Articles from the March 10, 2022 edition
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Borough plans to appeal 2020 census results
Haines Borough officials are planning to appeal 2020 U.S. Census results, which likely were inaccurate in Haines, state researchers said last week....
Canada's new cruise guidelines pave way for summer season
Canada announced this week new guidelines for cruise ships, following a two-year ban during the pandemic that reduced sailings to Alaska. The...
EOC stands down
The Haines Borough Emergency Operations Center (EOC) deactivated its response to the covid-19 pandemic effective March 1, EOC commander Carolann...
State to implement paid parking at Southeast airports
Sitka will switch from free to paid airport parking next month under a state program that later could come to other Southeast communities, although...
Wages rose last decade- but not by much
Wages in the Haines Borough rose by 8% last decade, a growth rate outpaced by most other census areas in Alaska, according to the state’s March...
Ferry system still short of hiring target for summer schedule
State ferry system and Transportation Department officials plan to gather this week in Ketchikan to consider options for fulfilling the advertised sum...
Assembly Briefs
The Haines Borough Assembly changed its heliski code and administrative policy Tuesday in part to align with language similar to the Bureau of Land...
BLM questions 'decline' of Takhinsha area goat populations
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee questioned Bureau of Land Management staff about why the federal agency isn’t restricting...
Borough receives 43 capital improvement plan proposals
The Haines Borough received 43 capital improvement plan proposals as part of a public engagement program launched this year. Nine of the ideas were...
Dolphins end season with more than 100 personal best times
The Haines Dolphins Swim team held a time trial this weekend, their final event as a team this season after interruptions in ferry service forced a...
High water temperatures measured last year at Chilkat Lake weir
Temperatures high enough, in theory, to harm fish were measured in 2019 and again last year at the Chilkat Lake weir, along a major thoroughfare for t...
Pregnant moose killed on FAA road charged man, Trooper says
A moose killed late last month by a FAA Road resident was shot in defense of life and property, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Colin Nemec told the CVN....
Active community member dies at 77
Peggy Ormasen, who worked for decades at L.A.B. Flying Service, died Feb. 23 of heart and kidney... Full story
Is your free speech Russian propaganda?
There was a derogatory name leveled at people during the Cold War who were unwittingly influenced by the Soviet Union: useful idiots. Russian presiden...
Botched census shouldn't have happened
I can’t believe anyone was surprised by the census count’s inaccuracy. I complained on social media about the incompetence while it was occurrin...
Support the Dolphins at 'Swimboree'
Thank you so much to all the volunteers who make the Haines Dolphins Swim Team the vibrant organization that it is. Many thanks to the American...
Thanks to those who display integrity
I would like to appreciate Kyle Clayton and Doug Olerud for their dedication to public service in our community. Although these two do not always...
Thanks for rich curriculum at Klukwan School
Klukwan School would like to thank Joe Hotch for teaching traditional Tlingit knowledge, Tracy Wirak-Cassidy for her ongoing real-world science...
No snakes in Alaska or on the Moon (yet)
Is Alaska familiar with St. Patrick’s Day? That one night of the year American-lrish people live for—yet can never remember? (The tragedy of my...
Duly Noted
Klukwan School teacher Laura McIndoe reports that students learned about animal tracks, snow crystals, measuring snow and types of snow in Tracy Wirak...