Articles from the November 7, 2019 edition
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Ferry service cuts threaten to strand residents
The Alaska Marine Highway System has reduced winter service to Haines yet again—this time to one ferry a week from November to March. The state...
State maps to change Seduction Point to 'Ayiklutu'
The Alaska Historical Commission voted unanimously last week to change the name of Seduction Point to Ayiklutu, a Tlingit word defined as “small...
Town beaver's lair discovered
To local eyewitnesses, he goes by Timber, Cleaver, The Beavs and, for those determined not to get...
Clay takes second in trap at national tournament
Sports shooting competitor and Haines High School senior Cade Clay won a second-place medal in...
Borough, contractor impasse stalls swimming pool opening
The opening of the swimming pool is stalled indefinitely because the Haines Borough and the Indiana contractor working on the renovation project are a...
Commission to decide on considering heliport permit
The Haines Borough Planning Commission will need to decide whether or not they should consider a conditional use permit (CUP) application for a...
Tlingit language class back at Sheldon
In a nod to Native American Heritage Month, Tlingit elder and traditional practitioner Marsha Hotch will teach her second annual (in recent history)...
Trooper post remains open, 'internal matter'
Alaska state wildlife trooper Wallace Kirksey left his Haines post for another station in October, leaving the post to an uncertain future. State...
Students return from Sitka music festival
Haines High School students performed in the Southeast Alaska Honor Music Festival at the Thunder Mountain High School auditorium in Sitka late last...
Sailor, nurse, judge lived full life
John Hutchins Retired Haines magistrate John Hutchins, 73, died suddenly Oct. 17 of apparent heart...
This Week in History
Nov. 9, 1970 Wendy Bills, 1964 Haines High graduate, is presently in the Micronesian Islands...
Give bears undisturbed access
Haines has had more bear activity in residential areas this fall than ever before. Biologists suggest that a low return of fish in the Chilkat River...
Haines is loved and missed
We are so blessed to have been able to live in Haines, America. We miss our home and all of you our friends and family... we are humbled by your love...
Reducing bear attractants as a community
With Community Waste Solutions’ new manager getting their act together, with hainescompost.com in this town, with the bear news stories not being...
Thanks from one non-profit to another
On behalf of the Chilkat Community Foundation, I would like to thank the board of Haines Assisted Living for donating a conference table and chairs...
NRA Annual Banquet a success
Thank you Haines for the fantastic support on October 26 at the Friends of NRA Annual Banquet! Without the many sponsors, underwriters, supporters...
Duly Noted
The Haines Friends of the NRA hosted a successful banquet at Harriett Hall in late October. “One hundred percent of the money goes to range...
