Articles from the April 21, 2022 edition
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Constantine files updated wastewater management plan
In an updated permit application submitted last week to the state, Constantine Metal Resources made significant changes to its wastewater management...
Shipwrights blow life into boat project
Two local shipwrights on Monday gave Haines High woodworking students a tour of a unique boat...
Details from decades-old U.S. census give glimpse of local history
Full details from the 1950 U.S. Census were released earlier this month, intriguing historians from around the country and providing a snapshot of...
PC recommends commercial events in Mud Bay as conditional use
The Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended to the borough assembly that commercial events be allowed as a permitted activity in the Mud Bay...
Sales, property taxes up in manager's draft budget
Haines Borough manager Annette Kreitzer released her draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year—notable changes include increased sales and property...
Coho, sockeye runs projected to be average; kings, pinks to be low
Local sockeye and coho salmon runs are expected to be average this season, while the Chilkat king salmon run is projected to fall below the state’s...
Science ed initiative to explore Chilkat Valley
In mid-June, teachers from around the state will have an opportunity to learn about place-based science education through a new initiative in the...
Students reflect on Seattle art trip
Seven Haines High School students brought back different impressions from a week-long art trip to...
Code review commission recommends changing authority to suspend officers
The Code Review Commission on April 14 recommended to the Haines Borough Assembly a code change that would shift the power to suspend borough...
Alaska Seaplanes will start Sitka-Wrangell service next month
Juneau-based Alaska Seaplanes will add Wrangell to its route map starting May 26. The company, which operates a fleet of 14 single-engine aircraft,...
Extra ferry sailing will pick up waitlist travelers in Bellingham
With more than 260 would-be ferry passengers stuck on a waitlist for travel out of Bellingham, Washington, and sailings full until late July, the...
U.S. House candidate Begich visits Haines
Nick Begich, a frontrunner in the race for the seat in U.S. House of Representatives left vacant by the death of Don Young, visited Haines on Friday...
Metcalf followed sea, adventure to Alaska
Pat Metcalf, a sailor and adventurer whose gypsy spirit led her to Tenakee Springs and finally to... Full story
Tell the assembly to keep the pool open
On June 22, 1974, the entire Sullivan family – parents Patrick and Mary Lou and children Shaun, 13, Nyla, 12, Desiree, 10, Harlan, 9 and Corbet, 5...
Time for a fresh start, vote out the incumbent
Well, primary season is heating up and the same old RINO is acting as though she deserves a fifth run. No one deserves a fifth run, this...
Thanks Greg Podsiki!
A huge heart-filled thanks goes out to Greg Podsiki. Greg is retiring from the Post Office on Friday, April 29. For 31 years and one day Greg has...
Please keep the pool open
Did you know that water aerobics is a great way to keep fit and healthy? We do. We are a group of people who can’t really walk, jog or run, especial...
The pool's on a roll, don't let the wave crash
Before we had a pool in Haines, physical educators Terry Sharnbroich and Ellen Larson brought the Haines fifth graders to Juneau each year for a week...
We can't afford to close the pool
There are many good reasons to keep the pool open this summer, the least of which is that we can afford to, and I would argue that we can’t afford...
Need nonprofits to assist refugees
Two of the nine US Volunteer Agencies involved with resettling people from war-torn parts of the world have responded thus far with a desire to...
Thank you from the High School Art Club
On behalf of the High School Art Club and myself, I wanted to send out a special thank you to the Chilkoot Indian Association and Constantine Metal...
Swimming saves lives
To the Haines assembly: I recently read on Facebook that the assembly is considering closing the Haines pool for three months in the summer. I am so s...
Duly Noted
Stevie Lynn Young was born to Carlee Heinmiller Young and Will Young at 3:45 a.m. Saturday, April 16 in Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo....
