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Assembly standing committee appointments finalized
New mayor Douglas Olerud finalized appointments to the Haines Borough Assembly’s standing committees. The assembly adopted these appointments at a...
Avalanche center releases winter course schedule
The Haines Avalanche Center kicked off its winter education schedule last week, hosting two...
This Week in History
November 2010 New start at heli-ski question Mayor appoints 9-member panel The Haines Borough’s new heli-skiing work group held its first meeting...
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...
Blizzard sets daily snowfall record
Last weekend's blizzard caused the Haines Borough School District to close Monday after 16 inches...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Land swap approved for Beach Road couple
Wendie Marriott and Bern Savikko lost their house — and a forested acre with a Lynn Canal view — in the Beach Road landslide two years ago. Now...
Borough, Fish and Game reach impasse over bear issues
The Haines Borough is asking residents to report the cost of property damage from bears. The request comes not in an effort to compensate residents...
Testing recommendation remains in 4-2 vote
A proposed revision to the resolution recommending travelers either test or quarantine when they enter the Haines Borough highlighted differing views...
Assembly ends heliski map committee work
The assembly voted down the heliski map committee’s request to continue work for another year. At a meeting earlier this month, the map committee vo...
Second round of "Shop Local and Save" to begin Nov. 20
Another round of the CARES Act-funded “Shop Local and Save” program is on the way. Earlier this month, the Haines Chamber of Commerce and Haines...
Bear break-ins reveal limits of insurance plans
Earlier this month, a bear broke into Anna Hubbard's car which was parked in her carport and had...
Unemployment numbers suggest shrinking workforce
While the number of Haines Borough unemployment insurance claims fell from 213 to 149 between August and September, the unemployment rate for the...
Alternative voting options available this November
With the Nov. 3 election less than a week away, as of Wednesday afternoon, 286 people in the Chilkat Valley had already voted at the borough...
Correction
The caption under the photo on page 3 in last week’s paper reported that the American Legion Lynn Canal Post #12 gave two awards on Oct. 21...
290 people receive flu shots at free clinic
This year, for the first time, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is offering free...
School gets through first quarter with no reported COVID cases, closures
Haines Borough School District students, teachers and staff have made it through the first quarter without having to close while maintaining...
Voters decide to draw $450,000 from permanent fund, assembly surprised
On Oct. 6, Haines Borough voters surprised many assembly members by approving a one-time, $450,000 draw from the borough’s permanent fund principal...
Early voting begins in Haines
Early voting for the Nov. 3 election has begun. Tuesday, the first day for early voting in Haines, was busy with 77 residents stopping by the borough...
