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School board concerned about state test scores
Last year Haines School students scored well above the state average in English and math in a new standardized exam, but school board members said...
This Week in History
Archive news from 50, 25 and 10 years ago. Sept. 11 1967 Secretary of State Keith Miller has...
Klukwan and Haines students head back to school
The Phrase of the Week “Yak’éi ixwsiteení!” (It is good to see you!) greeted students Monday morning at Klukwan school on their first day...
Mayor, assembly candidates want to repair wounds
October’s municipal race heated up this week after a handful of residents declared their candidacy for mayor and assembly just before Monday’s 5...
Assembly questions 5th Avenue expansion
An unsafe passageway behind Haines School may lead the Haines Borough to extend Fifth Avenue. Public facilities director Brad Ryan asked the school...
Interim superintendent commences second stint with school district
Rich Carlson is spending his 44th year in education as interim superintendent for the Haines Borough School District. Carlson was hired for the...
Haines votes 'No' to recall three assembly members
Assembly members Heather Lende, Tresham Gregg and Tom Morphet retained their seats on the assembly,...
School board needs math lesson
The Haines Borough School Board does not understand education. People learn not only from what they are “taught” but also what they observe from...
Support for school board conclusion
I write in defense of the Haines Borough School Board’s handling of the termination of Tony Habra as superintendent. Allowing Mr. Habra to submit a...
Marijuana industry budding in Haines
Local cannabis entrepreneurs discussed their business plans with the Haines Borough Assembly Monday and addressed local objections to their permit...
Shady deal hurts taxpayers
The payment of $66,000 to Tony Habra is completely unjustified, inappropriate, and not in conformance with the actual contract. If you read the contra...
Habra lacks leadership, school board says
Haines Borough School Board president Anne Marie Palmieri said in a statement this week that former superintendent Tony Habra’s “work performance...
Interim superintendent selected
The Haines Borough School Board selected Rich Carlson Friday as the district’s interim superintendent. Carlson, a retired educator who served as Hai...
Duly Noted
Hannah Thomas and Troy Clark were married 5 p.m. Saturday at Chilkat State Park’s beachfront pavilion. Preacher Sage Thomas, Hannah’s father,...
Habra's departure remains a mystery
Six days after the departure of superintendent Tony Habra, Haines School Board members refused to provide details on why he was leaving one year into...
Three executive sessions on Habra
Haines Borough School Board members said this week they would schedule a fourth executive session to discuss the evaluation of first-year school super...
District OKs $4.5 million budget
The Alaska Legislature passed a state budget last week without cuts to education, but the Haines Borough School Board still approved a stringent 2018...
Public safety commission establishes drug panel
The Haines Public Safety Commission established itself as a “Drug Awareness Task Force” June 1 after a town hall meeting where community members,...
Marijuana applications up to 5
Five commercial marijuana licenses are now in various stages of the application process for operating within the Haines Borough. Resident Shawn...
School budget leaves $305K in fund balance
The Haines Borough School Board will approve its budget for the coming year June 27, possibly without complete information on state funding due to...
District approves new staff contracts
The Haines Borough School Board approved two, three-year contracts Monday for certified teachers and classified staff. The contracts will cost the...
Duly Noted
Song Nash, 41, died of stomach cancer in Seattle on May 20. A funeral will be held 3 p.m. Monday, May 29 at St. Luke Catholic Church in Shoreline. Wif...
Duly Noted
Jessie Hopper of Fayetteville, Ga., is processing archival collections at Haines Sheldon Museum thanks to a grant from the National Historical...
Highway school will hold three events
Shoppers and vendors alike crowded into the Mosquito Lake School Community Center (MLSCC) for our first Upper Valley Market of the season last...
Habra quiet on plan for cuts
As the Haines School District braces for possible state budget cuts to education, superintendent Tony Habra says he won’t share his plans for local...