Officials are holding their breath while they wait to see what happens with COVID-19 in Haines in the wake of widespread flooding and landslides that have displaced at least 50 residents and brought a large number of volunteers and emergency workers into the community in the past week. “I don’t know how we’re going to […]
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Geoscientists remain in town to monitor landscape as rain continues
The geoscientists continued to get a more refined understanding of slope instabilities Tuesday and Wednesday as clear weather allowed them to view mountains from the skies. On Wednesday they observed areas near Klukwan and along the Haines Highway. On Tuesday, they collected enough data to place various areas in landslide risk categories. The public has submitted hundreds […]
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Duly Noted
Author Norry Nash and her husband, carpenter Brian Pindel, purchased the former Human Resources building in collaboration with sister Amelia Nash. The historic property, built in 1905, is next door to parents Dwight and Nancy Nash’s house and down the street from siblings Adrian and CaSandra Nash. Norry and Brian currently reside in New Zealand, but […]
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Duly Noted
Haines animal lover and Haines Animal Rescue Kennel founder Vinca Gilman died Friday in Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital of sepsis, partner Mike Greenman said. There will be a memorial service at 1 p.m. Saturday followed by a reception at the Mormon church. A full obituary will run next week. Melissa Brown Yates of New Weston, Ohio, recently came […]
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Duly Noted
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 […]
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SEARHC changes free weekend COVID-19 testing to Saturday only
The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is making changes to its free, weekend COVID-19 testing schedule. The Haines Health Center will continue to offer testing in Haines on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. but, moving forward, will no longer offer testing on Sundays. It will continue offering free tests on Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. […]
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This Week in History
November, 1970 Alaska’s only veneer plant holds open house Alaska’s only veneer plant was on display Saturday when the Schnabel Lumber Co. and Westward Timber Products held open house. Bad weather dampened the occasion–Gov. Keith Miller was prevented from flying in to attend the dedication of the new plant. In the top photo is the […]
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Election day voters favor Trump
Similar to statewide trends, Haines voters favored Donald Trump on election day, but it’s unclear where Haines, or the state, will end up on the final tally because the counting of absentee and a portion of early ballots won’t begin until Nov. 10. Preliminary results were released by the Alaska Division of Elections Wednesday morning. […]
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Haines Highway project ends for the year
The Haines Highway reconstruction project wrapped up last week, days before 16 inches of snow piled up and after about a month of work on the project. Work was delayed until October due to right-of-way disputes, including one with an 18-Mile property owner whose 4.6 acres of land the state said it needed to make […]