Haines News

Pacific chorus frogs have shown up in the Anchorage area, hitchhiking their way in on imported Christmas trees, and state wildlife officials want them turned in -- dead or alive.

A 19-year-old Juneau woman is Alaska's 12th reported swine flu death this year. The women, who is from Haines but was living in Juneau, died on Nov.

Becky Pusateri's cellphone rang as she and her boss were talking business over a Sunday lunch at the Phoenician resort.

Interest earned from a Georgia family's $739,000 donation to Haines' Bald Eagle Foundation is set to go toward education and research, including an intern program that brings students to Haines from universities in the Lower 48.

"Think Inside the Box" is what hundreds of Southeast Alaskans did this year to help support Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse.

My neighbor Crandall stops by. "How are you doing?" I ask. "Everything is nearly copacetic.

A borough assembly election in Haines normally wouldn't draw much notice in the rest of the state, but this fall's balloting produced another chapter in a long-running Alaska story.

"What did you get for your birthday?" "A year older." Driving by the Bruces I have two wonderful neighbors--both named Bruce--who live across the road from each other.

Heather Tonga, left, and Maygen Janetta, right, perform during the opening of "New Harmonies" and "Melodies of Kachemak Bay" on Nov.

Christmas of 1963 promised to be a lonely one for my family. Months before, we'd moved from Ninilchik to Juneau because Dad had begun working on the state's newly launched Alaska Marine Highway System.

My neighbor Crandall doesn't stop by. Why should he? He's in Haines, Alaska with me.

Due to a blunder by the baggage-handling department, my luggage had accidentally been sent to the same location where I had flown.

"I wrote a poem about a man on a bicycle." "How does it go?" "He pedals it with his feet." Driving by the Bruces I have two wonderful neighbors - both named Bruce - who live across the road from each other.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint against a Haines fish processor, accusing the plant of violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

I have debated writing this letter for the past two years, but feel something desperately needs to be done.

The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte and Fairweather returned to service last week following regularly scheduled overhauls.

Alice is a three-year-old pup up for adoption at the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel.

The agency on Tuesday accused Chilkoot Fish & Caviar, Inc. of improperly discharging fish processing waste into Lutak Inlet from May to October in 2004 through 2007.

Published: November 2nd, 2009 10:40 AM Last Modified: November 2nd, 2009 10:49 AM Link: Chilkat Valley News A state trooper based in Haines is leading efforts to clean up an old junk car dumpsite in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.

The Haines Highway recently received national recognition as one of America's new National Scenic Byways.