Articles from the January 31, 2013 edition
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Assembly to review executive sessions
A Jan. 22 closed-door meeting of the Haines Borough Assembly may have violated Alaska’s Open Meetings Act and borough code, according to borough...
Plan afoot for new airport terminal
Air Excursions is planning to build a passenger terminal and office at the Haines Airport this spring, effectively moving operations out of downtown...
Coast Guard issues Boyce report
Details of the July 4 drowning of fisherman Richard “Dick” Boyce have emerged in a recently released investigation report from the U.S. Coast...
Police retrieve bow in dog-shooting case
The Haines Police Department served two search warrants last week and recovered items believed to have been used in the Jan. 15 killing of a dog and w...
Meter-reading gear aims at saving time
The purchase of new water meter technology will help make the Haines Borough more efficient and represents a step toward expanding metered service to...
Contract includes 48 days of leave
In June 2012, Haines Borough Assembly member Debra Schnabel asked mayor Stephanie Scott for a report on manager Mark Earnest’s accrued and used...
Young Dolphins make big strokes at meet
The home-pool advantage during the recent Winter Games North meet pushed many Haines Dolphins swimmers to register for races they had never...
Gulls top bird count
The glaucous-winged gull, a bird that ranges the coastline of Alaska to Washington state feeding on fish, mussels, scraps and carrion, was the species...
Trooper vacancy may last through summer
Despite pressure from Haines Borough officials, it’s not looking like the Department of Public Safety will fill Haines’ second trooper position...
LCC hosts talks on Alaska mining projects
Lynn Canal Conservation will host a presentation Friday, Feb.1 at the Chilkat Center giving an overview of current mining projects in Alaska and the...
Girls' team notches conference win
The Haines High School girls’ varsity basketball team picked up one win at Wrangell last weekend, and though the varsity boys failed to secure a...
Winter Games Feb. 9
The Southeast Alaska State Fair will host Winter Games starting 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Fair executive director Ross Silkman said the event will...
Enright-Ebnet worked as chemist
Former Haines resident Mary Ann Enright-Ebnet, whose interest in science became a career as a...
AP&T, benefactors paid for KHNS gear
KHNS extends our grateful thanks to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation, the Margaret Frans Brady Fund of the Juneau Community Foundation and...
Many reasons for shooting a dog
I can think of many reasons why someone (kids mostly) would put an arrow into a dog. The first reason would be that in the first place they were not...
Best to monitor and love your pets
On Third and Fourth avenues there are people who don’t deserve the privilege of owning pets. They are letting their dogs wander the streets, to do...
Sportsmen salute longtime volunteers
The Haines Sportsman’s Association would like to thank our two outgoing officers, Kim Larson and Marilyn Parks, for their many years of dedicated...
Duly Noted
Haines artists will be well represented at Juneau’s Dimond Park Aquatic Center. Husband and wife teams Donna Catotti and Rob Goldberg and John and S...
Police Report
Monday, Jan. 28 A library employee reported a vehicle parked in the parking lot overnight. The employee asked that the owner move the vehicle as...
