The Mosquito Lake Community Center’s Victory Garden has provided food to roughly 75 families in the Chilkat Valley this year, according to organizer Erika Merklin’s estimates. Merklin has been tracking garden use and said she will have finalized numbers once the harvest wraps up, likely around the end of September. Since June, Merklin and other […]
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This Week in History
2010 Creditors worried as Cruise West flounders Tour operators and other Haines businesses may be left holding bills for Cruise West, a 37-year-old cruise line with local ties that announced a “restructuring” last week and stopped answering its phone. It has since sold its largest vessel, the 120-passenger Spirit of Oceanus, suspended bookings and replaced […]
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Assembly finalizes plan for $3.7 million in CARES Act funds
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday finalized a plan for spending most of the $4 million the borough is scheduled to receive from the federal CARES Act, including a program granting $1,000 per adult and $500 per child to lower income households. Unlike the previously approved household grant program, which was open to any household negatively impacted by […]
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New businesses falling through the cracks
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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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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Two candidates, withdraw from, local races
Less than a week after the Aug. 20 filing deadline, two candidates have withdrawn from the Haines Borough Assembly and school board races—Tresham Gregg from the assembly race and Sara Chapell from the school board contest. Chapell’s withdrawal means the four remaining candidates—school board member Brian Clay, school board president Anne Marie Palmieri, high school senior Lydia Andriesen and Tiffany DeWitt—are guaranteed seats […]
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Businesses, arts groups receive more federal funds
On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly approved the use of federal coronavirus relief dollars to assist previously overlooked businesses and leverage additional funds from the Rasmuson Foundation for local arts and culture organizations. Under the Municipal Arts and Culture Matching Grant Program, the Rasmuson Foundation offers a one-to-one match for the first $20,000 in CARES Act funds […]
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Two candidates withdraw from local races
Less than a week after the Aug. 20 filing deadline, two candidates have withdrawn from the Haines Borough Assembly and school board races—Tresham Gregg from the assembly race and Sara Chapell from the school board contest. Chapell’s withdrawal means the four remaining candidates—school board member Brian Clay, school board president Anne Marie Palmieri, high school senior Lydia Andriesen and Tiffany DeWitt—are guaranteed seats […]
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COVID-19 increases demand for Salvation Army services
The Haines Salvation Army has seen a substantial increase in demand for services across the board since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In July, the Haines Borough Assembly dedicated $32,000 in federal CARES Act funding to help the organization provide food to those in need. Salvation Army captain Kevin Woods estimates demand for the organization’s traditional services, including […]