Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) recently completed a project that was partially funded by a grant from the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation. I wanted to take this opportunity to let the community know about the project (The Haines Consumer Service Fund), as well as thank the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for making a real difference […]
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Man kills self in downtown home
A Haines man died Monday after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Police, emergency personnel and an Alaska State Parks ranger staged outside Kevery Strunk’s Second Avenue residence after an acquaintance called 911 to report Strunk was threatening to kill himself. The acquaintance, while standing outside the home, also reported hearing a single […]
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Youth theater puts on sweet performance
The Summer Youth Theater Conservatory’s production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was a smashing success. Imagine putting together a major production with an amazing and complicated set and props in a mere three weeks! Director Elise Lammers and her assistants, Rene Martin and Tia Heywood, are to be congratulated for putting it all together, […]
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Study finds PSP in local Dungeness; Scientists, state affirm cleaned, cooked crab still safe to consume
By Margaret Friedenauer Scientists investigating the link between paralytic shellfish poisoning levels in mussels and one of their predators, Dungeness crab, have found high levels of the potentially lethal toxin in both species sampled from the Haines area. PSP is a potentially fatal, neuroparalytic condition caused by a marine toxin produced by specific algae that […]
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Change stigma of counseling
“Depressed people think they know themselves, but maybe they only know their depression,” stated Harvard psychiatrist Mark Epstein. When I arrived here from Salt Lake City, Utah, I came with the naïve sense that everyone in the world feels as positive about therapy as I do. Through my work at Lynn Canal Counseling, many Haines residents have […]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters director announces his departure
Burl Sheldon on Tuesday shared his plans to depart as the director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Upper Lynn Canal by early September. Sheldon in an e-mail to Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteers, families and supporters said his decision to set a last day of “roughly” Sept. 2 was “100 percent about personal growth and wellness.” […]
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Gillnet season opens with optimism
Gillnetting season opened over the weekend with strong prices and high hopes among fishermen. “I’m optimistic because in the past we’ve been strong in hatchery chums,” said skipper Norm Hughes. “There were fish out there. We had a strong first week and I believe we’ll have an average year.” He said prices are about 12 […]
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Eleven seek assembly seat
Eleven people applied for an interim appointment to fill Greg Goodman’s vacated Haines Borough Assembly seat. John Brower, Dave Canipe, Debora Gordon, Jono Greene, Gary Hess, Karen Hess, Wayne Hirsch, Jon Hirsh, Brad Maynard, JoAnn Ross Cunningham and Norm Smith submitted letters of interest by Wednesday’s deadline. Assembly members are set to make the appointment at a special meeting […]
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Borough health costs up 18 percent
The Haines Borough will budget an additional $86,217 for employee health insurance costs in the upcoming fiscal year, an 18 percent increase from last year. The local government will pay $554,676 to care for its workers next year. Following action at last week’s assembly meeting, the borough will pay $1,102 per employee per month, and workers will […]
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Court rejects Juneau access study
A court decision last week against the Juneau Access Project is a victory for the towns of Haines and Skagway, a Lynn Canal Conservation spokesman said this week. “We have three hardware stores in Haines. Do you think we’d have three hardware stores here if there was easy access to Juneau? I don’t think so,” said Scott […]