In 2019, sixth-graders at Haines School asked the Haines Borough Assembly to pass a law prohibiting use of a certain type of plastic shopping bags (HDPE) that are not biodegradable, can’t be composted and are prone to cracking. These bags break down in our environment, are ingested by fish and seafood and accumulate in our […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Thank you for the efforts to clean up marine debris
This year, 159 youth and adult volunteers removed marine debris from our beaches. These incredible folks removed 10 super sacks of trash, a refrigerator, eight tires, and several pallets from our local beaches. Not only that, but they recorded every single piece of trash that was picked up and sorted it to be shipped down […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Scholarship winners, dogs in motorcycles and more
Former Haines resident Ted Kelly stopped into town for a visit and brought along his brother Jesse Chamberlain. Kelly, a former Sockeye Cycle mechanic, now lives in Middleburgh, New York. His brother lives in Salem, Mass. and had never been to Haines. Kelly said he saw most of his favorite Chilkat Valley people, places and […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: local projects and a traffic light for cyclists
10 years ago Assembly chooses Coast Guardsman as manager The Haines Borough Assembly bucked the staff’s choice for manager on Saturday, voting 4-2 to offer the job to Coast Guard veteran William Seward over Mark Karet, a planner and development director with more than two decades of municipal experience. Three groups – one comprised of […]
Posted inBlotter
Blotter: May 2 – May 16
Saturday, May 2 An officer on Main Street performed a traffic stop. Sunday, May 10 A caller in Haines reported a lost wallet. Item description and contact information was obtained. A caller in the 900 block of Main Street reported a speeding vehicle. Monday, May 11 A caller at Small Tracts Road and Tower Road […]
Posted inLocal News
Dolly Varden derby sees slow start
The Chilkat Valley’s first Dolly Varden fishing derby kicked off last Friday and will run until June 15. The idea came about when Doug Olerud and Gabe Long heard from locals who were eager for the salmon to return. “Our dolly fishing is some of the best in the state and not a lot of […]
Posted inLocal News
17 graduate from Haines High School
This year’s 17 graduates of Haines High School are going on to big things. There are a host of biologists, a fisherman, a heli-ski guide, an engineer, and a nearly officially certified nurse. Another hopes to become a composer of video game and movie scores. Some plan to explore or become expert tradesmen. But at […]
Posted inLocal News
“The experts are saying drastically different things,” say assembly members on Lutak Dock
Three weeks ago, the Haines Borough Assembly, in a vote momentous enough to draw applause from the audience in the room, chose a new design for the Lutak Dock project. But now, one borough advisor is contradicting key information that informed the design selection — information that came from another borough contractor — leading some […]
Posted inLocal News
New bald eagle stamp unveiled in Haines
A crowd gathered Friday for the ceremonial unveiling of a new U.S. Postal Service stamp designed to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday. The stamps, illustrated by David Sibley, show the eagle from hatchling to adulthood. And, as American Bald Eagle Foundation Director Aaron Cleveland told the crowd, they are a conservation success story. The bird […]
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Dunleavy calls special session Thursday on Alaska gasline tax break
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Tuesday he is ordering state lawmakers into a special session to force a new decision on his top priority: property tax breaks for the company proposing to build a massive pipeline system to ship natural gas from the North Slope to tidewater. Dunleavy outlined his plan during a news conference […]