Articles from the July 29, 2021 edition
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Attractants, garbage continue to draw bears
Bear attractants remain an issue in Haines, according to a CVN review of more than 140 police reports, and are associated with property damage...
Fair opens with COVID precautions
With reported COVID-19 cases again rising in Alaska, officials with the Southeast Alaska State Fair...
Fair offerings: winning ribbons, training chickens
Taylen Reed couldn't get off from her job bartending at Kito's Kave in Petersburg to attend the...
Manager job offered to Annette Kreitzer
After a 15-month process that included two rounds of searches and a job offer that was turned down i...
Wrong remains find final resting place at peak of Mount Sinclair
When John Svenson learned fellow climbers would be ascending Mount Sinclair, a 6,800 foot peak...
Haines unlikely to serve as port for Yukon ore exports
At a public meeting hosted by Lynn Canal Conservation last week speakers cast doubt that Haines could be a viable port for Yukon mining interests....
Bald Eagle Foundation cancels fall festival
The American Bald Eagle Foundation announced Tuesday that it is canceling its November festival due to COVID-19 concerns and a limited budget. “We...
Highway project costs increase at 19 Mile
A major design change to work at the 19 Mile slide will add up to $2 million to the cost of the Haines Highway reconstruction project and may delay a...
Assembly briefs
Assembly approves disaster debris processing funds The Haines Borough assembly approved unanimously at its Tuesday meeting up to $110,000 for...
Regional, economic divides hinder compomise on state's fiscal future
Some of the key players in legislative efforts to reach a compromise on a long-term fiscal plan for the state — in addition to settling on an...
Disaster relief group could help rebuild homes
Representatives from the Mennonite Disaster Services (MDS) were in town this week meeting with the Haines Long Term Recovery Group and residents...
Arts Outlook
Display of antiquarian books Haines reporter and writer Tom Morphet will display a collection of...
COVID claims Haines High grad
Scott Hibbard, who grew up in Haines, died Nov. 11, 2020 of a lung infection and complications of...
Phillips worked as mechanic, minister
A funeral was held Saturday at the Haines ANB Hall for Fred Phillips. Phillips, who grew up in...
Bad time to rewrite the state constitution
The list of escalating Alaska political divides is growing faster than skunk cabbage in a rainforest. And it smells just as bad. The line-up for the...
To go green, we need mining
It is tragically ironic that the anti-mining Lynn Canal Conservation organization has chosen to raffle an electric bicycle rather than a...
It takes a community to grow a garden
The Takshanuk Watershed Council’s Marvin Garden has been a hustle and bustle of activity this summer. Students have been busy taking care of the...
It's time to fix dilapidated Fort Seward
If you want an interesting story about local stuff, you should have a reporter look into what is happening, or should I say, not happening in Fort...
"I Love Lucy Day" is this Sunday
in appreciation for the late Lucy Harrell who generously donated millions of dollars to our community over several decades. There isn’t one single...
Let's avoid a North Garbage Point
When I first moved to Haines in 1987, the area we now call “Picture Point” was called “Garbage Point.” All kinds of garbage and appliances...
Duly Noted
Dan Schultz and Stacie Evans were married at Chilkat State Park on July 24. Derek Poinsette officiated the wedding ceremony that was followed by a...
