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Board OKs $4.8 million budget
The Haines Borough School Board on June 29 approved a $4.8 million general fund budget for the coming year that includes borrowing at least $152,000...
School to see 10 new teachers
Haines Borough School District students and teachers take note: Summer vacation is half over. Teachers are due back Aug. 13 and students will attend...
Duly Noted
Over 25 relatives attended the three-day Chaffin family reunion, said Phyllis Sage, who hosted this year’s reunion. Family traveled from West...
No penalty for Jewell breaking contract
The Haines Borough School Board considered but chose not to pursue a penalty against departing superintendent Ginger Jewell for breaking a three-year...
Superintendent resigns, citing missed time with family
In explaining her surprise resignation, Haines School superintendent Ginger Jewell this week focused solely on family concerns and was unable to cite...
Board OKs laptops for grades 5 and up
The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday took a big step toward its “Engaging the Future” initiative, agreeing to spend $96,000 to buy 65...
Jewell's evaluation in progress
During a two-hour executive session Tuesday, Haines Borough School Board members started an evaluation of superintendent Ginger Jewell. Jewell holds...
Matthews known for caring nature
A memorial service will be held Saturday for Marge Matthews, a former town librarian remembered for...
Haines teachers reject negotiated contract offer
By an 80 percent margin, Haines Borough teachers last week voted to reject a compensation proposal negotiated between union representatives and the...
Meeting Tuesday will decide school computer issue
The Haines Borough School Board is scheduled to make a decision on its “Engaging the Future” computer initiative Tuesday, June 2. The meeting...
Duly Noted
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6 at the Presbyterian Church for former town librarian and longtime resident Marge...
Exotic ales, morsels on tap for 23rd beer festival
From horchata rice beer and wild mushroom cinnamon rolls to tug of war battles and bingo games, this weekend’s 23rd Annual Great Alaska Craft Beer a...
Brain issues among concerns at tech 'open house'
“Engaging the Future,” an initiative that would expand availability of computers at the Haines School, including lower grades, came under the...
Preschool to discuss fate of donations
Chilkat Valley Preschool board members will meet during a finance committee meeting May 28 and discuss what will come of about $100,000 the group...
Youth soccer program starts June 30
Community Youth Development soccer is back. The free, borough-run, summer sports program took a break last year. It will run June 30-Aug. 6, with...
School board OKs plan to house preschool
What a difference a year can make. In spring 2014, Chilkat Valley Preschool officials were so discouraged by the Haines Borough School District’s...
Editorial
It was a fitting coincidence that the Haines School Board approved pursuing an agreement for housing the Chilkat Valley Preschool on the same day...
Duly Noted
Archie Dunbar was born to parents Luck Dunbar and Jennifer Marschke at 12:21 p.m. on April 25 at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. Archie...
Computer initiative stirs school board discussion
At a Tuesday budget workshop, Haines Borough School Board members questioned a technology initiative supported by the district’s administration...
Supporters: Keep highway school open 2 days weekly
Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center is asking the Haines Borough to spend an additional $9,400 per year to keep the facility open...
Preschool may stay put, after all
Chilkat Valley Preschool leaders have told Haines Borough officials they may be interested in the government gifting them the Human Resources...
Sosa's budget: Cut HARK, leave 1 police job unfilled
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa released his draft $12 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year Wednesday. It includes a mill rate increase,...
Activist Tuynman built career around art, community
In 1959, Carol Tuynman was a studious eighth-grader in a suburb of Rochester, N.Y., when her family made a summer trip to Alaska. Parents Louie and...
District seeks $283K budget cut
The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday looked at ways of reducing a $283,000 projected deficit in its draft operating budget for the coming year....
Editorial
It’s good for the Haines Borough to mandate an application and review process for non-profits to qualify for a community service property tax...
