Articles from the December 1, 2022 edition
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Former AMG employee charged with $58K theft
While Haines police investigated a theft of tens of thousands of dollars from Alaska Mountain Guides, the alleged thief and his wife were gallivanting...
Some residents switch to Starlink
Haines residents are checking out Starlink, a satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk that offers fast-speed service at rates competitive with...
School attendance down as flu spreads; no RSV
About 40 Haines School students were out sick last week as state health officials warn of a myriad of respiratory illnesses affecting children across...
Excursion plant to shut down for third year
Haines Borough’s biggest fish processing plant will stay closed next summer for the third straight season, OBI Seafoods’ Excursion Inlet plant...
DOT to add limited sailings to sparse ferry schedule
The winter ferry schedule released two months ago still contains a month-long gap that could spell inconvenience and added expenses for residents...
Recovery group disbands two years after deadly storm
A group that helped 100 households recover from the deadly December 2020 storm is suspending its services as the storm’s second anniversary...
Long-time Fish and Game sport fish biologist retires
Rich Chapell has retired after nearly 20 years as the Haines area sport fish biologist for the...
Plans stall for new Lily Lake motorized trail
Plans to build a two-mile motorized loop trail near Lily Lake Road have stalled after the state didn’t select Haines’ application for a...
School districts hope for more state funding next year
School districts statewide, including Haines, will be looking to the Legislature next year for an increase in state funding, but any boost in the...
Alaska needs to do more to attract new residents
More people moved out of Alaska than moved in every year between 2015 and 2021. If not for a healthy birth rate, the state population would have...
Easygoing pile buck leaves legacy of friends
Norm Baxter moved to Alaska when he was middle-aged but his easygoing personality and work ethic...
Duly Noted
Samuel Jonathan Barrett was born to Larissa and Trevor Barrett at 1:57 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24 at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Samuel weighed 7 lbs., 3...
Community dock meets our needs
Thanks to Richard Clement for contacting LCC with questions about the Lutak Dock project. It's a complex issue. We've been studying dock-related docum...
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving
We here at The Salvation Army would like to thank the whole community for participating in the Thanksgiving festivities sponsored by the Ministerial...
Thanks for helping a neighbor in need
I want to give my sincere thanks to everyone who helped me on the night of Nov. 17, when I hit a moose at 25 Mile. The first responders were so...
