Haines Arts Council president Tom Heywood has won the 2011 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities for arts advocacy. Charlotte Fox, executive director of the Alaska Council on the Arts, said the award is aimed at those who devote themselves to of the arts, often without pay or formal recognition “Tom has been doing […]

Haines Arts Council president Tom Heywood has won the 2011 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities for arts advocacy. Charlotte Fox, executive director of the Alaska Council on the Arts, said the award is aimed at those who devote themselves to of the arts, often without pay or formal recognition “Tom has been doing […]

KHNS will add two reporting positions in a staff expansion made possible by grants and increased fund-raising in the past year. Adam Richards, chef at a local restaurant, has been hired as assistant news director in Haines and will work 12 hours per week. Adams has a management background, great curiosity and computer skills, said […]

Haines played host to 90 unexpected guests the night of Sept. 21 when a storm hit Lynn Canal and kept visitors from returning to their cruise ships in Skagway. The state ferry and local water taxis could not sail late Wednesday because of high winds, stranding tourists that had come over to Haines from Skagway for the […]

The Lynn Canal Community Players have several events coming up for folks wanting to participate in – or just watch – some theatrical comedy. The group is having a “play reading party” on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Sheldon Museum for anyone interested in directing, acting or helping out with productions. The last week of […]

Lynn Canal gillnetters say they want change in management of the local fishery, which they say weighs disproportionately on their gear group for ensuring salmon escapement goals into local rivers. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, met with more than two dozen gillnetters last week. Concerns include that fishing restrictions to ensure sockeye escapement weren’t equally shared with […]

According to the Haines Borough’s most recent Community Youth Development (CYD) director, a facilities crunch has restricted the growth of the program. “It’s advertised 17 hours a week, but there was just no place I could organize 17 hours a week of activities,” said former CYD director Sarah Elliott. “That’s kind of the struggle with […]

Bumper returns of pink and chum salmon, combined with the highest prices seen for those species in recent memory, are pumping up the paychecks of Lynn Canal gillnetters. By mid-August, gillnetters in the canal had netted salmon worth $6.3 million. That compares to a harvest value of $6.2 million for the entire 2010 season, which was above […]

Sarah Elliott will start as the new community director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Upper Lynn Canal on Friday, Sept. 2. Elliott will step in for Burl Sheldon, who helped launch the local program in 2003. “Burl’s done an excellent job promoting the program and getting it good popularity, and there’s a lot of respect for […]