The Haines Dolphins swim team had more than 30 participants in the annual Winter Games last weekend at the Haines swimming pool. “We measure performance by how many best times they get, how well they place in a race, how many new events they tried, and whether this is a first meet for them,” said […]
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DeHart new health nurse
Elsa DeHart is the new public health nurse in Haines. DeHart, who worked the past three years as a public health nurse in Kodiak, replaces Monica Acton, who served here 10 years and recently moved to Sitka. DeHart has worked 11 years as a nurse and started into the health profession as a midwife. She […]
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Bear girls shut down Wrangell, lose 2 to Skagway
Not unlike the tugboat they rode in on, the 2A state champion Skagway girls’ basketball team powered into Haines this week. The Panthers notched impressive and rare victories against the cross-canal rival Glacier Bears during non-conference games Monday and Tuesday. The Bears led by as many as 13 points Monday, until a run by the […]
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Fish run pushes up gull numbers in annual Audubon count
Numbers of gulls nearly tripled to 1,425 during the annual Audubon bird count, possibly due to a run of fish in Chilkat Inlet. “Several thousand were seen feeding just south of Pyramid Island,” said biologist Tim Shields. A group of “hardcore birders” braved the cold Dec. 18 for the count that tallied 3,657 birds from […]
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Denker to appeal HAL variance
Union Street resident Mike Denker said he’ll appeal a 5-1 decision by the Haines Borough Planning Commission last week that reaffirmed a December variance for Haines Assisted Living. Commissioner Andy Hedden cast the lone dissenting vote. The December variance – which came after construction – was the second granted for encroachment into a 15-foot required separation between […]
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Book aims at solving conflict
Sixty copies of the book “Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most” have circulated throughout Haines in recent weeks. “Difficult Conversations,” first printed more than a decade ago, was written by the Harvard Negotiation Project. Resident Debra Schnabel said the book was given away at a November Christmas bazaar. She is part of a group of […]
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Downtown group takes 1st steps
A half-dozen downtown business and property owners met Wednesday to reap “low-hanging fruit” identified in the Haines Borough’s downtown revitalization plan. “A lot of times we commission a plan, and nothing happens after that. This is the ‘after that,’” said group leader Lenise Henderson-Fontenot. The group agreed to boost efforts to promote shopping locally, to […]
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Best educated town, per capita, in Alaska?
The Haines Borough has the highest per capita number of college graduates in Alaska, according to information published this week by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The information, published as a map and article Sunday, shows the percentage of residents in U.S. counties, or county equivalents, holding bachelor’s degrees. It was compiled from data of the U.S. […]
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Assembly renews SEABA permit
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday voted 6-0 to renew a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) following lengthy discussion on how the business should be penalized for exceeding its skier day limit. In lieu of a penalty or probation, the company will have to come before the assembly again for its 2012 permit. SEABA must submit […]
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Spike in bear kills puts focus on hunt
The state Department of Fish and Game will be watching the spring brown bear harvest, as the number of kills has exceeded the state’s guideline harvest limit with more than half the season remaining. Through this week, 17 brown bears have been taken, including three killed in defense of life or property and three others taken illegally. […]