Articles from the May 18, 2017 edition
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Gas at landfill sends two workers to clinic
A Community Waste Solutions Bobcat ran over a container containing unidentified chemical irritants Wednesday, sending two employees to the Haines...
Assembly seat draws 7 applicants
Seven residents are seeking appointment to the Haines Borough Assembly seat vacated by the resignation of Mike Case. The applicants include some who...
Lendes donate $25K
Haines residents Chip and Heather Lende have donated $25,000 to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for a new fund to support local fitness and...
Seep leaks tank farm fuel
Work at the Haines Fuel Terminal last year revealed significant underground pollution at Tanani Point Beach, representing as much as one third of the...
At Battery Point, 13 bags of plastic
Seventeen volunteers collected 13 garbage bags of beach debris – including a discarded section of gillnet and two bags of polypropylene line ...
Tengs Fowler, Plachta win awards for arts projects
Two residents are among 25 individuals chosen by the Rasmuson Foundation for a 2017 individual artist’s project award. Some 335 applications were...
Mud Bay neighbors weigh resource extraction
Mud Bay residents and the Haines Borough Planning Commission are trying to decide how much is too much when it comes to natural resource extraction...
Planners: Don't expand borough
The Haines Borough Planning Commission quashed the idea of expanding borough boundaries after the assembly referred the idea to planners last month....
Andriesen will address graduates
Longtime Haines middle school teacher Lisa Andriesen will speak at Haines High School graduation Tuesday. The senior class voted to hear from Andriese...
Plans for harbor trail finalized
The final conceptual designs for the Portage Cove Interpretive Trail and Harbor Park are set to move on to borough committees after the fifth...
Writer clarifies point about equipment
To those of you who read my paid commentary several weeks ago regarding the conditional use permit issued to Roger Schnabel for a project in Skyline...
Stop timber sale; allow forest to recover
I heard this winter on KHNS that Haines is getting ready to log 800 acres in the Porcupine area. I understand the price of these trees is $250,000....
Bike to School Day a community event
Thank you to everyone who helped with the “Ride Your Bike to School Day” at Haines School. We especially appreciate those who came early to help...
Thanks for help getting cat to move
I’d like to thank the following people for helping me get my cat “Boo-Boo” to his new home. I moved to a new address and my cat would not come...
Duly Noted
Jessie Hopper of Fayetteville, Ga., is processing archival collections at Haines Sheldon Museum thanks to a grant from the National Historical...
