Articles from the February 16, 2012 edition
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Assembly leans to spot check heli-ski GPS data
Mayor Stephanie Scott on Tuesday twice broke tie votes of the Haines Borough Assembly regarding global positioning system data for helicopter skiing,...
Slump movement slows, monitoring continues
Due to the slowing movement of the "slump" on Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road, the Haines Borough is closing the command center set up in January to...
Assembly agrees to hear SEABA permit appeal
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Feb. 28, will rehear a planning commission decision that denied a company’s request for a permit to use a...
Murkowski makes Haines stop Tuesday
Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be in Haines on Tuesday to hold a “roundtable” discussion with borough officials, community leaders and residents. The...
Scott appoints six to task force for community center design
Mayor Stephanie Scott last month appointed six residents to a task force that will examine responses to a “request for qualifications” for...
Beginnings of park at Picture Point approved
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved an ordinance to establish a park at Picture Point. “This ordinance just pertains to the tidelands, a...
Briefs
Winter games set for Saturday The Haines Winter “Olympics” is set for Saturday, although the weather will dictate if all the events take place as...
Police Blotter
Monday, Feb. 13 A caller reported a dog inside a vehicle had locked the doors. The caller provided a phone number to the driver for assistance. A...
Duly Noted
Mary Price is recovering from heart-related complications at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Mary was briefly released from the...
New public health nurse familiar to Southeast area
Tari “Ty” Esposito said when she arrived in Haines as the acting public health nurse last fall, “I loved the town as soon as I got here....
Barbara Woods was high-spirited, outgoing
There will be a potluck celebration of Barbara Woods’ life at 5 p.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 16) at...
Whitehorse stands tall over competition in Hotch tournament
A massive Whitehorse team avenged two earlier losses to a Juneau squad to take the title at the Dick...
Glacier Bears tackle Yukoners
The Haines boys’ basketball team posted two wins over a Yukon squad last weekend. The visitors made the trip from Whitehorse, and the exhibition gam...
Students illustrate history of ‘revolution, reform’
Animal rights, the gold rush and 9-11 were just some of the topics students centered their projects...
Lighten Up
The Glacier Bear dance team, including Margarette Jones, Brook Cinocco and Samantha Lowe, perform a...
Hiking Buddies
Annie Boyce and Windsor the dog pause on the north summit of Mount Ripinsky on Feb. 7. Boyce, Paul...
Screentime Learning
Children work on the newly installed Early Literacy Station computers in the Children’s Room of...