Articles from the April 17, 2014 edition
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Revitalize this: Large, empty and downtown
This is the first in a series of articles about the emptying of the town’s core. Stories in coming weeks will include the role of government in...
Sales tax revenues up a hair
Preliminary sales tax figures for calendar year 2103 compiled by the Haines Borough show local sales up about 1 percent from 2012, at $49.8 million....
If Heimlich doesn't work, try, try again
It took about 10 thrusts using the Heimlich maneuver for truck driver Aaron Hietala of Haines to save co-worker Mike Denker from choking during an...
Assessor says accounts still a mess
The Haines Borough’s latest contract assessor says years of problems persist in the borough’s assessment system and resolving them may require...
Assembly: No to mayor's road letter
The Haines Borough Assembly April 8 rejected mayor Stephanie Scott’s request to send an opinion piece to the Juneau Empire criticizing funding of...
Ode to salmon planned on Main
A local conservation group recently secured funding to install an 8-by-24-foot chalkboard on Main Street where residents can express their...
Winter tour study gets OK
The fourth time was the charm for the Haines Borough tourism department. The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved the deparments’s request...
Lightering float fee increase proposed
Using the Port Chilkoot Dock lightering float may be getting more expensive. The Haines Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance last week that would...
Cameras in town for new reality TV show
A representative of a new reality TV show to be filmed partially in Haines was approaching residents in the townsite last week, asking if they had...
Big Air: 13 compete in classic
Sixth-grader Marirose Evenden soared to victory Sunday as the only female competitor and winner of the beginner category at the 19th Annual Olen Nash...
Borough OKs $113K in sewer plant work
The Haines Borough is taking a step toward addressing its dilapidated wastewater treatment plant, beginning with designs for more than $4 million in...
School to hire 'dean of students'
Under a staffing plan that responds to the departure of vice-principal Michelle Byer, the Haines Borough School Board Monday approved hire of a...
Assessments out; used 'market groups' method
Property owners should be receiving their 2014 assessments by now, as notices were sent out last week, contract assessor Marty McGee said. The total...
Editorial
If you don’t think it pays to shop at home, consider that local sales taxes raised $2.74 million last year, or nearly one-quarter of the...
Forget concrete at Picture Point
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. This is the song I sing to myself every time I think of what might happen to Picture Point. They are pla...
Thanks for staging Big Air contest
A huge thank you to the dozens of people that made the Olen Nash Memorial Big Air contest a great event. Special thanks to Luck Dunbar for...
Thanks SEABA, for Big Air's big grins
I think everyone who attended the Big Air competition on Sunday would agree that Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures deserves a hearty thank...
Options, including homeschool, are best
Thankfully, what Elisabetta LoGuidice described in her letter last week is not the picture of homeschooling in Haines. For a picture, look no further...
Duly Noted
Tom and Liz Heywood spent two weeks in Hawaii recently, their first “warm vacation” in 30 years. They usually vacation with family in Minnesota....
Police Report
Sunday, April 13 Troopers reported discovering multiple prescription drugs and hypodermic needles inside a vehicle that had thawed out...
