Haines High School 2019 alumni Dylan Hayes graduated from Commercial Diving Academy Technical Institute in Jacksonville, Florida. Dylan is now a certified commercial diver and has accepted a position with UMX: Underwater Mechanix in Jacksonville, where he is currently living. His parents, Jim and Janet Hayes, said they are very proud of his accomplishment and were able to attend his graduation […]

Orson Michael Carter was born on Oct. 6 to parents Mike and Lori Carter. Orson weighed 8 pounds and 6.5 ounces and was 21 inches long. He joins big sister Jemma, 3, Maizie, 2, and grandma Joyce Webster who is staying with the family through October. “Thank you to everyone who has already helped us so much since we’ve gotten home,” Carter said. Skweit […]

Monday, Nov. 2 was an official snow day for the Haines Borough School District. The blizzard kept most at home. Still, many essential and determined employees were able to get to their places of work. Janice Studley at Haines Assisted Living said it took a lot of digging but she got to work. Her husband Jim Studley picked up one […]

Haines High School students MacKenzy Dryden, Jacob Weerasinghe, and Grace Long-Godinez worked together to honor veterans in Haines and nationally through the Wounded Warriors Project.  MacKenzy reports the trio made posters that were hung throughout town and in the school so that everyone would be reminded to give thanks on Veterans Day.  They also distributed writing and coloring sheets in […]

Chris Olsen and Joliena Wilson were married in Juneau on October 26 which also happened to be Chris’ 26th birthday. The couple was in Juneau to pull their boat the M/V Ambition out of the water and winterize it when they decided to get married. They were married in Joliena’s grandparent’s living room by her grandfather with her […]

It has been an overwhelming, exhausting and tragic week in Haines. As I am writing this column I pray that by the time we print we do not receive more bad news. We are all glued to our devices for updates. Each time I receive a Nixle alert I hold my breath before opening it, […]

Frank Hickman and Rita Brouillette welcomed twin boys: Cyrus Rockford Hickman and Gunnar Cruz Hickman on Sept. 27 in Anchorage. The boys are joined by big brother Ozzy Hickman who turns six on December 22. Rita was up in Anchorage for almost three months before and after the birth. Frank said everyone is happy to be home and doing well. They are very grateful […]

Ralph and Jan Borders are home after a long visit to see family down south. They left on Nov. 15 to spend a couple of weeks in the Bellevue area of Seattle with Jan’s sons, Lars Larson and Erik Larson with their wives Laura Larson and Melissa Larson and four children combined. The couple celebrated their second wedding anniversary on Nov. 23 at the Hyatt Regency […]

Aaliyah Michelle Houghton-Bynum was born on Jan. 16 in Anchorage to Karlie Spud and George Houghton-Bynum of Klukwan. She was 5 pounds 9 ounces and 18 inches long. Her Tlingit name is K’aanakéek Tláa after her great-great-great grandmother and her Cup’ig name is Panigkiun after her great grandmother. Local grandparents are Charlie and Joanne Spud of Klukwan and paternal grandparents are Victor Bynum and Mary Houghton.  Sam Clay submitted an audition video to the popular […]

Piper Grall reached out to Melissa Ganey and encouraged a collaboration with artist Cara Murray to turn her painting ‘Haines Stay Strong’ into a fundraising opportunity for those impacted by the December storms and landslide. Cara is an artist who grew up in Haines and currently lives in Sitka with her husband, Rob Murray, and four children.  Piper also grew up in […]