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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...
Glacier Bears take regional championship
Both the girls and boys Haines Glacier Bears cross-country teams are this year's Region 5 champions...
Six Candidates Running for Assembly
Six candidates, Caitie Kirby, Helen Alten, Jerry Lapp, Cheryl Stickler, Brenda Josephson and Carol Tuynman are running for two three-year seats and...
Duly Noted
Haines High School 2019 alumni Dylan Hayes graduated from Commercial Diving Academy Technical Institute in Jacksonville, Florida. Dylan is now a certi...
Students to return to school five days a week
The Haines Borough School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to send students back to school five days a week starting Tuesday, Sept. 8. The...
Community keeps students in school
For the last five months, the Haines Borough School District has been trying to figure out how to safely hold in-person classes for students. Students...
School board approves back-to-school plan
Part-time classroom schooling, increased focus on outdoor education, a compressed schedule, lunch and breakfast in the classroom and mandatory face...
School board to decide on early school schedule, mask requirements
The Haines Borough School District Board will decide Tuesday, Aug. 4 what the beginning of the school year’s schedule and operations will look like...
Locally sourced lunches a success
Thank you Haines Borough School District for allowing us to participate in the summer lunch program. Through our partnership we were able to feed...
Borough delays review of permit for RV park at school board request
The RV park located behind Thor’s Gym may soon be resurrected. Between 2001 and 2011, the Elks Lodge operated an RV park at the location for...
State and borough emphasize absentee voting in 2020 election
In Alaska, state and local governments are emphasizing absentee voting in this year’s elections to protect public health, starting with the Aug. 18...
Residents list health, jobs, and education as biggest COVID concerns
A survey of Haines residents “to get a sense of where people are right now,” under the economic and emotional damage caused by COVID-19, found...
School proposes in-person classes, shortened days for upcoming year
The Haines Borough School District has developed a tentative COVID-19 mitigation plan for the upcoming school year including in-person classes, small...
Final hour budget cuts reduce funding for museum, police
On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly passed a $19.7 million operating and capital budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, including...
District works on plans for next school year amid pandemic
As students enter summer vacation amid decreasing COVID-19 restrictions, administrators are busy preparing for what the next school year might look...
Duly Noted
Kimberley Strong is running for the Sealaska Board as an independent candidate. “Sustainability of our traditional ways of living off the land is...
School staff teach lesson on hardship
I want to thank all the staff at the Haines Borough School District, and especially Mr. Sam McPhetres, for all their hard work that they have been...
Students plan for virtual graduation
This year’s Haines High School seniors are in the early stages of designing a virtual graduation ceremony since the state issued a health mandate...
New budget draft cuts Mosquito Lake Community Center
Haines Borough manager Debra Schnabel has submitted a new draft of the budget for the assembly’s consideration that removes funding for the...
Borough manager proposes minor cuts in draft budget
On April 1, Haines Borough manager Debra Schnabel released a draft budget containing only modest cuts despite a projected decrease in revenue...
How parents and children talk about a pandemic
How do you explain a worldwide pandemic to a child when you can barely wrap your head around it as an adult? Parents in Haines have been forced to...
School closes to students through March 29
The Haines School will keep its doors closed to students until Monday, March 30 based on Alaska Department of Education and Early Development...
Principal candidate list to be narrowed down later this week
Seven educators, including two locals, have submitted applications for the Haines School principal position. Interviews are this week with a short...
Residents build case for community center
Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center board members are building a case for keeping the facility open for the coming fiscal year. At a...
