Sunday, Sept. 29 Caller advised that a bear got into a dumpster at a local business on Dalton Street and scattered trash all over her yard. Monday, Sept. 30 Caller advised that there had been crashing all over the outside of her Haines Highway house since 4 a.m. She said it sounded like metal. An […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Local News
A culinary treasure: How mushroom foraging enriches a local chef’s creations
Travis Kukull receives a lot of messages from friends, family, and randos up and down the Upper Lynn Canal every year around this time. “People text me pictures of things all the time.” They take pictures of fungi and send them to Kukull’s phone to see if they’re edible. But Kukull is the first to […]
Posted inSports, Local News
Zombie run marks the end of middle school cross country, beginning of spooky season
Just as the sun started to set on Friday, casting long shadows in the woods around the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds – about 50 people gathered by a side stage. Many of the adults climbed into costumes, smeared fake blood on their faces or pulled distorted masks on before heading into the woods for the […]
Posted inLocal News, Public Safety
A family picks up the pieces after weekend fire
As backhoes creaked and moved debris in the background, Sam Remeto and her husband picked through the charred remains of their home. “Oh look! My bathing suit,” said Remeto, picking up a colorful, soot-stained piece of cloth. “I could go swimming.” It’s the first time since their apartment went up in flames on Saturday night […]
Posted inEducation, Local News
Haines superintendent resigns after seven years
Haines School District Superintendent Roy Getchell is leaving his post at the end of the school year. He told the school board of his plans on Tuesday evening. Getchell was hired in Feb. 2018, and by the time he leaves will have been with the district for seven years. He brought a level of stability […]
Posted inLocal News, Elections, Haines Borough
Canvas board counts 27 remaining ballots, election night results unchanged
Three new members of the borough assembly will be seated in late October. A Tuesday evening election canvas, made up of current assembly members, counted 27 ballots on Tuesday evening. Those included 11 absentee ballots, 11 qualified question ballots and 5 special needs ballots, said borough clerk Kristine Kennedy before she started unsealing ballots and […]
Posted inLocal News, Public Safety
A community coordinates aid for those impacted by Quick Shop fire, while police interview tenants
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with more information from the Haines Ministerial Association coordinating aid for victims of the fire. Haines police said Sunday that they were looking for Larry Drake, a tenant in one of the apartments on the second floor of a building that burned to the ground overnight. They said […]
Posted inLocal News, Public Safety
Fire destroys Mike Ward’s convenience store ‘I feel like I’m losing part of my life here’
Editor’s note: A story following up on this one was published on Sunday afternoon and can be found here. A small crowd gathered Saturday night watching as a fire ate through the building that houses Haines’ Quick Shop, Outfitter Liquor, Outfitter Sporting Goods, Mike’s Bikes & Boards, and four apartments. No one reported any injuries […]
Posted inMining, Local News
Dozens of fish died near Kensington gold mine, two months later state regulators still haven’t figured out why.
On the morning of Aug. 9, state biologists discovered dozens of dead fish in a creek near the Kensington gold mine in Southeast Alaska. Scientists from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game say their observations — and the fact that the die-off occurred downstream of a wastewater treatment plant at the large mine — […]
Posted inObituaries
Erik Holmes dies at 45
Erik Paul Holmes was a well-mannered, polite young man from a very young age. He loved his children and family more than anything. He never met a stranger and would help anyone with anything he could. He was a truck driver by trade and loved to work and travel. Erik was born May 8, 1979 […]