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Drug task force finds alcohol major contributor to crime
While the Haines Borough’s drug enforcement task force has worked since June 2017 to find solutions to drug-related issues, recent data analyzing...
Longtime PC chair passes the torch
Earlier this year, Rob Goldberg stepped down as longtime chair of Haines Borough Planning Commission to allow for new leadership in 2019. Past and...
This Week in History
March 3, 1969 Industrial expansion will hit Haines by September. John Schnabel announced this...
State considers status of wildlife Trooper position
State wildlife trooper Trent Chwialkowski will leave Haines before summer for a post in Cantwell, Alaska. “No decision or change has been made in...
Resource extraction debate surfaces conflict-of-interest issues for officials
For the second time in three months, planning commission members examined if their voting powers were compromised by a commissioner’s potential...
Students reflect on Elizabeth Peratrovich's legacy
Haines students from kindergarten to 12th grade described Tlingit civil rights leader Elizabeth...
Duly Noted
Joseph Rossman was named Technology Student of the Year at the Alaska Society for Technology in Education (ASTE) conference in Anchorage, which was...
Amazon collecting borough sales tax
Observant Haines shoppers have seen a 5.5 percent price increase to certain Amazon purchases after the company started charging borough sales tax on...
Assembly approves Alaska Excursions ATV permit
In a 4-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly approved the renewal of Alaska Excursions’ Glacier Point ATV permit that prompted questions about how...
Mining is a roll of the dice
We’ve been told over and over the Palmer Project will greatly benefit the local economy. There will be winners and losers, but either way, the risk...
Assembly approves $30,000 design for chamber in library
In its final public hearing, Mayor Jan Hill broke a tie vote during Tuesday’s assembly meeting in favor of spending $30,000 for a design that would...
Duly Noted
The wedding party wore billowing Thai silks and rode atop elephants in a procession at the wedding of Kee Streater Heywood and Nuchjarin “Belle...
2018 required residents to face difficult truths
The surfacing of what many residents described as a decades-long open secret shook the town this year: allegations from multiple men of sexual abuse...
Duly Noted
Mira Tazlina Lynn Johnson Kraft was born to Lindsey Johnson and Graham Kraft on Nov. 30 in Sitka at Mount Edgecumbe Hospital at 10:30 a.m. Mira...
Jones brought British charm to Haines
Maisie Jones, 95, died peacefully at Haines Assisted Living early Sunday morning. The English born W... Full story
Borough Briefs
Assembly cancels Dec. 18 meeting The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted on Tuesday to cancel their Dec. 18 meeting, in a suggestion brought...
Timber group aims to broaden understanding of industry
On Nov. 15, 12 community members went on a field trip into the woods, trailing state forester Greg...
Scott raises concern about Maidy representing borough on KINY radio
“One of the members of our assembly is now a person who communicates with a Juneau radio station and it may not be the right thing to do,...
Borough Briefs
School enrollment higher than projected Haines school enrollment is more than projected, which will result in an increase in the school’s budget....
Assembly advances 30K design for new chambers in library; Mayor breaks 3-3 vote
Should the Haines Borough spend $30,000 on a library addition design for assembly chambers that would ultimately cost upwards of $430,000 to build?...
Hoag was lifelong educator with interest in history and travel
Retired teacher Kate Saunders said her mother, Eleanor Mathilda Hoag, 95, died Sunday, Sept. 30,... Full story
Duly Noted
Carpenter and Haines landowner David Walker took third place in the open division of the 2018 World of Wearable Art competition in Wellington, New...
Maidy wins assembly seat by two votes
Final count of the outstanding 41 election ballots Tuesday evening placed Sean Maidy as the second assembly seat victor, just two votes ahead of...
Marine Highway System proposes changes to Upper Lynn Canal service
The plan to run two Alaska Class Ferry day boats, the M/V Tazlina and M/V Hubbard, in the Upper Lynn Canal might get scrapped as the Alaska Marine Hig...
Borough to seek legal advice about revoking Alaska Excursions' permit
In an effort to shield the borough from legal liability, borough staff last week halted public...
