Hudson Lee Narum was born 12:26 a.m. Jan. 5 at Juneau’s Family Health and Birth Center to parents Jake and Lena Narum. Hudson weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz., and measured 21 inches. The birth was attended by midwives Madi Grimes and Joelle Newport, and an “extremely supportive” dad, Lena said. Hudson’s was the first birth of the year at […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 election in early October. Incumbent school board member Kevin Shove and new members Mark Jamison and Kari Johnson joined the board at a special meeting on Thursday, Oct. 26. In an interview Tuesday, superintendent Roy Getchell […]
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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 would need to go to Juneau for five laparoscopic surgeries under anesthesia and another half dozen intrusive follow ups. Luckily, doctors caught Podsiki’s cancer in time, but he faced a different sort of challenge: paying for it. Podsiki ultimately […]
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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 District may have to scramble in coming years to meet the cost of a new, three-year contract with teachers and other district employees. A one-time increase in school funding approved by the Alaska Legislature would have neatly covered the first year of the […]
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Beloved art teacher steps down
When students were instructed to write about the person who left the greatest impact on their experience as students, high schoolers Emma Dohrn and Lucia Chapell both wrote about their art teacher, Ms. Miller. Giselle Miller spent four years teaching art at the Haines Borough School District. Next week, she will walk out its doors for […]
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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 appraisal system, borough manager Annette Kreitzer recommended lowering property taxes in her manager’s budget. In the townsite, she recommended decreasing the mil rate by 9%. Boroughwide, she recommended […]