We would like to thank the parents and students who are participating in the 2013 Alaska History Day event for Haines with the theme “Turning Points in History.” History Day began in Cleveland, Ohio in 1974 and quickly grew to National History Day by 1980. National participation include over 600,000 students and 30,000 teachers. A […]
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AT&T ups service for cell users
A structurally unsound cell phone tower is delaying plans to bring faster wireless communication service to Haines, but AT&T customers can expect to have 4G service in town by the end of the summer. Currently, the fastest service available in town is 3G through Alaska Communications Systems. Faster service was slated to be available much […]
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Fixing ‘slump’ issues priced at $1.6 million
An engineering firm is recommending nearly $1.6 million in drainage improvements to address surface water issues that caused a slump and ground movement on the Mount Ripinsky hillside last winter. PND Engineers recently released a report recommending the installation of storm drains, culverts and drainage ditches to redirect water flow in the Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road areas. The […]
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Alaska Heliskiing loses 350 skier days
Citing Alaska Heliskiing’s 2012 safety record, Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest cut the company’s skier-day allocation by 25 percent for the 2013 season. Earnest this week allocated 1,050 skier days to the guide company, 350 fewer than the company’s request of 1,400. “It was based on safety record. And I made a determination I was not going to allocate […]
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School tightening security measures
Haines School administrators have tightened security measures and are taking other precautions in the wake of school shootings elsewhere in the country. Some of the measures were under way before the massacre in Newtown, Conn., in December, but others – including keeping east-side doors to the building locked during the day – went into effect […]
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School briefs
Meal eligibility count met The Haines Borough School District is again eligible to receive federal funding for its after-school “sack supper” program. The program was at risk last fall when the number of families applying for meals dropped below a number equivalent to 50 percent of the student body. Following news coverage in November, the number rose […]
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Sole bid for towing
The Haines Borough has received one bid from a local company proposing to solve the borough’s towing, impoundment and junked-car issues. Bigfoot Auto Service, owned by Paul Nelson, submitted the only bid to the borough. The assembly voted in December to pursue a private fix for junked vehicle and towing problems before making a decision on a […]
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Constantine Metals Answers Questions on Palmer Project
Constantine recently signed an agreement with Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd. to explore and advance the Palmer Project. With the announcement of this agreement and plans to be actively exploring again after a two year hiatus, we thought it was a good time to update the community on the project and our plans. What […]
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Borough needs to help defend our rights
I contact you today to make sure you know of another loss of our constitutional rights. Our federal government has passed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for this year. My concern, including the “fiscal cliff,” is Section 1021 that allows “…indefinite detention of American citizens without due process at the discretion of […]
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Donations power Dolphins swim meet
The Haines Dolphins Swim Team and board members would like to send out a big thank you to the following for a fantastic Winter Games 2013 swim meet held here Jan. 18-20: · Chilkat Valley Community Foundation, which awarded HDST a grant that funded our new laptops that run and keep the meet running smoothly; […]