The Alaska Marine Highway System announced more changes to the Alaska Class Ferry rollout this week, but the summer schedule is still uncertain. A spokesperson says the new plan will get Alaska Class Ferries in service sooner and save money.
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Centuries later, a Tlingit artist’s work still inspires woodcarvers — and entices private collectors
A rattle attributed to woodcarver Kadjisdu.axch, who lived 200 years ago in a village near modern-day Wrangell, recently sold at auction for $504,500. The Tlingit artist influences carvers in Southeast Alaska to this day.
Haines students learn how to survive in the great outdoors — in winter
The Haines Borough Public Library and the Haines Sheldon Museum are teaming up to offer a week of survival skills classes for kids. The program gets kids outdoors while they learn practical outdoor skills.
Haines Chamber of Commerce urges the borough to contract a lobbyist
Is it worth it for communities to have a lobbying presence in Juneau — especially when the state is running a deficit? And if so, should it be done by a professional lobbyist or municipal staff?
Haines birders take part in 119-year-old Christmas bird count
If there’s a partridge in a pear tree, birders in Haines will count it. The Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count–a conservationist twist on traditional Christmas hunts–may be the longest running citizen science project in the nation. According to Audbon, Alaskans have participated in the count since before statehood.
Haines Hammer Museum adds 1,600 tools to its collection
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of the hammer has over 2,000 tools — and the number nearly doubled Thursday with the arrival of 1,600 new specimens from Arizona.