Children work on the newly installed Early Literacy Station computers in the Children’s Room of the Haines Borough Public Library. The touch screen computers are equipped with 50 education software titles for ages 2-10. The computers are not connected to the Internet and the programs are aimed at helping to teach children reading, math, science, social studies, […]

Annie Boyce and Windsor the dog pause on the north summit of Mount Ripinsky on Feb. 7. Boyce, Paul Swift and Windsor hiked up the north summit on a clear day. The couple said the snow-measure board at the tree-line topped out at 14 feet, comparable to the record-breaking winter of 2006-07.

The Glacier Bear dance team, including Margarette Jones, Brook Cinocco and Samantha Lowe, perform a light show during halftime at the Haines basketball game.

Animal rights, the gold rush and 9-11 were just some of the topics students centered their projects around this year for History Day. Middle and high school students created projects based on the theme “Revolution, Reaction, Reform” for this year’s History Day. The projects were on display during the award ceremony on Monday night at […]

A massive Whitehorse team avenged two earlier losses to a Juneau squad to take the title at the Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament on Sunday. Whitehorse used its height advantage to edge Lonnie Anderson’s team, the defending champions, 73-70. The tournament drew eight adult teams from Haines, Juneau, Klukwan, Skagway and Whitehorse. The Chilkat Warriors of […]

Tari “Ty” Esposito said when she arrived in Haines as the acting public health nurse last fall, “I loved the town as soon as I got here.” That led Esposito to apply for a permanent public health nurse position here, and she started in that role last month. She previously was a public health nurse […]

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved an ordinance to establish a park at Picture Point. “This ordinance just pertains to the tidelands, at this time,” borough manager Mark Earnest said last month. “The idea would be, potentially, in the future to expand this.” The park would include about 0.65 acres “of tidelands and submerged lands located at Picture […]

Mayor Stephanie Scott last month appointed six residents to a task force that will examine responses to a “request for qualifications” for community center professional design services. Appointees include Dave Berry, Chilkoot Indian Association; Lenise Henderson Fontenot, Downtown Revitalization Committee; Daymond Hoffman and Steve Vick, Haines Borough Assembly; Rob Goldberg, Haines Borough Planning Commission; and Michael Byer, Haines Borough School District. One more seat […]