The Haines Glacier Bear basketball season started with a clean sweep of Petersburg last weekend. Here at home, the girls’ scrappy full-court pressure and capitalization of turnovers into layups left Petersburg reeling and struggling just to get the ball across mid-court. The scores were closer than they could have been because coach Brian Elliott gave […]
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Troopers open case into sex abuse report
Alaska State Troopers and the Haines Borough Police Department this week investigated a report of child sexual abuse. “I don’t think it’s a risk to the public,” said state trooper Josh Bentz. “It happened at a residence up the highway.” He would not provide additional details. “At this point, we’re still so in the early […]
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Sunken boat stubborn in coming to surface
Mike Smith’s 32-foot sport boat “Lodo” has been for sale for the last few months. “But I guess that’s not going to happen anymore,” Smith said Tuesday, four days after the boat sank to the bottom of the Haines Boat Harbor. Paul Peters reported the sinking on Friday evening. He arrived at the harbor and […]
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GPS data a trade secret? Heli-ski companies want coordinates to be confidential
The Haines Borough Assembly in a 4-2 vote Tuesday introduced an ordinance that would make global positioning system data for helicopter skiing confidential. “The only thing about this ordinance is you have to be satisfied that the GPS data is indeed a trade secret, and the people who bear the burden of that proof are the operators […]
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Public meeting on heliport scheduled
Please come to the Jan. 19 public hearing on SEABA’s application to create an additional heliport for their commerical (heli-)ski tours. The property SEABA wishes to use as a heliport is within an area at 26-mile that is currently being proposed to be rezoned as rural residential. The rezoning application, on file with the borough, is valid and was submitted with […]
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Internet rates raise questions
Alaska Power and Telphone is currently marketing 8MB of Internet speed to folks for $160/month. Currently in the community, the largest block of folks (approximately 500) are paying $50/month and receiving a mere 256K of Internet speed. From folks paying for the 256K speed, that totals $1600 to AP&T for the same total 8MB of […]
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Lapham’s memory lives on
This winter it has been hard for many of us not to miss Pete Lapham, who for years kept our roads and airport clear of snow, all with a winning smile and a thoughtful wave. Thanks to a generous donation from the Chilkat Snowburners in Pete’s memory, he continues to care for the people of […]
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Walkers, joggers hard to see on road
To all the people who jog or walk in the dark at night or early morning with mostly black labs and with nothing but a tiny reflective stripe covered by a back pack, or some light the size of a dime: I hope when you decide to go for a walk or a run that you […]
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Duly Noted
Retired Alaska State Trooper Roger Maynard credited teammate George McCament with determining that gift shop hostess Sue Veneer killed Malcolm Melee at Saturday’s murder mystery dinner theater. About 50 guests turned out for the Chilkat Center cabaret, organized by Lynn Canal Community Players. McCament, a retired FAA investigator, arrived at the event with paper and […]
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Assembly committee edges toward Center roof repair
A committee of the Haines Borough Assembly took a baby step toward funding a Chilkat Center roof repair at a Dec. 27 workshop. The borough recently received a $650,000 estimate to rebuild the center’s roof, including structural work and replacement of cedar shakes with metal roofing. Adding insulation is expected to stem a problem that starts when […]