Articles from the November 5, 2020 edition
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Election day voters favor Trump
Similar to statewide trends, Haines voters favored Donald Trump on election day, but it's unclear...
Two residents develop symptoms of COVID-19 this week
Two symptomatic cases of the COVID-19 have been reported in Haines this week, Maggie Rae Martin, 23, and a Haines High School female student. An...
Haines Highway project ends for the year
The Haines Highway reconstruction project wrapped up last week, days before 16 inches of snow piled up and after about a month of work on the...
Becky's Place receives $246,000 grant to purchase new safe house
Becky’s Place Haven of Hope, a nonprofit that assists those experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, is in the process of renovating a...
Blizzard sets daily snowfall record
Last weekend's blizzard caused the Haines Borough School District to close Monday after 16 inches...
Glacier Bears take on teachers at Halloween exhibition game
The Glacier Bears volleyball team beat school staff in an Oct. 29 exhibition game, or they would hav...
After 8-month wait, 13 drivers will receive licenses this month
Last week, 13 prospective drivers passed behind-the-wheel tests, the penultimate step in getting...
CARES Act-funded checks begin to be distributed to applicants
The Haines Borough began cutting checks last week for a CARES Act-funded grant program targeting lower-income residents who have been negatively...
Citizen science project begins at Jones Point
Two photo stations have been installed at Jones Point to document change in the environment over time, a citizen science project spearheaded by the...
Business Briefs
Costa Brava In August, baking enthusiasts Rebecca Kameika and Rachel Deehan launched Costa Brava,...
Anderson takes first in annual coho derby
Steve Anderson won the 2020 Haines Sportsmen's Association Coho Derby. The third annual derby saw...
Plan for hiring new borough manager remains up in the air
The Haines Borough has once again postponed a communitywide discussion of the role of the manager. Haines has been without a permanent borough...
Frog House artifacts remain in Klukwan
Five Frog House clan artifacts will remain at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center after the Alaska Supreme Court last month upheld a lower court’s...
Pool opens this week
The public pool opened Oct. 5 after being closed for about seven months. Swims are open by reservation only and other pandemic mitigation efforts are...
This Week in History
November, 1970 Alaska's only veneer plant holds open house Alaska's only veneer plant was on...
We have yet to be tested by the virus
In response to Mr. Ponsford’s comments about fear of Covid: I am 70 years old, have had a successful and interesting life, and when people started...
Please stay vigilant
The Washington Post just published an article by Zachariah Hughes.It concerned the alarming rate of Covid transmission in Alaska’s more remote...
More understanding is always a good thing
Some months ago, when I was trying to figure out what happened with that assembly action/manager termination which eventually became two paid...
Thanks for making the third annual coho derby the best yet
The Haines Sportsmen’s Association would like to thank every single participant in our derby this year for making the 2020 Coho derby a huge...
CARES Act money was misspent
The CARES Act money was not sent pay to the order of the Haines assembly. I also believe it was not sent pay to the order of Brenda Josephson. The...
Duly Noted
Monday, Nov. 2 was an official snow day for the Haines Borough School District. The blizzard kept most at home. Still, many essential and determined...
