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Legislature moves closer to suspending motor fuel tax for one year
The state House has passed legislation that would suspend Alaska’s 8-cents-a-gallon motor fuel tax for a year to help consumers pinched by high pric...
Let's develop sustainable pool schedule
As both a lifeguard for The Haines Pool, the head swim coach of the Haines Dolphins and an avid swimmer myself, I have a unique understanding of the...
Honor our right to participate in decisions
Last month, the Constantine-DOWA partnership submitted a permit application for the Palmer Project’s newly designed waste management system. The...
Marine cleanup a success
What an amazing three days of marine debris cleanups with incredible crews and weather this past week! We stashed a full super sack of yellow litter...
Giant thanks from Hospice of Haines
Hospice of Haines has some giant thanks to give to so many people who supported us this last month. -To all those who held rummage sales and who went...
Dolphins, lilies and poignards
Wanna know the funny thing about piracy? Me. I am the funny thing about privacy. No—wait’ll I tell you this. You won’t believe it, but will...
Thirty-two years and a day
Thank you Haines. It’s been my pleasure to be employed by the Postal Service and to serve my community for all those years (and especially that one...
Pool access keeps me competitive
As a competitive swimmer in Haines, it’s important for me to have year-round pool access. It allows me to train as much as my competitors from all...
Let's not turn into the "Dog Turd Capital"
I walk the cruise ship dock most every morning. It’s a lovely way to embrace the day observing the changing atmospheric scapes backdropping our...
Living with bears
Takshanuk Watershed Council greatly appreciates the individuals who took time out of their busy weekend schedules to attend this year’s Living with...
Let people make a living
Let people make a clean living. I completely agree with Jan Hill’s response to the Mud Bay Events Petition now in the hands of the Assembly. “Why...
Thanks for keeping town clean
A great thing about Haines is a lot of people make a habit of picking up litter when on walks or just crossing a parking lot in town. Then springtime...
We need many perspectives
When it comes to resolving conflict, from family members and neighbors to negotiations between nations, our attempts are rarely adequate. We’re all...
Women's Club keeps town clean
A huge thank you to Judy Ewald and the Haines Women’s Club for organizing the community cleanup this year. And a big thank you to everyone who got...
Pool is reason I stay in Haines
I have lived in Haines for 35 years. The fact that Haines had a swimming pool convinced me to move here to take a teaching job at the Haines School,...
Give us context, not case counts
On April 19th KHNS told us there were three local cases, on the 25th, six cases, on the 27th seven. “Cases” started being counted when the...
Dangers of "D.C." propaganda
I thoroughly agree with the publisher’s editorial on the dangers of Russian propaganda, but I think we should be equally concerned...
The borough should rethink
Unrestricted public access to dump qualified yard waste at the stump dump is a great example of good government. It’s a great benefit to...
Earth Day event a success
Thank you Haines for participating in this year’s Earth Day event! Thank you to the Earth Day planning committee: Melissa Aronson, Kate Saunders,...
Thanks for supporting our police
A huge thank you to those who came in support of our Coffee with a Cop event at the Chilkat Bakery last weekend. Special thanks to Toni DeWitt, Greg...
Equipment Day was a blast
Thank you to the many generous vendors and sponsors and volunteers who helped make Equipment Day 2022 a success. We aim to inspire the next...
Listen to the majority
l listened to the audio of the March 24 PHAC meeting. I believed the mayor that the borough was not involved. Because of what was said like “No one...
Gravity still exists
The revisions to the Wastewater Treatment Plan that was recently published by CMR have changed so significantly from the plan published in 2019, that...
The pool's an essential service
My family moved here 31 years ago from California to help better our family situation and improve our quality of life. When we arrived, we had...
The Hermit Defense Force
Several weeks ago I attended a clandestine meeting. It was so clandestine, in fact, that we didn’t know it was going to happen until the parlay was...