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Assembly rejects plastic bag ban
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (1122+ words) Last week's assembly meeting delivered a certain poetic justice for those who want plastic shopping bags in town." The Haines Borough Assembly decided against a stricter plastic bag regulation, but only after hearing one last installment in weeks of public…...
This convicted felon gets $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service. You pay for it.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1764+ words) At the beginning of his three-year federal prison sentence for felony tax evasion, Roger Shoffstall lost his telephone privileges when a guard caught him running his small Alaska phone company from behind bars. He's lost a lot of privileges over…...
Pass the plastic bag ban
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (131+ words) Chilkat Valley News In 2019, sixth-graders at Haines School asked the Haines Borough Assembly to pass a law prohibiting use of a certain type of plastic shopping bags (HDPE) that are not biodegradable, can't be composted and are prone to cracking....
Clara Nevada, Eldred Rock and the light that guides the way
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (630+ words) Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association honors 120th anniversary Friday ahead of grand ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 30...
Goldbelt Tram to remain closed at least until May 24 after accident last week that injured employees
4+ week, 2+ day ago (160+ words) Juneau's Goldbelt Tram is scheduled to remain closed until May 24 following an accident last Thursday when one of the two passenger cars docked at the base station at an accelerated rate of speed, injuring employees in the car, Goldbelt Inc....
Biologists forecast a reduced Alaska commercial salmon harvest
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (48+ words) The lower numbers " the catch is predicted to drop by more than a third " are driven by off year for pink salmon...
Cruise ship environmental compliance funds budgeted for port infrastructure
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (852+ words) Capital budget proposals from both the governor and state legislature propose redirecting cruise ship inspection money toward electrical hookups at cruise ship docks in Juneau and Ketchikan. It's been two decades since Alaska voters approved the Ocean Ranger program, placing…...
School district's needs dire, possible lifeline in legislature
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1081+ words) As the borough's school district warns of potential "insolvency," higher state oil revenue has increased the likelihood of a lifeline. For years, the state's school funding formula has stagnated, decreasing 26% in real dollars from 2011 to 2025 if adjusted for inflation. Last…...
Fifty-one-year-old piano to be center of May concert
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (427+ words) The Steinway Model B piano has resided in the Chilkat Center for 33 years and will soon be the center of an entire concert, "A Night on the Steinway." Michael Marks, a board member of the Foundation for the Chilkat Center…...
Sure Sign of Spring: Herring Season Opens
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (189+ words) Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery opened at noon today, with about 20 seiners fishing an area that includes Crescent Bay and Jamestown Bay east of town, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said. Aaron Dupuis, area management biologist, estimated…...