The Haines Borough government broke the rules on the FEMA-funded Porcupine Road project this summer, and FEMA pulled the funding, leaving local taxpayers with a bill for $1.4 million. That hurts, but it’s also a warning. The Haines Borough government is also breaking the rules with the $20 million RAISE grant that could fund the Lutak Dock rebuild. That money is […]
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Orca skeleton donated to school science class
An orca skeleton will be hanging somewhere in the Haines School next year if everything goes to plan. That’s after a Haines resident recently donated a skeleton to science teacher Zak Tourville. “This random stranger walked in and was like ‘hey I have an orca skeleton,’” said Tourville, who is in his first year teaching. […]
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Petition seeks name change for LeConte state ferry, named after slaveowner
A petition that would ask the ferry service to change the name of the ship LeConte is being circulated, the latest in a series of efforts around the country to strip the names of people who enslaved others from public spaces. The change.org petition, posted Nov. 12 by Petersburg resident Terrence Daignault, asks the Alaska […]
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Group hopes new snow machine will expand XC skiing options in Chilkat Valley
A brand new $14,000 snowmachine may expand the number of trails in the Chilkat Valley that can be groomed for nordic skiing. Haines Huts and Trails purchased the machine — and a trailer to haul it — with a grant from the Crossett Fund, which supports health resources for children in Southeast Alaska. It was […]
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Public input opens on summer ferry sailings
The public has until Dec. 18 to submit written comments on the Alaska Marine Highway System’s proposed summer ferry schedule. The summer ferry schedule begins May 1 and runs to Sept. 30. Under the current proposal, the Hubbard is set to sail from Juneau to Haines and Skagway six days per week, with the Columbia […]
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Girls basketball starts season with focus on basics and one goal in mind: winning
Co-captain Ari’el Godinez Long, a junior, practices dribbling at the beginning of a practice. Coach Coleman Stanford (far right) said the team is focused on mastering basic skills this year. The Glacier Bears are traveling to Whitehorse this weekend for a scrimmage tournament to get their first taste of competition before a conference tournament in […]
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Citizen science group chases proof of unique lynx-on-salmon predation
A few years ago, trapper Jim Stickler was walking along the Haines Highway near the Council Grounds pullout around Mile 20 when something caught his eye. There were bear tracks in the snow that led to a partial carcass of a chum salmon. The bear had snacked on part of the fish and left the […]
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Totem pole returns to Haines after 50 years at corporate airline
From left to right: Carl Heinmiller, Johnnie Avatock, John Hagen and Wes Willard (standing). Photo courtesy of Delta Museum. The 15-foot pole arrived in Haines last month vacuum wrapped in plastic, and now sits at the tribal house in Fort Seward waiting to be unsheathed sometime this spring. It has been stored at the museum […]
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Three years later, Haines residents look back at the at the flooding and landslides of 2020
Photos by Rashah McChesney In early December of 2020, coming off of a summer of isolation from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Haines residents found themselves in the center of a weather pattern that brought unprecedented rain. There was widespread flooding, debris flows, damaged roads blocking off parts of town and landslides – […]
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Duly Noted
Paige and Michael Hoy welcomed baby boy Connor Owen Hoy on April 8 at 5:51 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. Michael was in the room for the delivery along with big brother Liam. The new family of four is doing well and is excited to get home, Paige said. The annual Olen Nash Memorial Big Air […]