Former Mayor Jan Hill and newspaperman Tom Morphet will face off in the October mayoral election, and a slew of new candidates filed to run for open seats on the planning commission, allaying concerns that not enough people would file for the seven open seats. Hill, who served as Mayor from 2014 to 2020, could not be reached for comment […]
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Posted inThank You Letters
Thanks for supporting softball
On behalf of the Haines Softball Association, we would like to thank the community for all of your support this year. A huge thank you goes out to local businesses: Alaska Sport Shop, Haines Packing, and Done Right Handyman Services for sponsoring the three local teams in the second annual Six Pack Sam Co-ed Softball […]
Posted inBlotter
Police Blotter
Sunday, Nov. 28 An officer responded to a call about a vehicle blocking traffic. Public works was advised of a call about a broken water line on First Avenue. A caller reported a suspicious vehicle parked across the street from their house on Second Avenue. An officer determined the vehicle belonged to a neighbor. Saturday, […]
Posted inNews, Alaska Marine Highway System
Transportation Sec. Buttigieg makes historic visit to Haines
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg got a taste of the challenges of traveling in Southeast Alaska on Wednesday morning when his Alaska Seaplanes flight from Juneau to Haines got canceled because of weather conditions. Buttigieg, who was visiting the state for the first time, ended up taking the Hubbard alongside Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Land use rules shouldn’t be applied capriciously
The Haines Borough’s land use rules are internally conflicted and too often arbitrarily applied. This can be remedied with some simple changes to our code: (1) the most protective rule should be applied. The massive, new development on Lutak Road, which earned a “cease and desist letter” for less than a week, is being characterized as “heavy […]
Posted inNews, Haines Borough
Assembly Briefs
In her borough manager’s report to the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday, Annette Kreitzer noted she’d sent a cease-and-desist letter to Southeast Roadbuilders, the contractors working on a project just past the Lutak Dock on Aug. 7. The project drew consternation from residents, who noted that the thousands of square feet of dirt that was moved in the area should […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted – August 10
Ron Owens held a presentation on the physiological benefits of laughing at the end of July during a visit with friend Neil Einsbruch. Owens is a bereavement counselor in New Jersey, and met Einsbruch as his teacher in seventh-grade music. The two also shared a passion for magic — Owens worked as a magician at […]
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U.S. Transportation secretary Buttigieg could visit Haines
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is expected to visit Haines next week as part of a trip to several communities around Alaska to promote President Joe Biden’s infrastructure spending. According a release from the Department of Transportation, Buttigieg, along with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, will arrive in Haines on Aug. 16. They will begin […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted – August 10
Ron Owens held a presentation on the physiological benefits of laughing at the end of July during a visit with friend Neil Einsbruch. Owens is a bereavement counselor in New Jersey and met Einsbruch as his teacher in seventh-grade music. The two also shared a passion for magic — Owens worked as a magician at […]
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Long-lost sister reunites with Haines family
In late June, siblings Sam and Wendy McPhetres welcomed Angela Startz of Oklahoma to Haines. But this was no ordinary stranger. The special visitor was a long-lost sister who the McPhetres didn’t even know existed until August of last year. “Our cousin did a DNA screening and matched with her through that, then that cousin […]