Two Haines landowners have lost an avenue to recover some of their losses in the 2020 landslide after the Trump administration ended a grant program meant to help communities prepare for disasters. The Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs notified the borough that FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure & Community, or BRIC, program had been shuttered. […]
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Borough manager to close pool early, proposes extended closure next year
Interim borough manager Alekka Fullerton is closing the pool two weeks earlier than was originally planned this year citing cost overruns. According to a Monday email, Fullerton said she decided to close the pool by May 15 to avoid having to bring a budget amendment — that is, asking for more money to cover costs […]
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Local musicians travel to Juneau to play for ‘Haines Night’ at 50th Folk Festival
If you’re a tourist, or new to town, you don’t really want to find yourself in Dalton City at dusk in early April. Not with wind howling off Ripinsky/Geisan, creaking old timbers and rattling windows in something so odd as an old, empty film set. But if you were lucky to happen in on the […]
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Alaska Permanent Fund suffers multibillion-dollar decline amid Trump tariff-driven market crash
The Alaska Permanent Fund, the No. 1 source of general-purpose revenue for state services and the Permanent Fund dividend, suffered a multibillion-dollar loss during last week’s stock market crash. According to preliminary figures published by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp., which manages the fund, the fund’s assets declined from $81.7 billion on Tuesday to $79.7 billion […]
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Chinook harvest limits to be almost 40% lower than ‘24
Southeast Alaska fishermen discovered Tuesday that harvest limits for chinook salmon in 2025 will be almost 40% less than last year’s. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an overall allocation of 130,800 treaty chinook salmon — fish that didn’t originate in Alaska hatcheries — for all gear groups targeting chinook in waters off […]
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Value of Alaska Native education emphasized by Sealaska Heritage Institute president at US Senate hearing
“With adequate funding, students and educators can have access to quality education and tools that reflect their heritage while equipping them with the skills necessary for future success,” Rosita Ḵaaháni Worl, Sealaska Heritage Institute president, told a congressional oversight hearing on Native American education in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Worl, a leader on Alaska Native […]
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Internal memo outlines stark impacts of federal downsizing on Alaska regional fishery agency
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has long struggled to compete with corporate America to recruit tech workers to maintain the complicated computer systems that track the federal seafood harvests off Alaska. These chronic staffing shortages at NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Region have been greatly exacerbated by the Trump administration’s efforts to cut the federal workforce. […]
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Large crowd in Haines marches in solidarity with nationwide ‘Hands Off’ rally
About 150 Haines residents gathered Saturday afternoon as a part of a nationwide show of opposition against Trump Administration policies. Haines’s rally was decidedly smaller than its counterparts in places like New York and Washington during a nation-wide day of action, but even those mega rallies couldn’t claim to have marchers span almost the width […]
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This Week in History: Print’s on its way out, Legislature backs Juneau road, KHNS eyes cuts
10 years ago Paper budgets move into borough history If you’re looking for a printed copy of the Haines Borough’s budget for the coming year, one will be available at the public library and one will be at the borough office. Chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart said she and manager David Sosa have decided to […]
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Sealaska shareholders invited to April 9 meeting in Wrangell
Sealaska, the regional for-profit Native corporation for Southeast Alaska, has scheduled a meeting for its shareholders from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at the Nolan Center. The corporation is holding shareholder meetings across Southeast this spring, leading up to its annual meeting scheduled for June 21 in Kake. The Sealaska board of directors […]