Roger Schnabel’s planning commission rock quarry permit needs to be thrown out by the assembly! The permit has serious flaws, planning commission conflicts of interest and Schnabel is not being held financially accountable for impacts of his operation that could result in devastating impacts to our whole community! The timeline destroys our tourism season, cruise […]
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‘Sweet 16’ spotlights challenge for quilters
“Sweet Sixteen,” a display of fabric creations incorporating 16 techniques will be on display at the Alaska Arts Confluence Main Street office during this week’s First Friday art event starting 5 p.m. March 3. Delayna Doleshal of the Ripinsky Rippers quilting group said the exhibit started as a challenge that germinated at the group’s annual quilting retreat. […]
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Games put homegrown spin on Olympic events
The Haines Winter Games will be held Sunday. First held as the Winter Olympics in 1999, the event started as a hockey tournament under the fairgounds’ Payson’s Pavilion during an especially cold and snowy winter. A BB-gun biathlon, snowshoe race and turkey bowling were added, some flags were strung, and Haines High School music teacher […]
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Sports-a-palooza: Hotch tourney, Winter Fest
If you like your winter sports indoors or out, there will be plenty to see or to do next weekend. Indoors, the 36th annual Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament starts Thursday, March 2, featuring its first-ever women’s bracket and cash purses for men’s and women’s champions. Out of doors, the first Haines Winter Fest combines […]
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Appeal filed against hauling Skyline rock
The Haines Borough Planning Commission granted Southeast Roadbuilders a conditional use permit Feb. 9 to excavate 7,500 cubic yards of rock near the Skyline Subdivision during the next three years, but a homeowner appealed the decision this week. “I believe eight to 10 trucks per hour, six days a week, plus blasting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]
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Wet snow shuts off power
Lutak residents fired up woodstoves, melted snow and hunkered down Saturday when a hard-to-reach break in a main transmission line left their neighborhood without power for nearly 24 hours. “It was the longest power outage I’ve experienced here for at least 10 years,” said Lutak Road resident Al Badgley. The main outage occurred at 2:40 p.m. Saturday […]
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Fort Seward’s new art piece aims to slow sands of time
One of Haines’ newest public art pieces is an interactive work that combines glass, steel, stone and even the contemplative sands of time. The piece, called “Time Out,” was unveiled last week at the Fort Seward Sculpture Garden, the eclectic outdoor art space in the old barracks foundation at the decommissioned fort. The concept is […]
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Mountaintop weather station erected near 20 Mile
A weather station mounted on Mount Ripinsky last month is the second planted on local peaks in the past two months. A sophisticated, $175,000 station went up near 20.5 Mile Haines Highway in August, a high-elevation station aimed at monitoring rainfall and soil temperatures. It’s the first of its kind in Southeast Alaska. Information it provides – […]
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School-sanctioned hooky gets students outdoors
Haines High School students didn’t go to class Tuesday afternoon—and some of their teachers came with them. The school-sanctioned hooky was part of the high school’s fourth annual Extreme Adventure Day, an event where classes are canceled and students participate in outdoor activities instead. Lilly Boron, who teaches social studies, Spanish and cooking at the […]
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Police Report
Monday, Jan. 13 A caller reported a woman was sending him offensive text messages containing profanity and insults. Investigation is ongoing. A person reported snow melt on Beach Road causing a traffic hazard. State road crews were advised. A woman reported being hacked remotely on her computer. She clicked a link in an email from […]