Six Haines High School students were chosen by Southeast music teachers to participate in the annual Southeast Honor Music Festival, Oct. 24-26 in Wrangell. Sopranos Hannah Wing and Alisha Young, tenors Sung Heywood and Devin Braaten, trombonist Quinn Asquith-Heinz and baritone saxophone player Emily Bowman qualified after sending recordings of their performances. “Only the best […]
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McAdams is about ideas, not ideology
Scott McAdams has demonstrated notable integrity running an issues-oriented campaign of intelligent ideas while his opponents have engaged in mud wrestling matches that demean and embarrass Alaskans. Unlike Joe Miller, Scott McAdams is interested in ideas, not ideology. Rather than working for corporate and single political party interests as Lisa Murkowski’s record would show, Scott […]
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Assembly makes final tally of election
The Haines Borough Assembly met Oct. 12 to canvass the election held a week earlier. Voter turnout was 48.5 percent. The official results, including absentee and questioned ballots, are as follows: Assembly seat B – Steve Vick, 512; Linda Geise, 287; John Winge, 276; write-in, 12. Assembly seat E – Greg Goodman, 575; write-in (Karen Hess), 456; write-in […]
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Election contest begins
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday certified results of the municipal election including directing the clerk and manager to investigate an election contest filed Oct 8 by Karen Hess. The assembly also certified Sean Cone as winner of school board seat “E.” Cone received 487 votes, compared to 466 for Jones, following the count of absentee and questioned ballots. […]
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Persistent leak vexes school officials
School district secretary Ashley Heinrich grabs a sheet of visqueen before leaving her office at night every time it’s windy and rainy. “I cover the copy machine, the faxes and the computers, just to be sure,” Heinrich said this week. Her office near the open area of the high school is ground zero for water […]
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Vick, Goodman win votes for assembly; Hess says she’ll contest result
Haines Borough voters chose incumbent Steve Vick over opponents Linda Geise and John Winge in a three-way race for the assembly Tuesday. Voters also chose Greg Goodman over Karen Hess for an assembly seat, but Hess said this week she’d challenge the results on the basis of Goodman’s residency. A school board race between incumbent Brenda Jones and Sean Cone […]
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Lende, retiring as coach, looks back on 17 years
Heather Lende coached her last cross-country meet Saturday in Anchorage, capping 17 years and teams that won 12 regional championships and twice placed second at state. During her tenure, five Haines runners were enshrined in the Alaska School Activities Association’s 3A cross-country hall of fame: Carl Blackhurst, Chandler Kemp, Ella Allred, and Lende’s daughters, J.J. […]
Posted inNews, Haines Borough
Borough vote Tuesday
Haines Borough voters will elect two assembly members and three members to the borough school board in the municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 5. Three candidates each are vying for two, three-year assembly seats. Linda Geise, incumbent Steve Vick and John Winge are seeking assembly seat “B.” Greg Goodman and write-in candidates Karen Hess and Dave Button are vying for […]
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Assembly needs conservative leadership
Being at every borough assembly meeting and most school board meetings for the past two years, it is obvious to me that we need new, experienced members on the assembly. We have the opportunity to do that by electing Linda Geise to seat “B,” and write-in candidate Karen Hess to seat “E.” We are at a point […]
Posted inNews, Haines Borough
Meet the candidates
Candidates for Haines Borough Assembly will speak at three public gatherings in coming days. Incumbent Steve Vick, John Winge and Linda Geise are vying for assembly seat “B.” Greg Goodman and Karen Hess are vying for seat “E,” Hess as a write-in. Dave Button also is running a write-in campaign for the seat. The Haines Chamber of Commerce […]