Articles from the June 2, 2022 edition
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Vote to prohibit Mud Bay events likely to be reconsidered
Haines Borough staff and mayor Douglas Olerud asked assembly member Tyler Huling to make a motion to reconsider a 4-2 vote made last week that...
Glacier Bears track team places in top four at state championship
The Haines track and field team ended their season with six podiums, or placing in the top four, at...
Japanese mining company makes first local hire
Former mining consultant and Constantine Metal Resources employee Liz Cornejo started work this week as the first local employee of the Japanese...
Committee to discuss changes to harbor moorage rates, launch fees, port tariff
The Port and Harbor Advisory Committee will consider changes to harbor moorage rates, boat-launch fees and the port tariff, among other charges that...
Low numbers mark start to Community Waste Solutions drive-and-drop
The landfill’s drive-and-drop program for household garbage has seen less-than-anticipated use in the two months since it started, according to...
Bird flu detected in dead bald eagle
A strain of bird flu that has spread across the world over the last two years infecting wild and domestic birds was detected two weeks ago in a bald...
Electronic waste recycle days scheduled for June 10, 11
Spring cleaners who have old computers, printers, televisions, microwaves and other electronics gathering dust will have the opportunity to remove...
First Friday events include hammer guessing game, $500 prize
First Friday events on June 3 include paintings by Donna Catotti at the Haines Brewing Company, putting practice at the Valley of the Eagles Golf Cour...
Batter up! Little League baseball begins Saturday
Little League leads off on Opening Day scheduled for Saturday, June 4 at the Sawmill Road ball fields at 1 p.m. The event will include player introduc...
Election to fill Young's seat first chance to try new voting system
This is the first year for ranked-choice voting in Alaska, and the changeover will start next week. Voting in the primary election to choose from...
Senate Finance co-chair says state needs more in savings
If oil prices stay above $100 a barrel for the next 12 months, the state could end the fiscal year in June 2023 with about $2.3 billion in its...
This week in history
June 10, 1972 Some of the higher-ups of Haines: If all goes well, by the time you read this, the qua...
I'm for Mary
I’m voting for Mary Sattler Peltola to represent Alaska in the U.S. Congress. Mary understands the diversity of Alaska, and has the experience...
The Owl with No Clothes
“Eureka!” You know who said that? Archimedes did. You know why? Because he figured out how to measure the density of gold, while slipping into a...
Duly Noted
Esmé Anne Marie Reed was born May 19 at Bartlett Regional Hospital, arriving three and a half weeks earlier than expected. She was 6 lbs. 3 oz. and...
