Businesses that started this year have been feeling the economic impacts of COVID-19, but because of their newness, many are finding it difficult to qualify for economic relief through the CARES Act. Haines bookstore owner Amy Kane obtained her business license in January with the plan to open March 6. In the intervening months, Kane […]
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Lack of manager delays pool reopening
After a pandemic, budget cuts and repair needs led to spring and summer closure, the Haines Borough swimming pool is finally ready to reopen, with one exception—at present, there’s no one to manage the facility. The pool has been closed since March when it initially shut its doors due to pandemic concerns. At the time of the […]
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Police arrest fugitive from Idaho
A 38-year-old man with an outstanding warrant arrest for sex crimes in Idaho was apprehended at the Chilkat Lake landing on Monday, Sept. 7. The man was wanted for two counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery on a minor. The law applies to children aged 16 and 17. A Haines Borough Police Department press […]
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State orders municipalities to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine
The Haines Borough’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has been instructed by the state to prepare to administer a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year. “The vaccine will need to be administered as a ‘set’ with one vaccine initially and a second booster three weeks later,” EOC incident commander Carolann Wooton wrote in a […]
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This Week in History
May 5, 1969 State Rep. Henry Reeves (R., Haines) is back home recovering from the longest state legislative session in Alaska’s history. “Haines will be affected by one bill passed during the final hours of the session,” Reeves said, referring to the compromise measure hammered out in free conference committee to refund to boroughs funds […]
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17 bears killed this year
Alaska Wildlife Trooper Colin Nemec said two of the bears he and Haines Police officer Brayton Long shot last Monday near Small Tracts Road were in the process of tearing through the siding and insulation of a resident’s guest house. As of Wednesday morning, 17 bears have been killed in the Haines Borough this year, 11 in the townsite […]
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Board takes next step toward restructuring Sheldon Museum
The Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees received the go-ahead from the Haines Borough Assembly’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee to present the proposal to restructure the museum as an independent nonprofit to the full assembly on Tuesday. The proposal brought to the GAS Committee involves the museum becoming “a wholly independent nonprofit with a strong […]
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Community keeps students in school
For the last five months, the Haines Borough School District has been trying to figure out how to safely hold in-person classes for students. Students started off this school year slowly, only attending school for two days a week to make sure that everyone (students, staff, and parents) became familiar with new systems put in place because […]
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Students to return to school five days a week
The Haines Borough school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to send students back to school five days a week starting Tuesday, Sept. 8. The school day will still end at 2:15 p.m. Since the start of school on Aug. 20, students have been divided into two groups, with each group attending classes two days a week. School administrators […]
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Businesses going through thousands of disposable masks a month
For Haines businesses that require customers to wear masks, the cost of supplying personal protective equipment (PPE) is adding up. A little over two weeks ago, Mountain Market owner Mary Jean Sebens decided to require masks for customers entering the store and began offering masks free of charge for those without their own. “We thought, […]