A Haines Borough cruise and fast ferry passenger survey showed tourists want more sunshine and even a Subway restaurant, but a vast majority were satisfied with their visit. McDowell Group of Juneau prepared the $20,000, 33-page report, paid for with head tax money. “We rated higher on what people thought about our town than any other survey […]
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Slump continues slipping, shifting
Borough and state engineers this week finished installing sophisticated monitoring equipment near the slump causing earth movement, cracks and heaves in the Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road area. Another sudden shift occurred late Tuesday, expanding existing cracks by several inches. Borough engineering company PND Engineers from Seattle set up control points around Lutak Road and Front Street to monitor […]
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School board, assembly talk budget hopes
The Haines Borough Assembly and Haines Borough school board held a joint meeting Tuesday night and together emphasized what was of no surprise to anyone in the room: neither entity is expecting a budget surplus next year. The borough and school board meet jointly once a year, usually in late spring and after the borough budget has gone through much of its […]
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Neighbors help in care of dogs
This fall I rescued a dog who had been beaten. Unfortunately, soon after, one of my dogs sickened and died despite medication sent from Juneau. Fearing for my other dogs, I sent for more medicine and thanks to Alan Miller, who went above and beyond in attempting to get these medications to me and the […]
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GPS data should be public
For many years I administered special use hunting permits for the forest service in Montana. Hunting area and hunting activity of individual outfitters was known to other guides as well as to the public. This served two purposes. First, it allowed the public to avoid areas (if they wished) where guides operated. Second, it reported […]
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DDF team hosts successful meet
The DDF team is once again very grateful to the community of Haines for its continued support. We had a first rate regional tournament here this past weekend. Special thanks to Lisa Schwartz, who captained the hospitality room with the help of Cindy Buxton and Julia Heinz, and to Mountain Market and everyone who contributed […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, June 28 Police responded after a caller reported a person broke into their Fourth Avenue residence and was breaking things. A caller reported a dump truck driving erratically into town with its blinkers on. A caller reported eagles swooping down on something in the Chilkat River at 6.5 Mile Haines Highway. Troopers found a dead moose. […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 23 Vehicles were reported for impeding snow removal near Mathias and in the area of the power plant. A caller reported the theft of jewelry and cash from their residence in the Allen Road area. Police said the theft is valued at more than $500. The fire department and ambulance responded to a […]
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Alcan 200
Road conditions were “pretty close to perfect,” said race organizer Karen Hess. Snowmachiners raced from 42 Mile to Dezadeash and back and 21 racers completed the course. Jarrid Davy of Whitehorse again came in first place overall this year with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes, 11 seconds and an average speed of 119 […]
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Ice Time
Drake Olson takes off his skates after playing hockey at Raven Arena on Friday. Greg Schlachter has been busy clearing snow off the expanded ice rink that’s been operating about 10 days inside the horse arena at the fairgrounds. Volunteers including Pete Dohrn and Randy Miner volunteered earth work last fall and Donnie Turner, Duck […]