Assembly appoints public safety members The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday appointed three new public safety commissioners. Chuck Mitman, Pat Hefley and Paul Rogers will fill seats left by members who resigned from the commission over the fall and winter. The appointments come after commission meeting postponements and disagreements about who should be appointed. The Public Safety Commission […]
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Glitz and glamour came to Haines in the form of a magazine photo shoot earlier this fall for ferry terminal employees Fuzzy von Stauffenberg and Joanne Waterman, who appear as models in the October issue of Lands’ End Business Outfitters catalog. The Lands’ End photo crew traveled on the Malaspina around the upper Lynn Canal promoting their new Outrigger jacket, […]
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Women’s choir rallies for ferries
Eight members of the Haines A Cappella Women’s Choir donned sailors’ caps and belted out “Ferryboat Serenade” Tuesday, welcoming the new Tazlina ferry to Haines for the first time. For some of the choristers, the performance was a demonstration. But for all it was a show of support for the ferry system. Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill and […]
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Ferry service is crippled
Have you looked at the summer ferry schedule? At first glance, it looks like Haines has ferry service every day. We don’t. The State of Alaska has built us a new ferry that is so crippled by mismanagement that it can only do half of what the LeConte can do. The Tazlina will come to Haines […]
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Poor king forecast restricts commercial fleet
Time and area restrictions intended to protect area king salmon will likely affect sockeye landings by gillnetters this season. Spawning Chilkat king salmon have fallen short of escapement goals for six out of the last seven return years. The 2018 Chilkat king salmon return was the lowest on record at an estimated 873 fish, Alaska […]
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Resident’s book details 4,000 mile journey into the arctic
In March 2012, borough resident Caroline Van Hemert and her husband Patrick Ferrell (Pat) set off on a 4,000-mile journey from Bellingham, Washington to the Arctic Wildlife Refuge–a distance more than two-times the length of the lower 48. This month she released her book about their journey, “The Sun is a Compass,” in Haines. Van […]
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JCFO coming to work with Haines on Waterfront Framework Plan The community will have opportunities to provide input on the Portage Cove Waterfront Plan this month, working with the internationally renown landscape architecture group James Corner Field Operations (JCFO). The group is coming to Haines from May 19 to May 22 to collaborate, taking input […]
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Cheers to a great wine tasting fundraiser
The staff and board of KHNS would like to thank the vendors, sponsors, silent auction donors, SEAK State Fair staff and local wine enthusiasts who helped make our 4/19 Spring Wine Tasting the biggest ever (or at least in recent memory)! Particular thanks goes to Mike Borcik & MJ Sebens Borcik of Mountain Spirits for […]
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DOT proposes new terminal for ferry day trips
The Alaska Deapartment of Transportation is working on a $27 million plan to build a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, almost 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay terminal, so that the state’s newest ferry could make daily round trips between Juneau, Haines and Skagway. The proposal, which is still under review by the department, […]
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Duly Noted
Friends from Haines and Skagway partied into the night together after Knikki Cinocco tied the knot with John Briner of Skagway at Skagway’s Jewell Gardens Sept. 22. Niki Bunting of Skagway officiated. Attendees included Cinocco’s parents Don and Ingrid Cinocco of Denver, Colo., children Brook and Klover Cinocco, sister DawnRenee Cinocco and wife Maryellen Murphy of Portland, Ore., and John’s brother George Briner and wife Audra of Nashville, Tenn. Tod Sebens shuttled Haines guests to Skagway on his […]