Local News
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…
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…
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…
After slow start at regionals, Haines girls basketball punches ticket to state
With just 50 seconds left before the buzzer, the Haines girls basketball team found itself in an uncomfortable position: down by one point to Wrangell, a team they’d handily…
Newspaper publishers worry about bill ending some public notice requirements
The Alaska Senate voted without dissent Monday to allow the Department of Natural Resources to stop publishing some public notices in local newspapers. Senators approved Senate Bill 68 by a 17-0…
Southeast
Gold Medal Tournament opens with all harboring hopes for week ahead
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…
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…
Statewide
GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility
GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, “for life’s important moments.” In…
New salmon study adds to evidence that pink salmon could be crowding out sockeye
A new analysis of nearly 25,000 fish scales offers more evidence that the millions of pink salmon churned out by Alaska fish hatcheries could be harming wild sockeye…
Alaska Supreme Court decides key question: Who is an Alaskan?
An Alaskan is someone physically present in the state who intends to remain permanently and make a home here, the Alaska Supreme Court concluded in a split opinion published…
Agriculture Department commits to big purchase of Alaska salmon and pollock for food programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase about 50 million pounds of Alaska seafood to use in national food and nutrition-assistance programs, state officials said on Tuesday. The…
Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. leaders approve proposal to borrow up to $4 billion for investments
The leaders of the $76 billion Alaska Permanent Fund voted unanimously on Friday to adopt a strategic plan that calls for borrowing up to $4 billion in order…
Congress is looking at expanding the child tax credit again. Who would benefit?
WASHINGTON — The bipartisan tax package passed by the U.S. House last month is not a done deal, but the proposal’s supporters say it could restore some poverty-reducing…
Duly noted
Duly Noted: Rayna born, basketball returns from Petersburg, middle school wrestlers shine
Macky Cassidy, Jake Bell and Rune Lou Bell welcomed Rayna Lynn Bell into their lives at 5:42 a.m. on Feb.…
Duly Noted: Valentine’s tea, new Bald Eagle Foundation director
The Haines Presbyterian Church hosted a Valentine’s Tea on Feb. 10. Visitors drank from fine china and antique teacups and…
Duly noted: Artist grant, vet clinic
Lingít artist and president of the Chilkoot Indian Association James Hart has been awarded a grant to visit the Anchorage…
Duly Noted: Bachelor party, future silver carver, and lost mitten found!
Rachel Saitzyk was reunited with her 90% wool liner glove that had been missing since November, leaving her with only…