Articles from the May 23, 2013 edition
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Feds charge guide Martin: 5 felonies
A Haines hunting guide faces $40,000 in fines and permanent revocation of professional guiding privileges after agreeing to plead guilty to federal...
THREA to drop bid for Walker Lake
A Tlingit and Haida Regional Electric Authority (THREA) board member said this week the non-profit plans to forfeit its competition with a Haines...
King salmon derby on Saturday
If anglers participating in the 35th Haines Sportsman’s Association King Salmon Derby this weekend are lucky, they’ll be catching some of the...
'Bomb-like device' found in book bin
Haines police and troopers responded Wednesday night to a report of a bomb-like device inside the library’s book return receptacle. The device...
Celebration kicks off summer reading effort
The Haines Borough Public Library’s annual Summer Reading Program, themed “Dig into Reading,” launches at 11 a.m. Friday, May 24, with a...
Duly Noted
Haines High School graduates Royal and Patrick Henderson had grandparents and friends visiting during this week’s graduation. Grandmother Pat...
Consider options to closing pool
In response to the possibility that the pool may be closed for several months at a time, may I suggest that some of the money-saving tips sound like...
Treat cemetery with respect
The cemetery is looking nicer than ever, thanks to the efforts of the Haines Borough public works department and the caring citizens of Haines. There...
Idea would up choices for voters
We need to move beyond the inertia of “we’ve always done it that way” and do what makes sense: elect all assembly members at large with a...
Voting change in assembly plan
Your story about proposed changes to election procedures did not report that the issue was advanced by the entire assembly as a strategic action plan...
Fight on, local skateboarders
So Haines Borough cops say they’re only enforcing the laws on the books. Could the police actually be selectively enforcing town laws? Read further...
Thanks for Earth Day help
Thank you to everyone who helped make our May 11 Earth Day celebration such a success. We had a wonderful ad hoc committee, Farmers’ Market...
Connelly hydro a boondoggle
Hydropower is a great resource and one that currently provides most of our energy needs in the upper Lynn Canal. Alaska Power and Telephone’s push...
Retirement party memorable
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Head Start staff, parents, personal friends and children for the great retirement party. The...
Volunteers critical for try-athlon
Thank you to volunteers and participants of the Haines Try-athlon. I am especially appreciative to the Well & Fit Community Council and the Haines...
Haines memories are indelible
Speaking from the perspective of Haines ex-pats, we would like to take a minute to let the Chilkat Valley know that you are a wondrous place. Haines...
Generosity left family speechless
Growing up in Haines, I could never understand the pull this town had on my mom, Sue Meacock. In my 20s, I thought it must be the slower pace of...
Prayers lifted family in need
My grandma was really sick. Not an old, mean, grouchy, uncomfortable grandma. My sweet, young, funny, sugareating diabetic, full-of-life grandma, the...
Peace group boosts school effort
The Haines High School Student Council would like to thank the Haines People for Peace and the student body for their continued support of the...
Cuts still in borough budget; next meeting on Tuesday
The Haines Borough Assembly held its first public hearing May 14 on manager Mark Earnest’s proposed budget, but assembly members have yet to make...
Assembly, AP&T to meet June 25
An Alaska Power and Telephone official is angling to pitch the proposed Connelly Lake project to the Haines Borough Assembly at an upcoming meeting....
Finish frigid for Bear track team
A season of wacky weather came to a fitting close for Haines High School at last weekend’s frigid state track and field championship in Fairbanks,...
Assemblyman Vick looks at town trapping
Haines Borough Assembly member Steve Vick is taking up the issue of trapping in the townsite at Thursday’s Government Affairs and Services...
King salmon return expected low, but inside goals
This year’s king salmon run is projected to be below average but within the Department of Fish and Game’s escapement goal, assistant area manageme...
Screenings for youths May 30-31
The REACH Infant Learning Program and SEARHC clinics in Haines and Klukwan are offering developmental and health screenings for children from newborn...