Articles from the April 28, 2022 edition
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Podsiki, post office 'day maker,' to retire after 32 years and one day
Longtime postman Greg Podsiki has a few parcels of wisdom to share about cheerfulness and joy after...
Assembly votes to give ad hoc committees clearer direction
The Haines Borough Assembly decided unanimously Tuesday to give ad hoc advisory committees clearer direction by formalizing them through resolutions....
Senate committee proposes full school debt repayment
The Haines Borough could receive about $2.1 million under a Senate Finance Committee plan to pay back municipalities across Alaska for years of...
Remains found during Haines Highway reconstruction confirmed to be human
Bone fragments found two weeks ago during construction along the Haines Highway were determined to be human, a state spokesperson confirmed on Monday...
Track team sets 32 personal records at first meet of the season
The Haines track and field team set 32 personal records at the first track meet of the season in Ketchikan April 22-23. Four athletes placed first at...
Pool users lobby assembly to keep pool open year-round
The public pool will stay open through May—a recent change made by borough manager Annette Kreitzer after pool users and the Haines Friends of the...
Borough to ask state to conduct vehicle speed studies
The borough assembly voted unanimously to ask the Alaska Department of Transportation and Alaska State Troopers to initiate speed studies on two secti...
State proposes airport rehabilitation project
The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing a new project at the Haines Airport to rehabilitate the runway and several taxiways, build...
Arts Outlook
Musical comedy at Chilkat Center Canadian pianist and comedienne Sarah Hagen interprets classical...
Borough publishes six-year capital improvement project list
As part of the manager’s draft 2023 budget, Haines Borough staff published a six-year capital improvement project list devised through a new...
Revival of Fort Seward Hospital Building is underway
Work is underway to resuscitate the Fort Seward Hospital Building, long used as the headquarters...
Haines route added to new digital cargo network
A new digital cargo network expanded in recent months and now is working with a freight company that’s planning service to Haines. The network was...
Data firm seeks input from businesses for regional survey
A Juneau data analysis firm is seeking responses to an annual Southeast Alaska business survey that will be used to guide state and regional economic...
It all adds up to the same $2,600
With just a few weeks left in the legislative session, House and Senate budget writers appear to agree that $2,600 is a good number to put into the...
When to start planting in the garden
By Blythe Carter Warm spring sunshine makes us all restless, especially when our bare gardens sit there staring back at us, gently mocking! Which...
It's Grow Time
As the ground thaws and the breeze warms, gardeners around toQwn are itching to start digging in their soil. In many areas of the Chilkat Valley the g...
A few things to consider as you get into your garden this spring
Some of you may be switching over to use Coir instead of peat moss in the interest of sustainability. There is concern about the over harvesting and...
Duly Noted
Harvey Francis Daly Van Wyhe was born 3:11 p.m. April 22 to Fran Daly and Alex Van Wyhe at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. Harvey is the...
Dangers of "D.C." propaganda
I thoroughly agree with the publisher’s editorial on the dangers of Russian propaganda, but I think we should be equally concerned...
