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School board gets 3 new members
The Haines Borough School District Board of Education swore in two new members and one returning member last week following the recent municipal...
Officials say they've identified person who made school threat
Haines School officials say they’ve identified the person who wrote a school shooting threat on a...
'This is not our norm': Superintendent speaks on school shooting threat
Haines Schools superintendent Roy Getchell sat down to share the latest on the investigation into a...
Getchell named superintendent of year
Haines school superintendent Roy Getchell was named the Alaska Superintendent of the year by the...
School district budget passes, with big draw from savings
Haines' school board passed its final school budget for the upcoming fiscal year at a special meetin...
Gas, insurance, labor: Here's why Haines flights are so expensive
When Haines resident Greg Podsiki was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2020, doctors told him he wou...
Haines forced to dip into savings after Dunleavy wallops school funds
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's slashing of K-12 education funding means the Haines Borough School...
Kiehl, Story provide legislative wrap up at town hall
Speaking at the American Legion Hall Thursday, the Chilkat Valley's legislative representatives...
Assembly rejects call to extend comment period
By Lee Zion About 40 people showed up for the Haines Borough Assembly meeting Thursday night, most of them seeking the same thing. They wanted to...
Beloved art teacher steps down
When students were instructed to write about the person who left the greatest impact on their...
Budget introduced, property tax rate decreased
In an effort to blunt the effects of a roughly 16% percent increase in property tax assessments this year due to the implementation of a new mass...
Teachers get pay increase in new contract
The Haines Borough School District Board unanimously approved a contract with the teacher’s union that provided a 10% raise to Haines School teacher...
Six new staff to join Haines School
The Haines Borough School District recently hired six new teachers and an assistant principal but superintendent Roy Getchell said this week the...
Jenae's Playground fundraising falls short
Plans for a playground memorializing former Haines School teacher Jenae Larson have hit an unforeseen financial hurdle. The project has raised about...
Former mayor, teacher dies at 75
Former mayor and teacher Stephanie Scott, 75, died peacefully from brain cancer Feb. 23 in Port...
Ore dock developer eyes private property
A Canadian developer with a murky track record says he is eyeing Haines as the site of an ore terminal that would serve “several” Alaska and...
Canadian ore dock developer eyes Haines
A Canadian developer with a murky track record says he is eyeing Haines as the site of an ore terminal that would serve “several” Alaska and...
Mayor, manager travel to Juneau to lobby legislature
Mayor Doug Olerud and borough manager Annette Kreitzer traveled to Juneau this week to lobby for a $2.5 million funding match to replace the public sa...
What's causing the teacher shortage?
The Haines Borough School District is looking to fill four full-time teaching positions next year as it continues to struggle against a national and...
Middle school students to premiere Peratrovich play
Annie Boochever’s new play, “No Natives Allowed: Elizabeth Peratrovich Fights for Equality” will be debuted by Haines Borough middle schoolers...
School test results show low scores in reading, math
Fewer than half of Haines students in third through ninth grade are considered “proficient” in math and language arts, according to Alaska System...
Legislature and governor need to boost funding for school districts
The Haines School District could face a financial squeeze in the next several years, forcing hard decisions over which programs get cut, what classes...
Thomas, Aultman-Moore, Lapp take lead
Gabe Thomas, Ben Aultman-Moore and Jerry Lapp won Tuesday's election for Haines Borough Assembly,...
Without assistant principal, school district distributes duties among staff
The unanticipated resignation of Haines School’s assistant principal last month has led the school district to distribute duties among existing...
Little League season a huge success
On behalf of the Haines Little League Board of Directors, I would like to give a very big thank you to everyone who helped make this past season such...
