Petersburg has a tight housing market – last year a survey found the town would need an additional 300 homes in the next decade. But a new local program aims to make it easier for people to add small homes, also known as Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs, to their property. The Borough of Petersburg […]
Posted inEnvironment, News, Southeast News
Forest Service seeks suggestions about what to protect in the Tongass
A draft inventory of what’s in the Tongass National Forest was released Wednesday by officials who are giving the public until Sept. 14 to offer suggestions about what areas should get federal wilderness protection. The assessment is part of a multiyear update of the Tongass Land Management Plan, which was last fully revised in 1997 […]
Posted inNews, Southeast News, Environment & Natural Resources
New seafood buyer with big plans starts small in Metlakatla
An emerging seafood company is preparing to purchase its first loads of pink and chum salmon from a handful of seine boats in Metlakatla this summer while also building a high-tech floating freezer barge at a Washington shipyard that the company plans to operate in Southeast Alaska next year. Circle Seafoods, which was founded by […]
Posted inLocal News, Photos of the Week
Photos of the week: A wedding invite, stranded cruise ship passengers, a small quilt auction
Top: Henry Pollan and Ela Sokolowska invited the entire Chilkat Valley to their wedding celebration on Saturday, July 20, in Haines. Middle row: Collette Costa, Taylor Vidic, Salissa Thole, and Shona Strauser performed with High Costa Living from Juneau while dancers cut a rug for hours as the sun set. Passengers headed down Haines’ cruise […]
Posted inNews, Arts & Culture, Local News
For the second year, quilters bring fabric art to auction for fairgoers
It’s a cool, drizzling morning in Haines and Carol McConahy is stacking the perfect antidote to the chill – a pile of quilts – in her Skyline Drive studio. For the second year, Southeast Alaska State Fair attendees will not only get to see the quilting talent in Haines, they’ll get the chance to bid […]
Posted inObituaries
Memorial for Gwen and Harold Horton to be held
There will be a family memorial in Idaho for former residents Harold Horton (92), who died June 20th in Idaho Falls and wife Gwendolyn (Gwen), 88 who passed away there last year. The Hortons were well known in Haines in the 70s and 80s. Son Shane Horton said his father was born in American Falls, ID., […]
Posted inEvents & Entertainment, Local News
On your mark, get set, and roll!
The sport of log rolling has simple rules: first one that falls off loses, and the best out of three moves on in a bracketed-style tournament.
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Volunteer program returns, city faces challenges, good times at the fair
July 24, 2014 – Police resurrecting reserves program after decade The Haines Borough Police Department is resurrecting its volunteer reserve officer program after more than a decade of dormancy. The department is starting to train its first reserve officer candidate, Gary Hinkle, said manager David Sosa. “He will be riding and observing over the next […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Farewells, a reunion, and a visit from an old friend
Memorial Service for Judy Rogers will be held on Saturday, July 27, at 11 a.m. at the New Hope Fellowship Church on Mosquito Lake Road. A potluck dinner will follow the service. Aimee Jacobson’s last day at the Haines Post Office was July 10. In 2015, Jacobson started her U.S.Postal Service career here in Haines […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thanks to the Community of Haines for your Support
The family of George Ann Smith would like to thank the community of Haines for your care and support of us while we were there recently to conduct a Memorial Service and Celebration of Life for our Mom, and to clean out her residence to prepare it for sale. A special thanks to the Port […]