Articles from the February 21, 2019 edition
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Pakistani intern compares Haines and home, past and present
Using gloved hands, Hina Zaidi braces each side of a brittle newspaper's pages as she turns them....
Kiehl: Governor used 'meat ax' approach
State Sen. Jesse Kiehl’s visit to Haines was dominated by questions about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget that aims to reduce more than $1...
Resource extraction in Mud Bay is again on the table
The Haines Borough Planning Commission reversed course last week, advancing a code change that would allow large-scale resource extraction in the Mud...
Community foundation surpasses $185,000 goal
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation (CVCF) reached its $185,000 fundraising goal this month, an...
Dolphins break records in Anchorage
Four Haines Dolphins competed at the Age Group Champs meet in Anchorage last weekend where they...
Manager approves permit for Alaska Excursions
Haines Borough manager Debra Schnabel approved the issuance of Alaska Excursions’ Glacier Point canoe tour permit after company owner Robert Murphy...
Students reflect on Elizabeth Peratrovich's legacy
Haines students from kindergarten to 12th grade described Tlingit civil rights leader Elizabeth...
Arts Outlook
Sebens directs British farce ‘Noises Off’ Cast and crew are busy rehearsing “Noises Off,” a 1992 three-act British sex-farce written by...
Corrections
In last week’s article “Tourism code goes back to committee” operator Andy Hedden was paraphrased as saying that the borough should “create...
Kammerer ticked Alaska living off his bucket list
David Kammerer died Feb. 12 of an apparent heart attack while watching TV with Beth French... Full story
Who's in charge of Haines?
We live in an age of catastrophic corporate control that threatens our democracy. Large corporations buy elections, lobby politicians, evade taxes,...
A volatile industry is not worth the risk
Large-scale industrial development is fundamentally incompatible with the subsistence lifestyle enjoyed by inhabitants of the Chilkat Valley for...
Follow the money
Haines is being asked to consider the biggest question we have faced in a generation. Is a large-scale industrial mine operated by two foreign...
Support our town, support a police dog
I have talked with the dog breeder/trainers, police chiefs, city managers and/or the K9 officers themselves in Wasilla, Yakutat, and Juneau...
Duly Noted
Joseph Rossman was named Technology Student of the Year at the Alaska Society for Technology in Education (ASTE) conference in Anchorage, which was...