A pair of crosstown high school rivals turned college teammates put on a show in the return of the A Bracket on Tuesday at the 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in the George Houston Gymnasium. Alwen Carrillo, a 2024 Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé graduate, scored 30 points for Filcom and 2024 Thunder Mountain […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Smithsonian exhibit, Steve Earle, ambulance fees, Pyramid Island condos?
10 years ago What types of food traditions make Haines distinct compared to other small towns in the United States? A new exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America by Food,” opening April at the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, sets out to explore the question. The exhibit is only the museum’s second from the Smithsonian Institution, and […]
Posted inLocal News, Wildlife, Police
The Chilkat Valley may be getting a new wildlife trooper, but details are scant
Alaska State Troopers say they’re on track to fill a wildlife trooper position in the Chilkat Valley that has been vacant since late 2024 when previous Colin Nemec moved to Juneau. Trooper spokesperson Austin McDaniel said the agency does not direct-hire people for one-person trooper posts — meaning someone had to voluntarily transfer into the […]
Posted inLocal News, Sports
Need for Speed: Snowburners host Chilkat 100
As far as sports arenas go, Chilkat Lake is hard to beat. Saturday’s Chilkat Snowburners’ Chilkat 100 carved through an untouched track marked on the lake’s frozen surface, in a natural bowl with 4,000 foot peaks for a back wall. The only thing missing from the usual was a parking lot: with the only way […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Disaster prepping, this year’s snow count so far, an anniversary, a fun Easter fact, signs of spring and scholarships
Stacee Powlison recently received disaster prep kits for the Four Winds Resource Center. She accepted 25 that will stay at the center and 14 will be distributed to locals. The kits were put together by Southeast Alaska Independent Living and made possible with the help of the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation. SAIL will also be […]
Posted inLocal News, Education
A Q&A with the Haines sixth-grader who went to the state spelling bee championship
Haines School sixth grader Lila Tarleton won the school’s spelling bee and after taking a regional test, placed high enough to join 75 other students heading to the state championship bee at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus. The 11-year-old – who said she aspires to be valedictorian and an […]
Posted inLocal News
Lutak Dock environmental assessment to be updated after MARAD sends new language guidance
Regulators at the U.S. Maritime Administration have gone through a draft environmental assessment for the Lutak Dock and sent it back to Haines Borough’s contractor Solstice with a list of questions to answer. In addition to answering those questions, Solstice must now go through the document and scrub certain language that is out of compliance […]
Posted inLocal News, Environment & Natural Resources, Economy
Halibut fishery opens on time but with lower catch limit
Alaska’s commercial halibut fishery opened as scheduled March 20 with a reduced catch limit because of a decline in stock status. Southeast Alaska’s commercial halibut fishery has a catch limit of just over 3 million pounds this year, down from 3.5 million pounds in 2024. Statewide, the commercial catch limit is nearly 15 million pounds, […]
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough
Assembly Briefs: Lutak mediation, nonprofits, codes of conduct, police chief interviews
A start to Lutak Dock mediation Haines interim manager Alekka Fullerton warned the assembly last month that pending litigation with Lutak Dock contractor Turnagain Marine could be bogged down for the better part of the year. At that point, the borough had filed for a motion to hold, arguing Turnagain had no grounds to file […]
Posted inSports, Southeast News
Monday madness at Gold Medal
With the nightcap at Monday’s 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament between B Bracket powerhouses Hoonah and Kake underway fans had spilled out-of-capacity seating to stand and cheer with every basket. “These are some fantastic ball players,” an excited Aaron Isaacs Jr., 86, said. “They are.” And Isaacs Jr. would know. The former president of […]