Callahan Baker Stief was born at 8:48 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2 in Everett, Washington to proud parents Riley Erekson Stief and Matt Stief. Callahan weighed 7.12 lbs and was 20.5 inches long.
Erekson Stief’s sister Keely Baumgartner and mother Judy Erekson attended the birth. Aunt Carlee Heinmiller and grandpa Lee Heinmiller anxiously awaited photos of his arrival.
Happy 58th birthday to David Routh. Routh celebrated on Friday with a mayonnaise cake, his favorite. For…
10 Years Ago
Haines’ long-dormant Waterfront Aesthetics committee will take its first crack to brainstorm how the Haines Borough should upgrade the uplands portion of the Small Boat Harbor.
Whatever the aesthetics committee recommends will then go to the Haines planning commission – a body that has long felt it has been left out of harbor expansion design matters.
The aesthetics committee will hold a public workshop on uplands design issues at 6:30 p.m. Oct.…
We’ve heard of seismometers identifying earthquakes, but what about them being used to identify and track landslides? This is something that students with the University of…
During the Sept. 22 assembly meeting, assembly members discussed the Lutak Dock, Four Winds Resource Center’s continued rental of a borough building and more.
Changing diapers for 29 years
Kicking off his mayor’s report, Tom Morphet read a proclamation honoring Haines resident Kim Larson. Larson has provided childcare in Haines for the last 29 years, as the owner and operator of “Kids R Fun Childcare.” In this proclamation, Morphet listed off accolades, saying childcare providers…
Alaska will spend $1.3 billion in federal funding over the next five years to revamp healthcare infrastructure in rural communities.
Haines just got a piece of that pie. The borough was awarded $2.4 million to establish a new wellness program, with a large emphasis on improvements for the local pool.
“This is a huge advantage and opportunity for our community to look at smaller, individualized wellness projects that will really increase the standard of living…
Dave Thomas walked into an election booth in the borough building to vote early on Tuesday and found a folded Citizens for Haines flier with a list of issues and candidates to vote for left inside.
He crumpled it up and shoved it in his pocket, then finished voting and left the building. It wasn’t until he got home and told his wife that he realized he should have reported it to the clerk.
“I…
Beau Bradley has made identity politics central to his campaign by displaying an “Abolish ICE” sticker in his bookstore window and stating that his goal is to be a voice for younger people. In his CVN interview, he also stated that he does not support the current senior tax exemption, suggesting there are simply too many old-timers in Haines.
Assembly members should be elected to promote unity and represent everyone in Haines, not to divide…
A recent letter suggested that Beau Bradley hadn’t been a resident in Haines long enough to be an assembly member. At the same time, Haines is begging young people to come, stay and live here, contribute to the economy and so on. Why shouldn’t such young people not also want to help solve Haines’ many problems? No doubt as a local business owner Mr. Bradley has already gotten a feel for what needs work.
And…
Haines voters will soon decide whether planning commission seats should go back to being appointed by the mayor. The resident initiative asks voters to reverse what’s been in place for three years — voters electing commissioners.
In 2023, local voters changed how seats were filled on the Haines Borough Planning Commission.
Tom Morphet, who is now mayor, successfully put an initiative on the ballot that changed planning commissioners from appointed members to elected members. He…
A migrant worker harvests Burley tobacco grown by Tucker Farms in Finchville, Kentucky.
