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Eleven seek assembly seat
Eleven people applied for an interim appointment to fill Greg Goodman’s vacated Haines Borough Assembly seat. John Brower, Dave Canipe, Debora...
Wild Things
May’s migrations were especially interesting this year. The cow moose and two calves moved from the school have been seen and appear healthy....
Borough health costs up 18 percent
The Haines Borough will budget an additional $86,217 for employee health insurance costs in the upcoming fiscal year, an 18 percent increase from...
Court rejects Juneau access study
A court decision last week against the Juneau Access Project is a victory for the towns of Haines and Skagway, a Lynn Canal Conservation spokesman...
Borough to add utility job; discuss donations
The Haines Borough will be adding a new, full-time employee to be split between the borough’s water and sewer departments at a cost of $53,540,...
Express catamaran to return
Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Tours plans to operate the catamaran Chilkat Express between Haines and Skagway this summer, providing anoth...
'Nobility' invited for royal wedding party
Dukes, duchesses, earls, barons and countesses of the Chilkat Valley are invited to the royal wedding of Prince William of Wales to Katherine...
Sign up for theater camp
Registration is open for the annual Summer Youth Theater Conservatory, a three-week program that introduces youths to acting and culminates with the...
Non-profits seeking $114K from borough
Thirteen local nonprofit organizations have requested a total of $114,696 from the Haines Borough for the upcoming fiscal year. The Haines Borough...
'Neon' lampfish light up waters
A surge of northern lampfish this week attracted thousands of gulls and dozens of seals to Chilkat and Chilkoot inlets. "It’s like...
Skagway, Haines mull joint projects
Hydropower and transportation were two items on what Mayor Jan Hill called a "limitless" list of potential areas for collaboration between t...
Area bear study opposed again
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee on Friday again quashed a move to encourage the state to study the brown bear population in the...
Haines, Skagway meeting Monday
The Haines Borough and Municipality of Skagway assemblies are set to meet Monday at a joint work session in Skagway. Haines Borough Assembly members...
Open new areas of valley to heli-skiing
Having attended and recorded every helicopter-skiing work group committee meeting, I would like to suggest the Haines Borough areas, starting at the...
KHNS priorities: News, Skagway ties
Kay Clements, new general manager of KHNS, said she’ll be looking to expand local news offerings, strengthen ties to Skagway and make...
Shot goat will be studied
A sickly mountain goat put down by wildlife trooper Ricky Merritt this week will be sent for a necropsy. Assistant area wildlife biologist...
Miles accepted people
There is no doubt Dennis Miles was a redneck. He also accepted people for who they are, treated everyone fairly and used humor and salesmanship to...
Spike in bear kills puts focus on hunt
The state Department of Fish and Game will be watching the spring brown bear harvest, as the number of kills has exceeded the state’s guideline...
Winds up to 61 mph smack town
Three days of high winds wreaked havoc last weekend, falling trees, damaging buildings and cancelling the sailing of the ferry Aurora up Lynn Canal....
Chilkat Center shined during show
Much has been written about our Chilkat Center Arts building. I know we need five million dollars worth of upgrades. Nonetheless, it’s a...
Assembly adopts rogue tour rule
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 28 approved an ordinance that creates a waiting period for tour applicants with dodgy histories and rejected a...
Tahini defies king intercept idea
Kristine Harder and Terrance Pardee are correct in asserting that trawlers, gillnets, and fisheries mismanagement in general severely affect numbers...
Why put king salmon at risk?
Having been a habitat biologist for ADF&G in the upper Lynn Canal and throughout Southeast Alaska over 10 years, I had the opportunity to review...
Five residents working at Kensington; jobs still available
About five Haines residents are among 178 working at the Kensington gold mine, according to Coeur Alaska spokesman Tony Ebersole. Most mine employees...
Logging, habitat not to blame for kings
The article concerning the alleged decline of king salmon stocks in the upper Chilkat systems was ironic. Their numbers have shown dramatic swings,...
