Thank you for pointing out the Illuminati symbolism around Haines. I too am concerned about the proliferation of these symbols. Cruise ship lines, owned by rich and powerful international companies, may be trying to turn our small town into a starting point for global takeover. The fire tower in Fort Seward, for example, is obviously […]
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Science over fiction
It is unfortunate that Mayor Bronson of Anchorage does not know what more can be done to stem the spread of Covid in his town. One wonders if he has considered speaking with Dr. Anne Zink and the CDC. Those working on this problem do have ideas. During the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic when many Alaska villages were decimated by illness, Utqiagvik, Shishmaref, […]
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$1.4 million in health funds eludes Haines
In December the state promised to divert $1.4 million in federal coronavirus aid to help Haines respond to the pandemic and aftermath of the landslide that killed two residents, destroyed homes and disrupted livelihoods. Haines still hasn’t seen the money — and never will. “We made inquiries about (where the money went), but no one seems […]
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Juneau hospital answers Haines’ call for mental health help
Status of $1.6 million in state funding is unclear Haines’ mental health care needs aren’t being met, wrote Haines Borough Mayor Doug Olerud in an Aug. 18 letter to Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital. Some residents have had to wait two months to receive care, Olerud wrote, asking that Bartlett provide assistance, as it did after the December landslide. […]
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Chilkoot Indian Association seats two new members after tribal elections
The Chilkoot Indian Association’s council chair and vice chair, Les Katzeek and James Hart, were unseated at last week’s election. The three other incumbents won. A rare five seats out of seven were on the ballot due to a missed election last year during the pandemic. The two new council members are Andrea Ferrin, who […]
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Assembly scraps seasonal sales tax
The assembly voted unanimously to scrap a proposed seasonal sales tax ordinance. The sales tax issue will go back to the finance committee for further discussion. Assembly member Paul Rogers called the ordinance “kind of convoluted” at Tuesday’s regular meeting. “We need more clarity on what we’re really thinking of doing and how we’re going […]
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Four candidates file for assembly
Debra Schnabel, 69, and Tyler Huling, 29, announced their candidacies for borough assembly this week. Brenda Josephson and Richard Clement filed after press time and this online story was updated late Friday. A full story on the all the candidates will appear in next week’s paper. Two seats—Carol Tuynman’s and Jerry Lapp’s—are up for election. […]
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Duly Noted
By Dan Lundberg Nancy DeCherney is one of eight recipients of Alaska State Council on the Arts and Alaska Humanities Forum’s 2016 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities. DeCherney, executive director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, won the award for arts advocacy. The awards ceremony will take place Jan. 28 at the Juneau […]
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Assembly to reconsider seasonal sales tax
The Haines Borough Assembly will likely make changes to the proposed seasonal sales tax ordinance that could go before voters this October, with most saying the current ballot question is too complicated. “I voted against this and the reason I did is because I could not understand it,” assembly member Jerry Lapp said at Tuesday’s finance committee meeting. “And […]