Articles from the June 22, 2017 edition
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Hall wants buyout or town contract
Community Waste Solutions owner Tom Hall proposed two options to the Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group for future management of Haines...
Unicyclists make Kluane history
A track left in the snow by a single tire on the unplowed Haines Highway early Saturday testified to the odyssey of UniQuest Yukon, a unicycle team...
Thorgesen: 'I don't like 'For Sale' signs going up unchecked'
Chris Thorgesen has heard a lot about himself lately. “I’ve heard I’ve got mafia ties, or that I’m a member of religious cult that’s taking...
Fish tales win praise for hometown author
Rosemary McGuire, 40, is considering returning to school to study biology. “Forty is probably old enough to get a useful degree,” she joked this...
Marksmen win medals
The Haines Hot Shots and Haines Glacier Bears shooting teams traveled to Birchwood for a state shooting competition this month. Dawson Holm, Jackson...
Are there deer here?
Resident Alexis Dombrock said she was more than surprised to see a deer bound along Lutak Road near the ferry terminal on May 28. “I was in such a...
Charging sow a concern at Chilkoot
Visitors take caution. A brown bear sow accompanied by three yearling cubs has lunged at cars and people along the Chilkoot Corridor and Lutak Spur Ro...
Assembly seeks advice on conflict code change
The Haines Borough Assembly directed the manager and borough attorney June 13 to consider revision of code that bars the borough from contracting with...
Waterfront planning grant: $86K
The Alaska Arts Confluence in partnership with the Haines Borough has been awarded an $86,000 grant for supporting a community design of an...
Assembly tilts toward Hart for assembly seat
The Haines Borough committee of the whole supported James Hart for the open assembly seat Monday, contingent on his availability to attend meetings...
Kings dribbling in
Recent tracking efforts show low numbers of king salmon returning to Chilkat River, but definitive numbers won’t be known until about the Fourth of...
Gillnet season starts out strong
A healthy plug of chum salmon and an improved price over last season bolstered the opening week of the Lynn Canal drift gillnet season. Preliminary...
2017: A blank page in the history of the KCIBR
On the eve of Saturday’s scheduled Kluane-Chilkat International Bike Relay, race officials had a contingency in place in the event of snow accumulat...
Ham radio event set for weekend
A group of Haines and California residents are learning to set up and operate ham radios this weekend to connect to the outside world in case of an...
Bald eagle shot near Mud Bay, treated in Sitka
An injured bald eagle brought to the American Bald Eagle Foundation last week had been shot. Raptor curator Leia Minch said the adult eagle arrived...
Great turnout for hoops summer camp
We had a great turnout for the AKtive Summer Skills basketball camp. Thank you to AP&T and Chilkat Indian Village for your support. Also thanks to...
No conflict-of-interest for Schnabel
It is my opinion that Debra Schnabel does not have a conflict of interest with Southeast Road Builders (SERB), here are the reasons why: Everybody...
Rasmuson gives $11K to Hospice
The Rasmuson Foundation has done it again! Hospice of Haines received a generous $11,459 gift to furnish our new office and bereavement room in the...
Sunday swim a positive development
It’s good to see positive things happening in Haines, like the Sunday swim. Some are claiming it costs $17,000. But you can relax. Ask yourself who...
Duly Noted
Jerrie Clarke has made trips to Mexico, New Orleans, and Branson, Mo. since retiring in January from the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nev. The former...
Police Report
Tuesday, June 13 A report of an injured eagle on Mud Bay Road was referred to the American Bald Eagle Foundation. A citizen reported a flower pot was...
