Gilles Apap, an electrifying violinist and musical innovator whom famed virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin called “a musician for the 21st century,” returns to the Chilkat Center auditorium for a performance with his trio 6 p.m. Saturday, April 23. “His concerts are exhilarating and astonishing in terms of their virtuosity,” Haines Arts Council president Tom Heywood said […]

History Day research projects qualifying for national competition in Washington, D.C. include ones on mankind’s predisposition to violence, the Cherokee Indian “Trail of Tears,” the barring of gender discrimination in education and the debate over logging in the Tongass National Forest. Six junior high students at Haines School behind the projects will hold a car […]

Officer Jason Joel resigned from the Haines Borough Police Department effective April 4. Joel served in the department five years and said this week he’s seeking seasonal employment on the North Slope. Joel had been a police sergeant, but his rank shifted to patrolman at the beginning of February, a change police chief Gary Lowe said Joel sought for […]

Ten local nonprofits have received pledges totaling $15,650 through the 2011 Permanent Fund Dividend’s “Pick. Click Give.” program. The PFD filing period closed March 31. According to an announcement at http://www.pickclickgive.org, 18,726 Alaskans pledged nearly $1.6 million to nonprofits through the program. About 3.4 percent of those who filed their PFDs online contributed to the program. […]

    The Haines Borough Assembly may look at reimposing property taxes on mobile homes.     Mobile homes previously were taxed under the borough’s business property tax, along with heavy equipment, fishing boats, and other money-making property, until that tax was repealed in 2009.     Rescinding the tax meant that residents who live in trailers in trailer parks, […]

Dukes, duchesses, earls, barons and countesses of the Chilkat Valley are invited to the royal wedding of Prince William of Wales to Katherine Middleton, an opportunity to don a posh frock for a good cause in Haines. The fund-raiser for the Chilkat Center, sponsored by Lynn Canal Community Players, starts 11 a.m. Saturday, April 30 at the […]

Jenny Lyn Smith of Haines is the local artist who created the design on the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s “Think Haines First” pin. The “lovebirds” design, representing the Eagle and Raven moieties, was a natural choice for the campaign, said Chamber president Ned Rozbicki. “I thought it was a great piece because it speaks to […]

Expect delays crossing the Klehini River bridge at Porcupine Crossing May 5-6 due to a review of the structure by inspectors with the Alaska Department of Transportation. The inspection is scheduled for between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day. Due to equipment and inspectors on the bridge expect closures for periods up to one […]

A deep frost continues to hamper utility services around town. At least 18 water lines are frozen around town, Haines Borough water and sewer operator Scott Bradford said this week. A majority of those are against the Mount Ripinsky hillside, where rocky, exposed soil is more susceptible to cold. Borough crews have been able to flush major culverts with […]

    Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Tours plans to operate the catamaran Chilkat Express between Haines and Skagway this summer, providing another option for cross-canal travel.     The 63-passenger boat, touted as the “fastest catamaran in upper Lynn Canal,” will offer two round-trip sailings per day from Haines, departing at mid-morning and late afternoon, Monday through Friday, […]