Ray Menaker, an Ivy League-educated school teacher and Haines Borough Assembly member who founded or fostered a half-dozen civic institutions including launching the Chilkat Valley News, died Tuesday morning at his Haines Assisted Living apartment. He was 93. “He was a man for all seasons. He had a foot in everything,” said resident Georgia Haisler, who recalled […]
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State to release revised highway plan
After hitting a wall of public resistance with its initial document in 2013, the Alaska Department of Transportation is nearly ready to release its revised environmental assessment for the Haines Highway improvement project. The $125 million project, funded largely by federal money, would widen the roadway, straighten curves and address slide issues from Mile 3.5 […]
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School board has “hefty expectations” for superintendent hire, Carlson says
The Haines Borough school board began discussion Tuesday on its hiring process for a new permanent superintendent. Former superintendent Tony Habra resigned in June after a contentious evaluation process. The past two permanent superintendents were only in the position for one year, with interim superintendent Rich Carlson filling in between them. Board president Anne Marie Palmieri said the […]
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Adze Scott Hart was born to parents Ted Hart and Meghan Elliott on Sept. 10 at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital. He weighed seven pounds and measured 21 inches. Hart’s mother Harriett Brouillette, brother James Hart and cousin Zach James were in the waiting room during the birth. The grandparents are Harriett, Glen Brouillette, Joan Elliott […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 24 A caller requested extra patrols of their Fourth Avenue apartment complex after an early-morning knock on their door. State road crews were advised of a boulder in the road at 6 Mile Lutak. An officer responded to a call that a parked vehicle slid down a hill and hit another car on Major […]
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Rep. Kito gives view of state ferries, budget, oil taxes
Residents should expect more dramatic cuts to the ferry system starting in July 2017, state Rep. Sam Kito, D-Juneau, said during a recent visit here. Kito said last-minute changes in the summer ferry schedule occurred because the ferry system developed its schedule under Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s projected budget. “When it got to the legislature, […]
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Sponsors made bear festival a success
Thank you to all the sponsors that made our second annual Celebration of Bears festival a success. They were Princess Cruises, Howsers Supermarket, Holland America, Seaport Airlines, Lutak Lumber, Mountain Market Corp., Sockeye Cycle, Takshunak Mountain Trail, and Phillip Joyce. Their generous contributions made it possible to serve barbecued salmon, provide drinks and desserts, bring our guest […]
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Chum salmon channels get $620K expansion
The region’s aquaculture association last week completed a $620,000 extension of two chum spawning channels located near the Porcupine Road in the upper valley. The project was funded by a state Department of Commerce grant awarded in 2013 and secured by former state Rep. Bill Thomas of Haines, said Scott Wagner, operations manager for Northern Southeast Regional […]
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Disc golf tournament drew 28 competitors
On behalf of all of the participants in the Raven’s Bowl Disc Golf Tournament, we would like to thank our sponsors and all of the people who helped out to make this event another great success. Thanks to Alaska Excursions, we were able to transport 28 players between Skagway, Glacier Point and Haines for an incredible […]
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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, […]