Hopes for a outdoor covered basketball court and play area near the Haines School are still alive. school board members and superintendent Michael Byer say a covered area would serve a number of uses, but a recent estimate for the project of more than $300,000 nearly eliminated it from consideration. The borough has since received an […]
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DeWitt wins king derby
Resident Toni DeWitt didn’t have to go far to win top prize in the 32nd Haines King Salmon Derby. DeWitt hooked her 33.4-pound Chinook about 60 feet off the old Haines Packing Co. cannery Sunday, inside Letnikof Cove. “We were mainly fishing there because my granddaughter was in the boat. She brought me some luck, […]
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‘Drop-in’ softball games offered
Although there may not be a formal women’s softball league this year, there will still be games Thursday nights at the women’s diamond at Oslund Park, 1 Mile Haines Highway. Shannon DeWitt said women of all ages and ability levels are encouraged to turn out for “drop-in” softball 7 p.m. Thursdays at the park. For […]
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Police say break-ins at school continued
Haines Police are investigating a break-in at the mothballed elementary school by teenagers May 29. But the school has apparently been broken into so many times in recent months it may be impossible to determine whether vandalism discovered there was the work of youths at the scene or someone who’d been there earlier. Vandals have broken […]
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Puppets, mosaics highlight exhibit at museum
The Sheldon Museum’s Six-Week Spotlight series opened Friday with collections from Haines artists Debi Knight-Kennedy and Sharon Svenson. Svenson said she and Knight-Kennedy have wanted to do a show together for years and felt their work was very compatible. Their application was accepted last year, which gave them a year to produce the show. Svenson, […]
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Student safety group to meet
A brown bag lunch meeting is scheduled at noon, Tuesday June 22 in the assembly chambers for members of the Safe Routes to School committee. Borough coordinator Debra Schnabel said the purpose of the meeting is to review recent information and develop an action plan. Schnabel recently met with state traffic officials as well as the leader […]
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Borough officials lobby in D.C.
The Haines Borough recently spent $7,500 sending three leaders on a lobbying trip to Washington, D.C. The money was well spent, according to Mayor Jan Hill, assemblyman Jerry Lapp and facilities manager Brad Maynard, who made the four-day trip. The group met with U.S.senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich and staff of U.S. Rep. Don Young. Other meetings included with U.S. […]
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Group proposes pedestrian signs
A committee appointed to develop new pedestrian signs for the borough has determined 13 locations for them and as many as 21 landmarks they’ll point to. As envisioned, the signs will be akin to signposts in Britain, with a dozen or more signs about the size of street signs – pointed on one end to […]
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Top candidate for job at harbor turns it down
The Haines Borough will re-advertise its harbormaster job after its top candidate for the job – Ed Barrett of Whittier – turned down an offer of $65,000. Barrett was chosen over local candidates Ken Gross, Ellie Braaten and acting harbormaster Joe Parnell. Christian Racich, who most recently held the top job at the harbor, was paid $55,000. […]
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Eagle foundation chief: Thowing knives, beheading rats
She took first prize in a knife- throwing contest, shoots a black-powder rifle, and is fairly handy with a javelin, too. Despite this, Cheryl McRoberts cuts a studious profile behind her neat desk at the American Bald Eagle Foundation where she is director of operations, drawing on work as an accountant with H&R Block and the IRS […]