Articles from the March 8, 2012 edition
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Troopers investigate cop's care of horses
The veterinarian who treated three ailing horses belonging to a Haines Borough police officer said the animals in mid-January were suffering...
Heli-Skiing Guide Dies Avalanche
A heli-ski guide died and a client was critically injured after being caught in an avalanche Tuesday morning during a heli-ski tour near Chilkat...
Season snow record set
If you notched a tree or took a photo of the high-snow mark five years ago, you may not believe it, but Haines has set an all-time record for a...
HARK event offers to 'chip' dogs
“Pelly,” a husky mix that resident Marnie Hartman adopted in Whitehorse, Y.T., came with an implanted microchip that stored contact information...
Local GOP for Romney
Mitt Romney won the Presidential Preference Poll of local Republicans on Tuesday, when turnout was a third of the 2008 total. Residents cast 39 votes...
Harbormaster to leave April 1; apply by March 29
Haines Borough Harbormaster Ed Barrett submitted his resignation last week. “I wish the organization and the community well,” Barrett wrote in...
Motel sought for veterans’ home
Haines Assisted Living is negotiating to buy the Thunderbird Motel as the site of a possible veterans’ home in Haines. Purchase would be funded by...
Heli-ski law impedes goat research
The headline this week should have read, “Assembly enacts ordinance to block research on wildlife populations in Chilkat Valley.” After agonizing...
Change laws to ensure horse care
Who has the responsibility for the humane care of horses? One would think that Haines Animal Rescue Kennel (HARK) would. They handle dogs and cats...
Thanks for help with Asian dinners
I would like to thank Yuko Hays for going above and beyond to help us at the American Legion Asian dinner, making the sushi, donating her time and...
Volunteers made Olympics a success
Community Youth Development, Well and Fit Community Council, and the Southeast Alaska State Fair would like to thank Haines Borough, Alaska Mountain...
Glacier Bears’ hopes quashed at tourney
Both Glacier Bear basketball teams met similar fates in Ketchikan last week, routing Wrangell and...
Clinic expansion set
The Haines clinic is set for a 600-square-foot addition this year, including four offices and expanded physical therapy space. “It will be nice to...
School sidewalk job in schedule for 2013
Students appear likely to again be walking between traffic and a snow berm getting to Haines School...
Assembly OKs GPS spot checks
The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved an ordinance for spot checks of global positioning system data to monitor compliance with helicopter...
Boat owners off the hook for shoveling 'fingers'
The harbormaster’s office will be responsible for clearing snow off “finger” floats at the small boat harbor as the result of action last week...
Borough leaders nix trip to D.C. to lobby
A Haines Borough contingent won’t be making the trip to Washington, D.C., this spring. “There are so many things that need to be tended to here...
Weather cancels Murkowski visit
A “roundtable” discussion with Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the American Bald Eagle Foundation was canceled last month due to weather that prevented...
Police Blotter
Monday, March 5 A caller told police a motorist had repeatedly driven drunk. An ill person reported as missing was located at a residence and taken...
Afloat in a Duct-Tape Boat
Haines High School sophomore Jacob Malone paddles his duct-taped vessel to the end of the pool and...
Biathalon Action
Jerry Erny, Tara Bicknell, Grant Moore and Shane Horton scramble in transition from riding to...
Duly Noted
Alijah James Thompson was born Feb. 6 to Dawn Shannon and Levi Thompson in Whitehorse, Y.T. Alijah weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 22 inches....
