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Drop in chum price, harvest dampens gillnet year
Reports of record salmon harvests don’t extend to Haines. Lynn Canal gillnetters hauled in fish worth $9.28 million in 2013, down from about $15...
Volleyball players in line of fire
The Haines High School volleyball team jumped into the fire at its first competition last weekend in Wrangell, facing 2012 state qualifiers Craig and...
Duly Noted
Glitz and glamour came to Haines in the form of a magazine photo shoot earlier this fall for ferry terminal employees Fuzzy von Stauffenberg and...
Tender Neptune sinks in harbor
A private salvage crew that included frogmen on Wednesday used 24 inflatable “lift bags” to right and begin to refloat the 76-foot commercial...
Close commercial crabbing in Southeast
I recently testified at the Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Board meeting regarding the current Dungeness crab management plan for Southeast Alaska...
Flexibility on highway a win-win
The Department of Transportation could engineer the Haines Highway to be both safer and protective of fish and eagle habitat. However, DOT has...
Counselor running for governor
Haines resident and Alaska Constitution Party chairman J.R. Myers filed his letter of intent Monday to run for Alaska governor in 2014. Myers, 50,...
Duly Noted
Friends from Haines and Skagway partied into the night together after Knikki Cinocco tied the knot with John Briner of Skagway at Skagway’s Jewell...
Editorial 2
Juneau residents advocating a road up Lynn Canal have some explaining to do before people in Haines take their cause seriously. Specifically, they...
Begich weighs in on highway
State officials and organizations are weighing in on the proposed improvements to the Haines Highway, and a local environmental group is looking to...
Pro-Juneau Road group brings presentation to town
A pro-Juneau Access road group convened in Haines Sept. 16, privately inviting locals to come and hear why the present ferry system is unsustainable...
Counseling service grateful for grant
On behalf of Lynn Canal Counseling Services (LCCS), we would like to thank the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Alaska...
Police will search mail for narcotics
Haines Borough police plan to have mail coming to local post office boxes inspected in the coming months as part of an ongoing investigation of the...
Federal fish agency pans highway plan
The federal National Marine Fisheries Service has joined critics of the Haines Highway expansion project. In comments to the state Department of...
Crabs, duck hunting on AC meeting agenda
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Sept. 13 to revisit discussion of reciprocal license agreements with Canada....
Reports mixed from crabbers
Reports from local subsistence crabbers on the success of their summer efforts are mixed, with some crabbers maintaining catches are on the upswing...
Director job reopens after museum's pick renegs
The Sheldon Museum board of directors is looking for a new museum director after its first choice declined the offer at the end of July. John Hairr...
Mayors, sponsors made Cup a success
The Mayor’s Cup, an annual golf championship between Haines and Skagway hosted by Valley of the Eagles golf course, was successful once again due...
Toy sale will benefit several programs
Lynn Canal Counseling Services’ toy sale fundraiser at the Southeast Alaska State Fair was a big success. Proceeds will go toward family and...
Comments on ferry plan due Aug. 30
Residents have until Aug. 30 to comment on proposed changes to the design of a new, shuttle ferry...
Tribe awarded grant to design pellet plant
The Chilkoot Indian Association has been awarded a $35,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service to design a community wood pellet mill. Dave Berry,...
Assembly approves community donations
On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday approved more than $100,000 in grants to local non-profits. The borough had set aside about...
Adopt-a-seat, gala to boost Chilkat Center
Chilkat Center boosters are ramping up fundraising efforts with a gala Aug. 17 and an “Adopt-a-Seat” program. The Foundation for the Chilkat Cente...
Workshop to address Native health
Lani Hotch said she sees a day-long workshop in Klukwan Aug. 2 as the next step in village wellness efforts. Non-Natives and people from outside the...
