Felted birds, intricate Upper Lynn Canal cartography and framed paper dioramas are just a few of the works on display at First Friday openings, from 5 to 7 p.m. around town this week. Juneau artist Lori Stenberg will be holding a show of her work at the Presbyterian Church during the monthly celebration, held on each first […]
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Tour season: Ships up, Canadians down
Tourism-related businesses in Haines report mixed returns in 2015, with tour operators benefitting from a jump in cruise passenger numbers but retailers and lodgings reporting flat or decreased sales from independent travelers. Curiously, according to figures compiled by the Haines Borough tourism office, the number of southbound visitors and vehicles arriving at the U.S. border station at […]
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Pilot details crash ordeal
The pilot of a four-passenger plane that crashed into Lynn Canal last week said the survival of those on board hinged not on one person or decision, but on a series of fortuitous actions and reactions. “I am convinced that God had a hand in saving us,” Mike Mackowiak said this week from Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center. […]
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Nonprofit funding cut again
Haines Borough Assembly funding for local nonprofits dropped again this year, from $94,300 last year to $76,100 approved at Tuesday’s meeting. Manager David Sosa, Mayor Jan Hill and assembly members Diana Lapham, Mike Case and Ron Jackson scored 10 applications as part of the borough’s annual nonprofit funding process. The matrices used for scoring measure how the nonprofit […]
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Community foundation gives $18K to 14 nonprofits
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation awarded more than $18,000 to 14 local nonprofits this week, including to new applicant the Haines Avalanche Information Center for the construction of a high-altitude weather station. Crystal Badgley, president of the foundation board, said the avalanche information center scored highly because of its thoughtful application and the fact that […]
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Report: Plane’s gas gauge dropped to zero
A preliminary report released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates the fuel gauges dropped to zero before a plane carrying four Haines residents crash-landed in Lynn Canal on Nov. 4. Pilot Mike Mackowiak, his wife Martha, son Nik and family friend Victoria Hansen survived the accident. According to the report, Mike Mackowiak said he […]
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21st eagle festival hosts war veterans
The American Bald Eagle Festival will host two veterans from recent U.S. wars as part of its six-day celebration of America’s bird. “To me, veterans and the eagle go hand in hand. This is a way we could say ‘thank you’ for putting your life on the line so the rest of us could sleep […]
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Canal plane crash injures 4 residents
A Haines resident was critically injured when a private plane carrying four people went down in Lynn Canal south of Eldred Rock Wednesday afternoon. Martha Mackowiak was medevaced to Harborview Medical Center with critical injuries after a Cessna 180 piloted by husband Michael Mackowiak attempted an emergency landing on the east side of Lynn Canal north of Berners Bay […]
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Value of salmon fishery plummets
Smaller salmon, fewer of them and reduced prices paid by buyers dropped the gross value of the Lynn Canal gillnet harvest to its lowest point in at least five years. Based on figures from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the value of the Lynn Canal gillnet fishery was $4.5 million in 2015, less than half of a […]
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Assembly splits on ferry letter wording
By Karen Garcia Haines Borough Assembly members wrestled with words Tuesday, as some claimed a letter to the state about ferry service reductions was too timid. The letter, drafted by Marine Transportation Advisory Board chair Robert Venables and tourism director Leslie Ross, contains language about the borough’s “sincere understanding” of the state’s current fiscal situation and […]