When a photographer went to shoot the Haines High School’s top student artists this week, they quickly raised an objection: Not against a white backdrop. “We’ve gone through stuff like that,” said district art teacher Linnus Danner. “What works and what doesn’t. I try to give them a well-rounded background, including random things to be […]

A poached cow moose found at about 38 Mile Haines Highway on April 28 was pregnant with twins, state wildlife trooper Rick Merritt said this week. As of press time Wednesday, no charges had been filed. “Right now, we don’t want to give a whole lot of information out, because it’s still under investigation,” Merritt […]

The Haines Borough Assembly is investigating a state-collected municipal motor vehicle registration tax that would help fund local storage and disposal of junk cars, or an annual “junk car clean-up.” The municipality for years has discussed how best to deal with junkers parked around town and abandoned on public property. Its interest sharpened last year when residents […]

Channel Construction began receiving junk metal – including cars – at the former sawmill site near 3 Mile Lutak Road this week. The site will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. All types of metal, including large appliances, will be accepted, but fluids must be drained from machinery like lawn mowers. Freezers […]

Mary Lekanof lost her car keys in a snow bank for a month last winter, but she made it to town for meals with other senior citizens through a popular program that provides bus service and lunch four days a week. The program will be cut to three days a week beginning July 1 due […]

Members of the board of the Haines Borough’s Dalton Trail Road Maintenance Service Area have an idea for the “Steel Bridge,” the aging, metal and timber span over the Klehini River at 26 Mile – put it over the Tsirku River to access Chilkat Lake. The state Department of Transportation is scheduled to replace the […]

Haines Borough Police Chief Gary Lowe said he’s pursuing local hire in the wake of resignations from the department. Recent departures have reduced the force to Lowe and officers Simon Ford and Jason Rettinger, who both lived in Haines before starting careers in law enforcement. Lowe moved from Illinois to become Haines Police chief in June 2008 but said […]