Haines state trooper Josh Bentz has forwarded to the FAA a complaint that a private pilot swooped low over the highway near 33 Mile. According to a complaint made to the trooper, a white plane with a maroon stripe twice swooped down near the roadhouse, once coming within 10 feet of the road. The incident […]

Residents got a look at the first round of the state’s thinking about improvements along the Chilkoot River corridor at a meeting Tuesday with officials from several agencies involved in planning. State archaeologist, biologists, landscapers, planners and state Division of Parks employees hosted the meeting, attended also by Ben Ellis, the division’s director. State Rep. Bill […]

Cornell University senior Chandler Kemp was recently selected as a Merrill Presidential Scholar, an honor bestowed on the university’s most outstanding graduating seniors. It also recognizes the teachers who played a role in their success. Kemp, a 2008 graduate of Haines High School, chose school science teacher Mark Fontenot to join him at the Ivy […]

The Haines Elks Lodge lost its charter Saturday, ending 30 years of service to the Chilkat Valley. A meeting of members held Friday and Saturday failed to muster interest enough to fill required officer positions for a lodge here, said Mike Luhr of Petersburg, a statewide Elks representative who presided over the meeting. “There’s not […]

The Haines Borough School District is planning to eliminate one full-time teaching position and use reserves to bridge a projected deficit in the coming school year, but further reductions may be necessary, school board members heard at their April 5 meeting. The first version of the draft budget assumes no change in insurance costs and no increases during upcoming […]

About 30,000 cruise ship passengers are expected to arrive in Haines this summer on 25 dockings, tourism director Tanya Carlson said last week. Her estimate of 30,611 passengers, based on double occupancy, would be a 12 percent increase from the 27,263 passengers who visited Haines in 2011, when there were 23 dockings and two cancellations. […]

Projects in the Chilkat Valley would receive $18.9 million in state funding from bills approved in the past week by the Alaska Legislature, including $6.1 million for a new veterans’ home and $4.5 million in harbor breakwater improvements. The amount is the highest in years. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, who helped secure the funds, said […]