in Haines. DeHart, who worked the past three years as a public health nurse in Kodiak, replaces Monica Acto...
Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 24 A caller requested extra patrols of their Fourth Avenue apartment complex after an early-morning knock on their door. State road...
Dolphins make mark at Games
The Haines Dolphins swim team had more than 30 participants in the annual Winter Games last weekend at the Haines swimming pool. "We measure...
