Participants say it’s hard to tell much from a decisive victory — or defeat — in the opening game of the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament since, in some cases, it’s the first time team members have played together since last year’s tournament — plus there are new members and some who still haven’t arrived for […]
75th Gold Medal Basketball Tournament tipped off Sunday
If you thought March Madness could not get any crazier you had better don your white coats and tie those sleeves tightly behind your back because the 2024 Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament began Sunday morning at the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé gymnasium. This year’s hoops magic is the 75th Gold Medal […]
Glacier Bears basketball season ends at state with two tough losses
The Glacier Bears girls team knew that they faced a tough opponent going into their opening game of the state tournament against the Tikigaq Harpoonerettes. What they experienced was the most intense basketball they’d faced all season from the defending state champions. On defense, the deep team from Point Hope kept tight pressure on, forcing […]
Dunleavy vetoes major public education funding increase
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, following through on an ultimatum, vetoed a bipartisan education funding increase Thursday after members of the House and Senate failed to advance education items the governor supported. Public school districts across the state had sought a significant increase to the state’s per-student funding formula, and hailed the passage of Senate Bill 140 in late […]
Haines Herring: Residents eagerly await “Free Pile Season”
Haines Herring is a semi-regular local news parody column.Send your submissions to [email protected] By Lucy Nieboer As the equinox approaches, community members are eagerly preparing for spring. For some this means starting seedlings for greenhouse gardens. Others are finalizing plans for summer building projects. For a select few, spring means one thing – Free Piles. […]
Duly noted: Leap Day birthdays, firefighting award, Ripinsky Rippers
By Rashah McChesney and Lex Treinen Libby Kurz, Edith Fuzzy von Stauffenberg and Janine Allen celebrated their Leap Day birthdays on Feb. 29. Allen had a silent reading party, followed by dinner and then dancing and hula hooping at Harriett Hall. Former Haines residents Renee Staska and Eric Kocher are also Leap Day babies. Rodney […]
George Ann Smith dies at 84
Longtime Haines resident George Ann Smith died of complications from colon cancer on March 6 in her daughter’s home in Eagle Point, Oregon. Her friends and children remembered her for her kindness, her tenacity as a homemaker, her depth of friendships, her abundant energy, and her wealth of stories. Smith was born in Snow, Oklahoma […]
Police report: March 3-9
Sunday March 3Chimney fire reported on Letnikof DriveA chimney fire was reported on Barnett Drive Monday March 4A caller was concerned a cyclist might havefallen through the ice into the Chilkat River along the Haines Highway. Tuesday March 5A caller inquired about retrieving property from an exAn ID was found on Dalton Street and later […]
March 12 assembly briefs: cell tower, jake brakes, illegal trash and tax assessments
Illegal trash dumpingThe mayor and borough manager said a spot off Lutak Road has once again become the site of illegal trash dumping. The spot — the first pullout past Picture Point — was previously known as an illegal dumping site, and borough staff said they found trash there again. Morphet said he hoped to […]
Be careful of new proposed cell tower
In January, CVN reported that a company proposes a 120 ft. 5G tower in Haines. Now, the borough manager’s report mentions another company is interested in another 120-foot tower, possibly located near Haines High School. A vast body of scientific research examines human health effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMF) and increasingly, 5G. We might familiarize […]