Articles from the October 26, 2017 edition
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Hospital visit for plane crash survivor turns his luck again
Despite the fact he wasn't supposed to be on the plane headed toward Haines that crashed into Lynn Canal during Beer Fest last spring, it's hard not...
Academic history book of Chilkat Valley published
The first academic and literary history of the Chilkat Valley’s Tlingit people and their eventual contact with Europeans and Russians will be...
Winter tour permit on hold
An Alaska Mountain Guide permit application to operate winter tours around 26 Mile will head to committee before the Haines Borough Assembly takes...
Northwest Wild Sheep and Goat Council data back in ordinance
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to include Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council management recommendations for borough staff to overlay when it...
Glacier Bears junior places first in Juneau wrestling tournament
Glacier Bears wrestler Kamakana Kanahele took first place at a tournament in Juneau last weekend. He was undefeated in three matches in the 195-pound...
Subsistence fishing times reviewed
Setting maximum commercial gillnet mesh sizes and closing subsistence fishing for increased periods in the Chilkat River were among the proposals the...
This week in history
November 11, 1967 Has anyone lived in Southeastern Alaska longer than Jim Fox? Probably not, for he was born in southeast Alaska almost a hundred...
Arts Outlook
Musical documentary depicts First Nations empowerment The story of a newspaper and how it helped...
Borough Briefs
HEDC compiles studies The Haines Economic Development Corporation will dust off and compile borough studies and surveys completed in the past for a po...
Correction
In last week’s story headlined “Josephson questions Jones Point trail plans,” the last paragraph read “If the Jones Point land is rezoned,...
Police Report
Tuesday, October 17 Haines Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to a chimney fire at 3 Mile Haines Highway. Haines PD, Alaska State Troopers, and Dept. of...
Duly Noted
Teal Elizabeth Tarleton was born to Summer Lynch and Zach Tarleton at 1:08 a.m. on Oct. 21 at Sitka’s Mount Edgecumbe Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs 1...
Easy to mine for help in Haines
On behalf of the 12-member Mining Forum Steering Committee, I would like to thank the following people for helping to make last weekend’s event a...
We shouldn't pay for borough booze
Should the borough use taxpayer money to purchase alcohol to sell and/or serve at events? When I first moved to Haines in 2001 and worked for the...
Thanks to school staff, town
The Haines School District would like to thank everyone who donated, contributed to and attended the fundraiser for Denise Sherman. It was a huge...
Haines humbles thankful local
It has been a pleasure and honor to be a part of this community for the past ten years. The actions of the people that live here are mighty and...
Museum opening draws 188 guests
Thank you to everyone who helped us finish the Haines Sheldon Museum’s new exhibit: “Everything From Afar Drifts Ashore.” We had 188 people...
