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Parker Schnabel isn’t the only Haines miner mucking about on prime time television. Creighton Lapp, a 1996 Haines High School graduate, has been...

Monday, May 7 Police were informed about an abandoned vehicle on Haines Borough property on Mathias Avenue. A caller requested a phone number for a...

Zumba studio waltzes onto Main A new dance studio on Main Street offers a range of Zumba classes. Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance fitness program...

Four years after the Haines Borough Assembly agreed to keep the Haines primary school building to see how land there would fit into a downtown plan,...

Sunday, April 8 A caller reported unsupervised, small children at the skate park. A parent picked up the children, and police referred the incident... Full story

The local Democratic Party caucus will be held April 14, 10 a.m. to noon at the Senior Center. The event is open to registered Democrats and voter...

The Haines Borough received 11 applications for the vacant harbormaster position as of March 29, according to clerk Julie Cozzi. Harbormaster Ed...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week rescinded a February disaster declaration for sloughing of the Mount Ripinsky hillside at Lutak Road. Borough...

Can the Haines Borough dispose of surplus equipment through an online auction site like eBay? As members of the Haines Borough Assembly on March 27 di...

The Haines Borough Assembly has scheduled meetings and public hearings for review of the fiscal year 2013 budget. All meetings will be in the...

Lt. Steve Hall of the Alaska State Troopers in Juneau this week said an investigation in connection with a seizure of guiding equipment and records...

Monday, April 2 A large rock causing a traffic hazard was reported at 2 Mile Lutak Road. A 911 hang-up call was determined to be a misdial, and...

Haines Friends of Recycling is launching the Bill Aronson Memorial Scholarship for study or training in energy-efficient construction or renewable...

“Treasure Island” will be performed by members of Lynn Canal Community Players’ Summer Youth Theater Conservatory. The conservatory is a...

The Haines Borough has been asked to rescind a request for a state emergency declaration related to sloughing of the Mount Ripinsky hillside at Lutak...

The Chilkat Valley is featured in four short public service announcements that will appear on public television in Alaska. “Non-Point Pollution,...

Former Chilkoot Indian Association administrator Jim Carnahan said that he has settled his lawsuit against the Haines-based tribe. Carnahan said his...

Applications for the Haines Borough’s new permanent, full-time executive assistant to the borough manager are due 5 p.m. Monday, April 9. The...

The Haines Borough is planning improvements to the Haines School vocational education building, located at the corner of Old Haines Highway and Allen...

Contemporary dance troupe Thodos Dance Chicago will perform 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 at the Chilkat Center. Haines Arts Council President Tom Heywood...

Comments on a planned timber sale above 13 Mile Haines Highway are due March 31. Approximately 800,000 board feet will be cut on 40 acres on a bench...