Sheldon Museum Director Jerrie Clarke is home in Haines following a decision to shut down this season’s research by the universities guiding an archaeological dig in Egypt. Jerrie was part of an archeological team in Abydos, over 300 miles south of Cairo. The team had been working for only two weeks on a project planned […]
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Craig boys toughen up in 2nd game to split series
The Glacier Bear boys’ varsity team split a home series with the Craig Panthers and the squad’s “C” team iced a 54-53 overtime win against Juneau’s Crimson Bears in basketball action last weekend. On Friday night, varsity play was close and action packed as both teams struggled early to find their rhythm and flow. The […]
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Local officers reel in wanted ‘street preacher’
A phalanx of local peace officers on Tuesday arrested an Oregon man wanted there on misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and violating a domestic order. Bail was set at $100,000. Daniel John Lee, 31, a Portland-area street preacher who allegedly made threatening statements on the Internet about Clackamas County officials and his ex-wife, arrived here […]
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Shot goat will be studied
A sickly mountain goat put down by wildlife trooper Ricky Merritt this week will be sent for a necropsy. Assistant area wildlife biologist Anthony Crupi said the animal was weak and disoriented, with crusty scabs near its nose and mouth when it was put down near 7.5 Mile Haines Highway. “If you saw the way she looked, […]
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State offers commercial energy audit
The Alaska Energy Authority is accepting applications for its Commercial Energy Audit Program. Owners of eligible commercial buildings throughout Alaska may be reimbursed up to $6,500 for a qualifying energy audit. The program is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and is expected to provide up to 150 commercial energy audits. “This program […]
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Borough sewer plant gets $25K rake repair
The Haines Borough this week completed a $25,000 fix to its sewage treatment plant. A broken rake drive in the main clarifying tank there meant the plant hadn’t been functioning properly, said borough projects director Brad Maynard. Sewage flows into the tank, with solids settling to the bottom, where they’re raked into a hole at the bottom […]
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Picture Point price $450K
Owner Roger Beasley is asking $450,000 for three of his five acres at Picture Point, land that would include two scenic pullouts and a strip of land connecting them to Front Street. The asking price became public during a presentation by borough staffer Debra Schnabel on development of the parcel as a “gateway” in conjunction with the […]
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Permit sought for boat tour
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday postponed approval of a Chilkat Guides request to add a marine sightseeing tour to depart from Letnikof Cove, Port Chilkoot Dock or the Small Boat Harbor. “I would like to see a little bit more detail, if you are going to be using the Letnikof – what routes you intend to […]
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HAL variance to be reheard
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 6-0 Tuesday to rehear a contested variance approved by the planning commission for a Haines Assisted Living building expansion. Resident Mike Denker, whose house abuts the HAL building, appealed a second variance the project received that puts the HAL extension within a few feet of his home. Denker told the assembly the […]
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Assembly OKs land sale talks
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to authorize manager Mark Earnest to negotiate with an upper valley church that wants to buy a two-acre parcel of borough land at the intersection of Haines Highway and Mosquito Lake Road. Members Joanne Waterman and Greg Goodman were opposed. The church’s lot would come from a five-acre piece the borough purchased there last […]