The Haines Borough School District Board has approved the 2020-21 track season. It will start March 29 and end May 28. According to the Alaska Student Activities Association, there will be six total meets this season. This includes Region V in Juneau and State in Anchorage. Activities Director Lynzee Swinton said she believes Haines will participate in […]
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New science teacher starts next year
The Haines school board hired Alexandria Tannehill as the new high school science teacher. Mark Fontenot is retiring at the end of the school year after 26 years of teaching. Tannehill will begin teaching high school science next year, including earth science, biology, physical science, chemistry and physics. Tannehill teaches grades 6-12 in Hoonah. She said she […]
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Region V basketball tournament still on
The annual Southeast Region V basketball tournament is planned for March 27 in Ketchikan. Only the top four 2A teams will participate and they will play a one-day single elimination tournament. The Haines boys will be attending, but the girls will not. The region chose Ketchikan to host the tournament because it is accessible through […]
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Assembly narrows down manager applicants to four
Schnabel doesn’t make the cut Four Haines Borough manager candidates have advanced to the preliminary interview round after the Haines Borough Assembly met Monday in executive session to pare down a list of 12 applicants still under consideration. Former borough manager Debra Schnabel, who was fired without cause in May, applied for the position, but was rejected for an interview. […]
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12 applicants reviewed for manager job including Fullerton and Schnabel
The Haines Borough Assembly’s Personnel Committee reduced the list of manager applicants from 31 to 12 during a meeting held in executive session on Monday. The list includes four locals—interim manager and clerk Alekka Fullerton, former manager Debra Schnabel, Haines Borough school board member Brian Clay and new resident Michael York. By the Feb. 26 application deadline, the borough had received […]
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This Week in History
Archive news from 50, 25 and 10 years ago. Sept. 11 1967 Secretary of State Keith Miller has announced details for an Oct. 3 borough election in Haines. The election was called following the filing of a public petition asking that the question of voluntary incorporating a borough in the Haines area be put to […]
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Origami cranes, butterflies hang in tribute to Larson, Simmons
A flurry of about 1,500 colorful origami cranes and butterflies flutter across the Haines School in tribute to Jenae Larson, the school’s former kindergarten teacher, and David Simmons, who were killed last month in the Beach Road landslide. The project was organized by art teacher Giselle Miller, who led an origami unit for all grade […]
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Duly Noted
Sockeye Cycle had a celebrity guest on one of its Skagway bicycle tours last week. Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa went on the five-mile Rainforest Bicycle Tour to Dyea on Aug. 21. Hackman wore a baseball cap and sunglasses to stay as inconspicuous as possible, said Sockeye Cycle assistant manager Paul Duyckinck. Guide Jeff Hu said Hackman was […]
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Personnel Committee asks assembly to finalize borough manager hiring plan
The Haines Borough could begin accepting applications for a new, permanent manager as soon as this month if the assembly acts on a Personnel Committee recommendation made in late November. The committee is requesting that the assembly finalize a manager hiring plan at the regular assembly meeting on Dec. 8. At the November Personnel Committee meeting, members […]
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Tuynman wins fourth assembly seat 11 votes ahead of Josephson
The results of this year’s nail-biter assembly race are in. Cheryl Stickler and Caitie Kirby, the top vote-getters, will serve three-year terms while Carol Tuynman and incumbent Jerry Lapp will each serve a one-year term. At Tuesday’s canvas, Tuynman eked out a victory over incumbent Brenda Josephson. Going into Tuesday, Tuynman had a two-vote lead, 595-593. The […]