Residents gathered for an awards ceremony and potluck Oct. 29 at the senior center to recognize students in grades six through 11 who entered the contest for the third annual Chilkat Valley Peace Prize. Haines High School sophomore Karlie Spud earned top honors and $100 for her essay “Promoting Peace in Alaska.” The Klukwan resident wrote about […]
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Assembly mulls new election rules
The Haines Borough Assembly will consider changes to election procedures aimed at resolving questions about candidate qualifications before – instead of after – elections, at a first public hearing Tuesday. They also clarify voter eligibility and write-in campaigns. The assembly introduced the ordinance Oct. 26. “Right now, I guess, is the time to clarify ‘resident,’ right?” asked […]
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Heli-skiing zone goes Heli-skiing zone goes
After a proposed commercial skiing tour ordinance hit a snag at the Oct. 26 Haines Borough Assembly meeting, the borough’s planning commission is set to make a recommendation on a potential rezoning for those tours. The commission was scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 for a public hearing to discuss rezoning a portion of the […]
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Dock mitigation begins
Surveying set to begin this week is part of Haines Borough’s environmental mitigation work for Port Chilkoot Dock. The work – compensation for the environmental impact of filling a beach at the dock – includes creation of intertidal pools near Picture Point and culvert replacement on Comstock Road. Work must be completed within a year. […]
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Forum elicits wide range of ideas
Thirty-seven residents turned out Oct. 28 for the second, library-sponsored forum on strengthening community. Their ideas for improving the town included: Working toward food independence, building a community or youth center, holding more open-ended community discussions, reaching out to retirees arriving in the community involvement and acquiring research on the town’s demographics. At the third […]
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Firefighter-EMT starts on the job
Tiffany Roles arrived fresh off the ferry Nov. 1 to start her full-time job as a firefighter-EMT in Haines. “As soon as I got off the ferry at 11, I drove over to the firehall and started work right then,” Roles said. “I did ambulance driving and driver training and cleanup and rig checks and […]
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Robust prices make season for canal gillnet fleet
Robust salmon prices turned an average harvest into an above-average season for Haines gillnetters. The surge in prices to their highest point in more than a decade is attributed to factors including the successful marketing of wild salmon and development of new salmon products, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and disease problems at fish […]
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Variety highlights 16th annual bald eagle festival
Do you know what to do if you find an injured bird? The answer to that question and a range of others will be answered at the 16th annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival, starting 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The five days of activities will include workshops by festival photographer Weldon Lee […]
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Blown seal kills power
A blown seal in a needle shaft at the Goat Lake powerhouse caused a daylong shutdown of Alaska Power and Telephone’s hydroelectric operation Monday. Diesel generators were used to generate power in Haines. Darren Belisle, power operation supervisor for AP&T, said the O-ring in the three-inch shaft leading into turbines wears out about once a […]
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Six Haines students at honor festival
Six Haines High School students were chosen by Southeast music teachers to participate in the annual Southeast Honor Music Festival, Oct. 24-26 in Wrangell. Sopranos Hannah Wing and Alisha Young, tenors Sung Heywood and Devin Braaten, trombonist Quinn Asquith-Heinz and baritone saxophone player Emily Bowman qualified after sending recordings of their performances. “Only the best […]