By William McRoberts, on February 15th, 2011  Celia Bower wins battle and passes ball to teammate HAINES–On Friday Feb. 11, 2011, Haines kicked off the 4th annual Triple Threat Basketball Tournament. There were 248 total students playing, represented by 7 teams from Haines, 4 teams from Whitehorse, 1 team from Skagway, and 15 from Juneau.
Considering the number students playing, with coaching staff and other people involved with the teams support, one can only imagine the planning and coordination it took to house and feed them. Except for the main hallways, floor space was at a premium at the school–the majority being occupied by sleeping bags and back packs. Haines School helped with the some of the feeding logistics by having an open concession stand Friday and Saturday and a spaghetti feed on Saturday evening. Read more->
By Editor, on December 8th, 2010 by Becky Bohrer / Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska – TransCanada Corp. says it may not meet its target of securing binding agreements by year’s end for a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska, but the company remains optimistic about the prospects for its project.
Read more:Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – TransCanada still negotiating…
By Editor, on December 7th, 2010 by Jonathan Grass|Juneau Empire
JUNEAU–The International Pacific Halibut Commission has made preliminary staff recommendations of again lowering halibut quotas in 2011, but local fishing representatives see this as a dangerous move.
The preliminary staff recommendation for Area 2C, the area the majority of Juneau fisheries collect from, is 2.33 million pounds. This same area’s 2010 catch limit was 4.4 million pounds.
Read more in the Juneau Empire.
By Gary Lidholm, on November 22nd, 2010  The Alaska String Band leads the Worship Service at Port Chilkoot Bible Church HAINES — Every now and then Southeast Alaska produces talent that it simply cannot contain. But it often takes a step of faith to unleash that talent and bring its inspiration to others.
Haines got a glimpse of such talent and faith at the American Bald Eagle Festival when, for the second time in four years, the gifted Zahasky family from Juneau, Read more->
By Roger Maynard, on June 17th, 2010 
JUNEAU — Four SEAPRO responders from Haines participated in the recovery of oil from the SS Princess Kathleen, a Canadian passenger ship that sank at Lena point near Juneau in 1952. Read more->
By Roger Maynard, on January 27th, 2010  Gershon Cohen hands out literature at anti-Cruise ship demonstration in Haines Since the removal of Haines environmental activist Gershon Cohen from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s cruise ship wastewater science panel strong feelings have arisen on both sides.
In a letter to Governor Parnell, several legislators called Cohen’s removal a “troubling use of power,” suggesting that corporate Read more->
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