Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest plans to depart his position within the next two years to further the education of his 9-year-old son, who has completed chemistry and pre-calculus courses. “As many of you already know, my family and I will need to relocate to another community in the not too distant future to accommodate the educational needs […]

Some brown bears in Southeast won’t ever go near a salmon stream, but prefer instead to live at higher altitudes, subsisting on ground squirrels and plants, Fish and Game information officer Riley Woodford told a crowd Friday at the American Bald Eagle Festival. “They just don’t want the hassle,” Woodford said, reflecting a variability in […]

The Haines High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team placed in a wide range of events at Wrangell last weekend. “I don’t believe Haines has ever had a team with the potential to be as strong as this squad across the board,” said coach Gershon Cohen. “We always do really well in perhaps half a […]

Four Haines students have been chosen to attend the all-state Honor Festival, where they will be challenged to perform difficult pieces alongside the state’s best young musicians. Trombonist Quinn Asquith-Heinz, 18, this week was rehearsing three pieces he described as “some of the hardest music” he’s ever seen, with far-ranging rhythms and speed. That will […]

Contractors working for the Chilkoot Indian Association last week removed more than 400 old dock pilings from the Port Chilkoot Dock beach, including ones from a barge ramp where the first car ferries in Lynn Canal landed in the 1950s. They also harvested about a pick-up truck load of metal scraps from the beach, under a project […]

State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines is seeking a means for downtown businesses to keep signs in place in the face of state regulations that say they must be permanently moved from state rights-of-way. Thomas staffer Kaci Schroeder Hotch said federal law seems to show that the state Department of Transportation can work with federal secretary of […]

The Haines Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its board of directors. Nominations will be accepted at Friday’s noon chamber meeting at Chilkat Restaurant. Three seats on the board are up for election this year. Board members serve three-year terms. Terms are up for Patty Campbell, Judith McDermaid and Adam Patterson. Other board members […]

Haines Borough police put down an orphan black bear with an injured paw Thursday, after the limping cub rustled through trash cans near Main Street. “It was the most humane thing to do,” said Fish and Game area biologist Ryan Scott. “We understand it was a sad event, for sure, but considering the information we have […]

The Haines Alcohol Task Force is sending a two-pronged message aimed at underage drinkers: Don’t drink, but if you do, act safely. “Our focus coming up here in the next couple of weeks is going to be parental workshops,” police chief Gary Lowe said. He serves as the group’s leader. “It’s going to be on how to […]