he headline this week should have read, “Assembly enacts ordinance to block research on wildlife populations in Chilkat Valley.” After agonizing over minor details, the assembly voted to radically gut the new heli-ski GPS monitoring system. What the adopted ordinance essentially does is to block the daily GPS recordings of helicopter flight paths from being […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, April 11 A caller reported a possible drunk driver downtown. An officer responded but was unable to locate the vehicle after patrolling the area. A caller reported a vehicle with expired plates. A caller requested an officer contact a sick family member. A caller reported a strong smell of fuel […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Feb. 27 A business owner was assisted locating the owner of a vehicle parked three days at Third Avenue and Old Haines Highway. A caller requested Dalton Street be sanded due to ice. A caller requested a family member’s doctor call her. The message was relayed. Sunday, Feb. 26 A post office patron reported […]
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Duly Noted
Dana Noel Murray was born Jan. 7 to Cara and Rob Murray in Ketchikan. Dana weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces and measured 19 inches. Dana Noel joins big brother Taylor and big sister Eva. Cara’s mother, Cathy Houlberg, took the ferry to Ketchikan and arrived just in time for Dana’s birth. She was a great […]
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Mad Skills
Marianne Rasmussen drives a loader at Whiterock Nursery while teammate Tiffany DeWitt watches during the women’s scavenger hunt and race, a fundraiser for the Venturer Scouts on Saturday.
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Haines posts wins in Triple Threat
The Triple Threat Tournament took over the town last weekend with about 160 players taking part in 42 games of basketball over three days. Juneau and Haines teams claimed most wins. Girls and boys from fourth grade to junior varsity, from Haines, Juneau, Skagway and Whitehorse, competed in three divisions. “It was a very good […]
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Fire department nabs solid insurance rating
The Haines Fire Department last month received its Public Protection Classification, a rating that in two categories remained the same or slightly improved from the last evaluation, meaning homeowners’ fire insurance rates should stay about the same or slightly decrease over the next 10 years. The designation from Insurance Services Office, Inc., is a fire […]
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Watershed council will research birds
A benefit dinner set for March 10 will help launch the Ts’ats’ee Bird Observatory, an effort of the Takshanuk Watershed Council aimed at tracking trends in local bird populations. The Mexican dinner, including videos produced by students, a live auction and art unveiling, will be held 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10 in the Haines School […]
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Mosquito Lake School may struggle to stay open in fall
Mosquito Lake School faces the prospect of dropping below required enrollment this fall, forcing the school to close the doors on the students and teachers who rely on their close-knit school community. Haines Borough School District Superintendent Michael Byer held a meeting with Mosquito Lake School parents on Feb. 16. Discussion included whether the school will […]