Articles from the June 25, 2020 edition
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Cornejo to step down from Constantine, work as consultant
Constantine Metal Resources has reduced its share of the Palmer Project and vice president of community affairs Liz Cornejo stepped down from the...
COVID-19 count rises to five
This week four new COVID-19 cases were reported, one asymptomatic female and three Excursion Inlet cannery workers. About 50 people attended an...
Haines unemployment rate is the highest in the state
In May, Haines had the highest unemployment rate in the state, according to preliminary numbers released by the Alaska Department of Labor and...
New traveler recommendation creates testing gap in Haines
On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly updated its 14-day quarantine recommendation to mirror the state’s new mandate for travelers entering...
Classroom aide hours cut from Klukwan School budget
The Chilkat Indian Village is looking for ways to absorb a cut in hours for assistant teachers at Klukwan School after the Chatham School District...
$850,000 will fund first round of CARES Act business grants
On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly passed a spending plan for $2.1 million in federal COVID-19 relief, the first of three installments the boroug...
Marijuana businesses have been shut out from COVID-19 relief
Marijuana businesses are falling through the cracks when it comes to economic assistance for COVID-19. Although pot businesses were deemed essential...
Assembly puts permanent fund question to voters
In October, Haines residents will vote on a proposed $450,000 draw from the borough’s permanent fund to offset unexpected costs associated with scho...
Troopers arrest resident for intent to distribute meth
The Alaska State Troopers drug unit Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs arrested a Haines resident on May 15 for misconduct involving a controlled...
Police kill sow causing property damage
Haines police officer Brayton Long shot a female bear on Highland Drive this week and police later cited the resident for an unsecured compost pile th...
Arts Outlook
Community Players to organize YouTube variety show Lynn Canal Community Players hopes to produce a summer production consisting of vignettes viewed...
Robert Bears: traveler, life-long learner
Robert Edward Bears, 67, died June 11 at his home in West Richland, Washington. Bob was born Aug. 26, 1952 in Council, Idaho to Robert J. and Sally...
Young remembered as free-spirited traveler and loving mother
Deborah Young died at home in Haines on June 13 at the age of 70. She loved the Seattle Mariners,...
Haines EOC says individual refuses to quarantine, situation now resolved
The Haines Borough Emergency Operations Center (EOC) issued a press release on Facebook Wednesday evening stating that an asymptomatic woman who...
Citations needed to keep bears safe
It is common knowledge that feeding bears is dangerous for both people and bears, like drunk driving. Is it not HBPDs job to help keep our community...
I've never had issues with bears
In over 50 years of living in Haines and operating a garbage company for 17 years in Haines, I have never had a bear damage property or return to my...
Secure bear attractants or get cited
Every year Haines bears are rewarded by unsecured attractants and every year few if any citations are issued by the police, ADFG, or the wildlife...
There is truly no place like home
I would like to express my gratitude for this community. On behalf of my family, we’d like to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. The...
Draw your own conclusions
I’ve noticed a lot of letters from people I never heard of (and I’ve lived here for more than 50 years), protesting the firing of the most recent...
Duly Noted
Teslin Grace Podsiki and Josh Whitby were married on Saturday, June 20 at the top of Shawnee Mountain in Delaware, Pennsylvania. Eleven people attende...
