Fixing persistent leaks in the roof over the center of the high school and addressing a drainage issue there will consume the remaining school construction funds, superintendent Michael Byer told a joint meeting of the Haines Borough Assembly and School Board. Byer also is seeking $250,000 from the Alaska Legislature to replace padding under the gymnasium floor, […]
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TV’s ‘Gold Rush’ miners head to the Yukon
Todd Hoffman and his mining crew are moving to Canada. Friday’s “Full Disclosure” epilogue of “Gold Rush: Alaska” on the Discovery Channel revealed Todd, his father, Jack, and their team of rookies from Oregon no longer would have access to the gold claim in the Porcupine mining district where they had hoped to strike it […]
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Juno wins Hotch tournament
An undersized Haines Merchants team advanced to the finals of the Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament Sunday, but fell 137-81 to a powerhouse squad from Juneau. “We definitely gave it our best effort, but we were out of gas, and they played a really good game,” said Haines’ Jason Shull, who earned all-tournament honors. The […]
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Bracelet finds way to carver’s daughter
A silver bracelet created by the late Tlingit carver George Lewis perhaps more than 23 years ago was recently returned to Lewis’ family, but the original owner of the bracelet remains a mystery. Resident Jim Shook was fishing for Dolly Varden near the Chilkoot River bridge last summer when a flash in the water caught […]
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Hike proposed in freight rates
The Haines Borough is considering exponential rate increases for using Lutak Dock, under a proposed ordinance set for a second public hearing Tuesday. “These rates, in general, haven’t been changed in many years,” said borough manager Mark Earnest. “They’ve just been low, and they’ve been low for a long time.” The Haines Borough Assembly on Feb. 22 advanced the ordinance to a […]
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Theater building for sale; After 80 years as owner, Gross family pulls plug
The Coliseum Theater building, a Main Street landmark since 1918, is for sale by Gross Alaska, Inc., the Juneau-based family business that has owned it since 1930. Krishna Smith, a computer programmer who moved to Haines a year ago and is interested in re-opening the building as a theater, is investigating buying it. “If we […]
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We squabble as others dream of Haines
In the midst of a cold, windy winter, and our annual squabble, it is nice to hear what Haines means to others. My niece Marie Glanz has visited here several times. In fact, her daughter met her future husband here. In an e-mail Marie sent me on Feb. 26, she wrote: “I think Haines is […]
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Thanks for finding reminder of father
In 1987, my father, George Lewis, carved a silver bracelet. Recently, Jim Shook was tossing his fishing line to and fro when he spotted this “glint” in the sandy bottom of the river. After checking it out, he found that it was the silver bracelet my father had carved 24 years ago. No telling how […]
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Parnell’s plan is a giveaway for nothing
laska Gov. Sean Parnell has proposed giving a tax break to the oil industry which would cost the state nearly $2 billion a year. The break’s purpose is to stimulate jobs through oil development, yet the oil industry has stated there is no guarantee that they will do any such thing. What’s guaranteed is that […]
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Contributors make Bigs’ program go
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a non-profit charity and depends on a wide range of support, much of it local. On Saturday, Feb. 19, our matches enjoyed an excellent sledding group activity at the home of Diz Kistler and Mardell Gunn, as we have for a number of years. The hill was fast and the […]