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Haines COVID-19 vaccination rate nears 40%
Roughly 580 Haines residents received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last weekend...
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I’ve noticed a lot of letters from people I never heard of (and I’ve lived here for more than 50 years), protesting the firing of the most recent...
Assembly narrowly fires manager: mayor breaks tie
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday evening to fire borough manager Debra Schnabel without cause, with mayor Jan Hill breaking a 3-3 tie vote....
Assembly discusses $400K shortfall
There’s still a $400,000 hole in the proposed Haines Borough budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The deficit was created by the loss of state...
Assembly suspends manager with pay
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 at its regular meeting Tuesday to suspend borough manager Debra Schnabel with pay. The assembly will hold an...
Assembly to consider suspending manager with aim to fire
On Monday, May 11 assembly member Paul Rogers asked borough manager Debra Schnabel to resign and... Full story
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Clara Granger, known locally as Nattaphon “Ice” Wangyot, married Dakota Maatz on March 9 at Calgary, Alberta’s Fairmont Hot Springs Resort....
Assembly: Put Ocean Rangers under DEC
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to send a letter to the Alaska Municipal League in support of a bill that would eliminate the state’s...
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Mark Davis played the trumpet on the stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of the Honors Performance Series. Parents Holly and Matt and...
Bill Thomas hired to work in governor's office
Lifelong Haines resident Bill Thomas was hired this week to work as a special assistant to Gov. Mike Dunleavy in Juneau. Beginning Jan. 15, Thomas...
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Lila Chip Lende was born to Christian Lende and Ella Shepherd of Margaret River, Western Australia, on Jan. 9. Lila weighed 7.5 lbs. and measured 20...
Hunters concerned about parks regs in preserve
The Chilkat Bald Eagle Advisory Council voted 4-3 to move the 25 Mile Chilkat Valley Wilderness Memorial from the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve into...
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Emory Jacob Parker was born to Danina Daniel and Ryan Parker in Anchorage on Oct. 25 at 1:27 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces and was 21 and...
Assembly to consider cutting staff positions
The Haines Borough Assembly will meet as a committee of the whole with manager Debra Schnabel on Aug. 20 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss personnel...
Car submerged in Tsirku all winter
The stranded car that stranded two residents driving to a mining claim last November remains in the...
Legislature honors Tlingit code talkers
Tlingit World War II veterans George Lewis and Robert "Jeff" David, both longtime Klukwan and...
State Parks receives additional $1 million for Chilkoot corridor improvement project
The State Division of Parks received a boon for its Chilkoot corridor improvement project in the form of $1.5 million of federal funds to add to their...
Senior center stocks up on sockeye
The Haines Senior Center would like to thank the Chilkoot Indian Association for their generous grant to purchase Sockeye Salmon from local fishermen...
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Hazel Englund celebrated her 101st birthday Saturday with visits from family and friends at her hilltop home near 2 Mile Haines Highway. More than 30...
Thanks to Garden Partiers
We would like to thank all those that came out to support Takshanuk Watershed Council’s garden education program at our Garden Party fund raiser...
Food donations boost senior center
On behalf of the Haines Senior Center, I want to give a huge thank you to all the people who help support the center. Recently, Dr. Stan Jones...
Seabee Bieleski traveled widely
A rosary is scheduled 7 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church for lifelong resident Tom...
Planners: Don't expand borough
The Haines Borough Planning Commission quashed the idea of expanding borough boundaries after the assembly referred the idea to planners last month....
Assembly adds to budget for health care, nonprofits, library
The Haines Borough Assembly approved several of member Margaret Friedenauer’s suggested budget amendments Tuesday, adding money to non-profits,...
Committee raises sales tax questions
Should the Haines Borough and nonprofits collect sales tax on sales of goods and services? An assembly subcommittee looking at ways to raise revenues...
