Haines has a taxi service again. In the absence of a functioning cab company for the last two years, Stan Mazeikas said he decided to take advantage of an open market. “It seemed like a decent business opportunity,” said Mazeikas, who is in his first month of business. Ms. Lucy Taxi and Courier Service operates […]
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Meet candidates at fair
Haines voters will get to meet candidates running for office at this year’s fair, with local Republican and Democrat chapters hosting tables. Deborah Vogt, chair of the local Democratic Party, said literature, signs and buttons will be available at the group’s booth. Cordova fisherman Robert Beedle, who is running for the House District 5 seat, […]
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NSRAA loses king contract
The state has terminated an aquaculture group’s contract for the Lutak king salmon enhancement project, where recent accidents are pushing up per-fish costs. With a projected return rate of less than one percent, each adult king salmon returning from the Lutak project this year will cost between $60 and $120. But when fish return from this year’s diminished release, […]
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Assembly off to Excursion Tuesday
The Haines Borough Assembly will travel to the cannery community of Excursion Inlet for an open-house meeting Tuesday. The trip is intended as an outreach to remote residents who sometimes chafe at paying borough taxes for what they see as little return. The assembly earlier this year appropriated about $5,000 for road improvements there. Excursion residents pay […]
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Eagle foundation gets $100K gift
An anonymous $100,000 donation will speed up plans for the American Bald Eagle Foundation to provide flight training for rehabilitated birds. The money – which arrived July 16 as a check from the San Francisco-based Schwaab Charitable Fund – will pay to build two chain-mesh cages where birds will regain their strength and learn to fly again. […]
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Wounded vet runs to shake trauma of war in Iraq, Afghanistan
Rita Maldonado remembers the sensation of flying through the air. “It was slow motion, like the movie ‘The Matrix’ slow motion. I remember thinking ‘If the sides of the truck hold up, I’ll live. If the sides get crushed, we’ll die.’” Maldonado, 27, is a river guide in Haines. Last October she was an Army […]
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Coroner: Heart disease, not PSP, killed local man
A 57-year-old Haines fisherman died from heart disease, not paralytic shellfish poisoning as previously suspected. Kate Saunders, wife of Mike Saunders, said an autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office found as much as 90 percent of her husband’s heart was blocked and that he likely died of arrhythmia arising from previous heart damage. “He […]
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Return of animals, new rides on tap
Barn animals are back, rides have increased, and the grounds are spruced up for the 42nd annual Southeast Alaska State Fair. Contests, displays and workshops will punctuate the four-day Haines tradition that begins at noon Thursday. Organizers are excited for a banner year. “We’ve been working really hard getting ready for this big week, and it’s […]
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Heli-ski firm exceeds increased flight limit Borough may penalize SEABA
Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures exceeded its allowable skier days this year by 22 percent, despite a 29 percent increase provided by the Haines Borough. The Haines-based helicopter-skiing company also used more than twice its allowable photo days and is the subject of a resident’s complaint of flying outside management plan boundaries April 4. “The administration […]
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Donations made fund-raiser a success
We would like to thank everyone who made the fundraiser for the family of Jason Allgood a success. Thank you to all the people and local businesses who donated their time and goods for the dinner and for the auction. Thank you, Howsers IGA, Alaska Meat & Grocery, and Mountain Market for generous donations that […]