A Haines woman who heads up a regional domestic abuse education and prevention program recently won national recognition for her efforts. Jackie Mazeikas, whose five-year-old program serves Haines and four neighboring communities, traveled to Washington, D.C. to receive the Indian Health Service’s Director’s Award from agency director Yvette Roubidaux. Steve Whitehorn, a public health advisor […]
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Craney to staff LCC office, lead outreach
Katie Craney is Lynn Canal Conservation’s new conservation coordinator. She’ll be spokesperson for the group, with duties including membership development. She replaces Macky Cassidy, who previously held the job. Craney said her goals include reaching out to other organizations and communities. “I’m excited. This is down a path I’ve wanted to go for a while. There’s definitely […]
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Federal money cut for towns in forests
The discontinuation of Secure Rural Schools funding means a loss for the Haines Borough, but the cut in federal funding won’t dent the municipality’s budget. Chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart said last week that because program funding hasn’t been certain, the borough didn’t include it in its budget projections. The money – compensation to communities around […]
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Scott, longtime clinic administrator, retires after 20 years
After 20 years, Marcia Scott has retired as administrator at the Haines Health Clinic. Scott started as a receptionist in 1994, when the non-profit Lynn Canal Medical Center employed two doctors, two office staff and three nurses. “There have been some pretty extraordinary changes since then,” Scott said of the clinic, which currently employs 35 through its […]
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Library ends can recycling effort
The aluminum can bin at the Haines Public Library is nailed shut, but a new, downtown collection point for recycling used pop and beer cans will soon be available. Friends of the Library President Barb Blood said her group stopped collecting cans last fall, when buyer Alan Heinrich retired from the business after about 33 […]
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Winds blew to 65 mph
An Alaska Power and Telephone anomometer atop an FAA Road tower recorded winds reaching 64.75 mph at 4 a.m. Tuesday. Wind speeds exceeded those of a Jan. 14, 2011 storm, which reached 61.8 mph and tore siding off the Haines Quick Shop. Storm winds on Dec. 5, 2011, cut utilities, downed trees and blew out […]
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Advisory committee to meet
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet in the Haines Borough Assembly chambers 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. The agenda will include an end-of-the-year summary by commercial fish biologist Randy Bachman and a discussion of Chilkat king salmon by Haines sportfish biologists, including stock status, trends, recent runs and outlook. The king salmon discussion “is […]
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Swim coach, teacher traded southern roots for adventure
At a college party in Midgeville, Ga., seven years ago, a friend of Robert Butker’s introduced him to Courtney Hunt. Later, through the same friend, Butker met Mike Vondette, co-owner of the Gold Rush Brewing tourist attraction in Skagway. Those introductions proved fateful. Butker and Hunt are engaged to be married. Butker, who coaches the […]
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Mosquito Lake School on two meeting agendas
Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center say they’ll take their case to two Haines Borough meetings next week, including a Jan. 15 planning commission meeting where commissioners will be asked if the building should be sold. At a borough school board meeting Monday, board members will discuss an outreach plan for determining if there will be the […]
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Hatchery chum bounty may slip
Though still early for predictions, a combination of market and supply issues may reduce local income from chum salmon, the species that drives the value of the commercial fishery in Haines. Fishermen say they fear a smaller harvest and lower prices for the fish they catch next year. Chum account for about 80 percent of […]