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More employees support, criticize Alaska Excursions
Four additional former Alaska Excursions employees have publicly criticized Robert Murphy’s Alaska Excursions tour company for unsafe practices....
Ferry terminal expansion on track
The Alaska Department of Transportation will expand the ferry terminal next year in preparation for two additional Alaska class ferries slated to...
Balance ecology with tourism
For many residents of the upper Lynn Canal there is a seminal belief that we live in a sacred landscape; a home which deserves our utmost respect....
Arts Outlook
First Friday includes cartography art, woven wall hangings An artist, author and cartographer will...
New working group to tackle heli-ski map
The assembly voted to 4-1 take a new approach to regulating heli-ski map terrain. Following borough manager Debra Schnabel’s advice, the assembly ap...
Borough Briefs
Assembly appoints public safety members The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday appointed three new public safety commissioners. Chuck Mitman, Pat Hefley...
Borough fines Skagway tour company
The Haines Borough this month fined Skagway tour company Alaska Excursions $2,500 for operating a tour at Glacier Point without a permit in 2017. Alas...
Senate considers bill to protect utilities from pesticide liability
A bill introduced in the Alaska Senate this month could protect local utility providers from liability associated with soil contamination. The bill,...
Public safety commission appoints two new members
The Public Safety Commission recommended SEARHC administrator Pat Hefley and Chuck Mitman to sit on the board. The recommendations come after postpone...
Tsunami warning wakes town, Senior Village
A tsunami scare early Tuesday morning drove some residents to high ground after they received mixed messages from Skagway Police, the National Weather...
Fishing restrictions to snag commercial fleet
To protect king salmon, the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved an action plan that places tighter restrictions on commercial fishermen this summer....
Assembly questions mayor on commission appointments
A Haines Borough Assembly member and a public safety commission applicant are pushing to seek its board appointments after Mayor Jan Hill stopped sche...
Police Report
Tuesday, January 9 A citizen reported a violation to a rental agreement on Union Street. The person was referred to court. A 36-year-old man of Allen...
Strong winds crash ski carrier into bookstore window, boats across lot
A ski carrier shattered the book store's picture window at around 3 p.m. Tuesday after a gust of...
Former CVN reporter lived prolific life
Bill McAllister, a former Chilkat Valley News reporter who later became press secretary for Alaska g...
Duly Noted
Margaret Plucker and the Men of Note surprised her husband Bob Plucker with a very special song on his 90th birthday last week. As director of the...
2017 sees shifting leadership, new beginnings
A shakeup in leadership across government and business, a group of unsatisfied citizens who challenged the assembly and how to approach policing outsi...
Assembly grows heli-ski terrain
In a convoluted stray from procedure and with prodding from the borough manager Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly expanded heli-ski map terrain aft...
Duly Noted
Hugh Edward Cavellier was born 3:31 p.m. Monday at Bartlett Regional Hospital to Lisa and Patrick Cavellier of Haines. Hugh weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces...
Klukwan sues Bureau of Land Management
The Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and three regional conservation groups filed a lawsuit Monday against the Bureau of Land Management for...
Letters to the Editor
Finished with Mud Bay 'spring' Regarding the test results for the Mud Bay “spring.” I applaud the assembly for ordering further testing of the...
Arts Outlook
Local musicians to rock solstice Musicians from around the Upper Lynn Canal will take center stage for Solstice Celebration, a showcase of local...
'Tricksters' give new meaning to family drama
Haines' newest theater troupe "The Merry Tricksters of Haines," debuted its first performance of...
Hospital visit for plane crash survivor turns his luck again
Despite the fact he wasn't supposed to be on the plane headed toward Haines that crashed into Lynn Canal during Beer Fest last spring, it's hard not...
Subsistence fishing times reviewed
Setting maximum commercial gillnet mesh sizes and closing subsistence fishing for increased periods in the Chilkat River were among the proposals the...
