Let’s take a look back at the top stories from 2015 in Haines and Klukwan.

 

Port Chilkoot Distillery owner and distiller Heather Shade stands at the bar of the tasting room.

Port Chilkoot Distillery owner and distiller Heather Shade stands at the bar of the tasting room.

Heather Lende signs copies of Find the Good at the Babbling Book in Haines. (Credit: Emily Files)

Heather Lende signs copies of Find the Good at the Babbling Book in Haines. (Credit: Emily Files)

Snowboarder Flo Orley in the Haines competition. (Dom Daher/Freeride Facebook)

Snowboarder Flo Orley in the Haines competition. (Dom Daher/Freeride Facebook)

Seagulls feeding on hooligan in the Taiya River. (Emily Files)

Seagulls feeding on hooligan in the Taiya River. (Emily Files)

Interim Haines Police Chief Robert Griffiths. (Emily Files)

Interim Haines Police Chief Robert Griffiths. (Emily Files)

 A Haines jury found resident Ted Hart not guilty of a weapons-related felony charge at Hart’s retrial this week. The state accused 29-year-old Hart of knowingly living in a residence with a concealable firearm while on probation for a prior felony conviction. (Jillian Rogers)

A Haines jury found resident Ted Hart not guilty of a weapons-related felony charge at Hart’s retrial this week. The state accused 29-year-old Hart of knowingly living in a residence with a concealable firearm while on probation for a prior felony conviction. (Emily Files)

Martha Mackowiak at her home in Haines on Wednesday. (Jillian Rogers)

Martha Mackowiak at her home in Haines on Wednesday. (Jillian Rogers)