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AIA archives a gift to be unwrapped
In the coming year, Sheldon Museum workers will begin sifting through the archives of Alaska Indian Arts, a collection of photos, filmstrips,...
Year marked by citizen involvement
Heightened citizen participation marked 2015, a year in which residents challenged municipal leaders on a range of issues, and seemingly small...
Closed areas opened for freeride
Despite letters of opposition from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Chilkat Indian Village and numerous residents, the Haines Borough...
State test results put math program in spotlight
School district officials said this week the preliminary statewide test results showing Haines students just above the state average for meeting...
Former legislator seeks lobbyist job
The Haines Borough received only two applications for its $45,000 lobbyist position, including one from former state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines. The...
Duly Noted
The Chilkat Thunder beat the Haines Packing Co. at the Men’s City League basketball championship Sunday night. The score was 107-75. Two other...
DOT seeks a better embankment
The state Department of Transportation this week said it would pursue “vegetated river protrusions” as part of mitigation for the Haines Highway...
assemblyman takes up museum name change
A tense exchange at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting revealed there may be more to the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center’s name change...
Klukwan center nets $300K grant
Notification on Monday of a $300,000 “top-off” grant from the Murdoch Charitable Trust moves the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center another step toward...
Use biomass grant to assess geothermal
Before we pay much more for the biomass, how about calling a couple of geothermal installers for estimates on heating Haines Borough buildings?...
Tread lightly in the bald eagle preserve
Due diligence is especially required to ensure future generations enjoy the same benefits the Chilkat River corridor provides for both visitors and...
Duly Noted
James Boon Ackerman was born Nov. 19 at Anchorage’s Alaska Native Medical Center to parents Sue and Tim Ackerman. James weighed seven pounds and...
DOT: Plowing was an exception
Residents who turned out for Saturday’s bald eagle release at 19 Mile drove on plowed roads, but they shouldn’t expect such service on weekends th...
Eagle preserve book takes stand on mine
Resident Joe Ordonez doesn’t duck conflict in his new book, “Where Eagles Gather: The Story of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Haines,...
Funding passes 'tipping point'; center to open May 14
By Tom Morphet A determination that federal trail-building funds could be used for a visitor’s center helped trigger funding that in mid-May will...
Hearing Wednesday on revised highway expansion
The state Department of Transportation will hold public meetings in Haines and Klukwan Oct. 28 on the draft revised environmental assessment of...
Committee brings on McDonough, Poinsette
Tim McDonough and Derek Poinsette were elected last week to the State’s Fish and Wildlife Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee. Five other seats on...
Klukwan opens preschool
A new preschool program at Klukwan School has attracted between five and seven students and is a “win-win” for the Chatham School District,...
Editorial
It’s time to do away with the Chilkat Valley Preschool and have the Haines Borough School District start offering a preschool program to area...
Heavy rains trigger slides, close highway
As surely as the sun will rise tomorrow, the slide zones near 19 Mile and 23 Mile Haines Highway will continue to dump debris on the landscape below,...
Highway doesn't need 55 mph standard
The Chilkat River/Haines Highway corridor is a destination, a place to go to, to spend time in, an attraction and asset to our community, not a place...
DOT: Snowplowing, sanding will be reduced
Due to budget cuts to the state Department of Transportation, motorists should expect to be driving in more snow this winter during evenings and...
Publisher, community leader Ray Menaker dead at 93
Ray Menaker, an Ivy League-educated school teacher and Haines Borough Assembly member who founded...
