Glen Klinkhart, Haines’ temporary police chief, will hold a talk about his true crime memoir “Finding Bethany” and police forensics at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Haines Borough Public Library. “Finding Bethany” is about a murder case in which he was the lead investigator for the Anchorage police. Because of the talk’s mature content, the library advises […]
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Shooter at 33 Mile
A 58-year-old Haines man was arrested Tuesday at 33 Mile Haines Highway on multiple counts of assault, misconduct involving a weapon and one count of criminal mischief. According to Department of Public Safety public information officer Megan Peters, Alaska State Troopers and two officers from the Haines Borough Police Department responded to a report of a resident […]
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Klinkhart brought on as temporary police chief
Glen Klinkhart will act as a temporary Haines Borough police chief through Sept. 15 as current police chief Heath Scott moves his family from Washington, D.C. to Haines. Klinkhart was hired by borough manager Bill Seward to act as chief in Scott’s absence. He began work on Thursday, Aug. 25. Seward said he brought Klinkhart on to […]
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Borough to launch junk car program
The Haines Borough is introducing a program where residents can get rid of junk cars for only $50. But better move fast; only 15 vehicles will be accepted in the pilot program’s first shipment. “We’ll take them to one of our yards, drain them, smash them, put them on flats and then ship them down to Seattle,” […]
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Old city shop gets make-over
The old City of Haines public works building is getting an upgrade. The 60-by-50 foot, metal-frame structure on Union Street was built in the mid-1960s and served for decades as a public works office and heavy equipment repair shop. The Haines Borough will keep the building’s metal skeleton while adding a new foundation, insulation, plumbing, in-floor heat, […]
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Annual fair meeting looks to future
Gate receipts at the 2016 Southeast Alaska State Fair were “relatively flat” as compared to 2015, despite an improved ferry schedule and a “buzz” about entertainment that brought expectations for improved visitation from Juneau and Whitehorse, Y.T. “We didn’t see it,” fair executive director Jessica Edwards told fair members Friday at the nonprofit corporation’s annual […]
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Scout camp full all summer
A Boy Scout camp located near Mount Riley is functioning as envisioned, attracting scouts and other groups here as a staging area for activities like backpacking, ice-climbing and sea kayaking contracted through Alaska Mountain Guides. AMG leases the camp, called Chilkoot High Adventure Base, from the Great Alaska Council Boy Scouts of America, June through […]
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Race for borough assembly swells to 6 candidates
Three new candidates will vie for two open seats on the Haines Borough Assembly alongside incumbent Diana Lapham and challengers Judy Erekson and Heather Lende, who already filed. Chilkat Valley News publisher Tom Morphet, commercial fisherman Ryan Cook and Moose Horn Laundry owner Leonard Dubber filed their candidacy paperwork with the borough before Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline […]
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Two new teachers for Haines, Klukwan schools
The Haines Borough School District and the Chatham School District each have hired two new teachers for the 2016-17 school year. Alex Van Wyhe is the new English teacher at Haines High School. It’s his first teaching job. Van Wyhe graduated in May from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a master’s degree in secondary education. He […]
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Haines opens with 241students; Klukwan School at 12
Students have returned to schools in Haines and Klukwan. The Haines Borough School District opened its doors for the 2016-2017 school year Tuesday. Principal Rene Martin said the schools have a total K-12 enrollment of about 241 students, not including students in the home school program. The district had budgeted for an enrollment of 239. Haines School students […]