At the Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Jan. 12, Mayor Jan Hill joined Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama in proclaiming January as Mentoring Month. It can seem routine, as every month seems to belong to somebody. But shining a light on the need for adults who can foster a one-to-one relationship with a child […]
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‘Blonde Indian’ the choice for statewide group read
Readers across Alaska will be on the same page this winter. The Haines Borough Public Library is participating in Alaska’s first statewide “book club,” an effort to transform reading from a private activity to a communal experience. Tlingit author Ernestine Hayes’ “Blonde Indian” was selected as the first book for “Alaska Reads,” a program launched by the […]
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Haines police get help from Hoonah
The Haines Borough Police Department was a one-man show for about five days last week, but the return of officer Brayton Long and the temporary reassignment of two Hoonah cops mean reinforcements have arrived for Sgt. Josh Dryden. After Long accidentally shot himself in the lower left arm last week, Dryden was left alone at the department. […]
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Campbell targets tax on autos
A Haines Borough Assembly member is pushing to repeal the municipality’s motor vehicle registration tax. Established in October 2013, the tax was launched to help clean up junked and abandoned vehicles around the borough. Assembly member George Campbell said the program has been on the books for more than two years and has yet to benefit the […]
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Decision erodes support for Freeride
Over the objections of Chilkat Indian Village, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, professional hunting guides, Chilkoot Bear Foundation, Lynn Canal Conservation, and numerous individuals, the Haines Borough Assembly is allowing the Freeride World Tour to operate their helicopters in two areas not on the approved heliski map. By so doing, they have taken an event that would have been supported, […]
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Watershed council donated cabinets to museum
The Sheldon Museum wants to give a great big thank you to Takshanuk Watershed Council for donating their file cabinets to us. Thank you especially to Meredith Pochardt for putting up with all the delays. We greatly appreciate the new and professional look the cabinets give the museum office. My office looks like an office […]
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Thomas will lobby Legislature for Haines Borough
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 29 authorized acting manager Julie Cozzi to draw up a $45,000, one-year lobbying contract with former state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines. Mayor Jan Hill broke a 3-3 assembly tie on whether to contract with Thomas. “You are not going to find another lobbyist who is going to represent Haines better than Bill Thomas,” Hill […]
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Officer shot in arm as training day goes awry
A Haines Borough police officer apparently shot himself in the lower arm accidentally Tuesday during a firearms training session at the Haines Sportsman’s Association rifle range on Mud Bay Road. Brayton Long, 52, was transported to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center for treatment Tuesday but had been discharged by Wednesday evening, hospital officials said. Josh Dryden, the borough’s […]
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Harrell donates $1.39 million to local causes, groups
Gifts of more than $30,000 to organizations around town in December capped $1.39 million in community donations made by resident Lucy Harrell in 2015. In an interview this week, Harrell, 91, confirmed making the donations and the larger, combined amount. Word of the gifts spread around town Dec. 16 after Harrell presented gifts of $10,000 […]
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Proetto autopsy cites alcohol, heart disease, hypothermia
A 67-year-old Haines man found dead beneath a vehicle near Main Street Nov. 7 suffered heart disease, acute intoxication and hypothermia, according to acting Haines Borough Police Chief Josh Dryden. “There’s nothing to make a case that it’s anything but an accident,” Dryden said. “No trauma contributed to his death.” Dryden summarized the state coroner’s autopsy of […]