Jerry Erny, Tara Bicknell, Grant Moore and Shane Horton scramble in transition from riding to shooting. Thirteen participated in the Snowmachine Biathalon, held at the Sportsman’s Range on Mud Bay Road.

Haines High School sophomore Jacob Malone paddles his duct-taped vessel to the end of the pool and back March 1, part of “Mini Week” activities offered here during the regional basketball tournament in Ketchikan. Students used 50 rolls of duct tape and recycled material to create crafts the could use as sleds, boats and bridges.

A “roundtable” discussion with Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the American Bald Eagle Foundation was canceled last month due to weather that prevented her travel. Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott this week said the visit might be re-scheduled for spring or summer. The event, open to the public, was to cover topics such as school funding, borough maintenance conditions, the federal […]

A Haines Borough contingent won’t be making the trip to Washington, D.C., this spring. “There are so many things that need to be tended to here in the borough, and I feel an absence from the borough should only be undertaken if it’s absolutely required,” said Mayor Stephanie Scott. She sought assembly approval last week to cancel the annual […]

The harbormaster’s office will be responsible for clearing snow off “finger” floats at the small boat harbor as the result of action last week by the Haines Borough Assembly. The change came in the form of an amendment by assemblyman Jerry Lapp to harbor code revisions the assembly was considering before passage at the Feb. 29 assembly meeting. […]

The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved an ordinance for spot checks of global positioning system data to monitor compliance with helicopter skiing regulations. Assemblymen Daymond Hoffman and Norm Smith were opposed in the 4-2 vote. As introduced in January, the ordinance would have required regular reporting of GPS data, but kept it confidential unless required in an investigation or court […]

Students appear likely to again be walking between traffic and a snow berm getting to Haines School next winter. Steve Soenksen, coordinator of the state Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program, said this week the state is advancing a $700,000 plan to build a sidewalk on the north side of Old Haines Highway […]