Articles from the October 22, 2015 edition
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Borough will fight planned ferry cuts
Haines Borough officials are organizing a community response to a planned reduction in ferry service that tourism director Leslie Ross describes as...
Museum name change not yet final
Should the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center go by a different name? The museum’s board of directors favors such a move, but it will wait to hear...
Youths crowd swim after donor pays for pool time
A private donation providing free admission boosted the numbers of youths taking advantage of a new swim at the Haines pool. Pool manager RaeAnn...
More than 2 decades gone, city league hoops return
By Tom Morphet After a departure that lasted two decades or more, regular city league basketball games have returned, with four men’s teams...
King's Store to close 5 months
By Tom Morphet King’s Store will close for five months starting Oct. 31, and a winter closure may become permanent, owner Bev Jones said this week....
Funding passes 'tipping point'; center to open May 14
By Tom Morphet A determination that federal trail-building funds could be used for a visitor’s center helped trigger funding that in mid-May will...
Grapplers earn spots at finals in Wrangell
Two Haines grapplers reached the finals of a Wrangell tournament last weekend, but each finished as a runner-up. Sophomore Cameron Merklin-Bauer (126...
Volleyball notches a victory in Petersburg
The Haines High School volleyball team picked up one win at a seven-team Petersburg tournament last weekend. The Glacier Bears topped Skagway, but...
Hearing Wednesday on revised highway expansion
The state Department of Transportation will hold public meetings in Haines and Klukwan Oct. 28 on the draft revised environmental assessment of...
Reclclers consider 're-store'
Haines Friends of Recycling board members will meet early next year to consider the future of a “Re-Store Sale,” an effort to sell used materials...
Committee brings on McDonough, Poinsette
Tim McDonough and Derek Poinsette were elected last week to the State’s Fish and Wildlife Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee. Five other seats on...
Klukwan opens preschool
A new preschool program at Klukwan School has attracted between five and seven students and is a “win-win” for the Chatham School District,...
Borough explores economic development options
The Haines Borough Assembly’s commerce committee on Wednesday endorsed exploring a shift that would put its economic development efforts under a...
Duly Noted
Longtime Haines School art teacher Linnus Danner was awaiting surgery at an Anchorage hospital early this week after suffering a broken leg in a bicyc...
What would Ray Manaker say?
What would Ray Menaker say? The level of volunteer commitment shown by Ray and Vivian Menaker was extraordinary. As my editor in the early 1980s, Ray...
Quilters gave group 'amazing support'
We would like to thank the Ripinsky Rippers quilting group once again for their amazing support of Becky’s Place Haven of Hope, our local “safe...
Candidate's message: Stay involved
I would like to thank all the residents of Haines who work here and live here for your support in our local election. I would encourage you to stay...
Please respect bears at Chilkoot
Did you see the picture in the Chilkat Valley News recently of the fishermen fishing elbow to elbow on the Chilkoot River? What I didn’t see was...
Police Blotter
Monday, Oct. 19 A caller reported that as he was stopped at a Main Street stop sign around 10:30 p.m., another vehicle ran the stop sign. School...
Editorial
It’s time to do away with the Chilkat Valley Preschool and have the Haines Borough School District start offering a preschool program to area...
Editorial
That King’s Store is struggling should be a concern for our community. The store offers valuable services and products that make life here better...
