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Timber sale negotiations further delayed
The University of Alaska’s negotiated timber sale contract negotiations have been delayed until spring 2019. “Due to ongoing field work remaining...
Police restricted to town; manager wants 'borough' decal off police vehicles
The assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to direct the Haines police to serve only the townsite, unless the...
Volleyball squad sharpens skills at Craig tournament
The Glacier Bears varsity volleyball team competed in the south seeding tournament in Craig last weekend. Teams from Wrangell, Petersburg, Skagway,...
Assembly split on utility hook up process
A landowner’s request to hook up water and sewer on Mathias Avenue has shined a spotlight on a safety lapse the borough had overlooked, and brought...
Parks and Rec considers mini-libraries
'Take a book, leave a book' is the premise behind the national nonprofit organization Little Free...
HEDC unveils strategic plan
More than 35 residents showed up to hear the Haines Economic Development Corp. present its 5-Year...
State Parks receives additional $1 million for Chilkoot corridor improvement project
The State Division of Parks received a boon for its Chilkoot corridor improvement project in the form of $1.5 million of federal funds to add to their...
Bear and local have close call at Chilkoot
On Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 2, Haines local Shori Heaton drove her Ford Sport Trac down to the...
Borough to consider public art allocation
The Alaska Arts Confluence has requested the borough adopt an ordinance allocating one percent of all local public construction contracts to public...
Students place second in DDF duet acting scene
Haines High School hosted the first Drama, Debate and Forensics (DDF) tournament of the season Oct. 13, with the Glacier Bards placing in six events....
Wrong turn: Canadian driver plummets over Chilkoot riverbank
Whitehorse resident Paul Hearn was cited for vandalism and failing to exercise due care after his...
Maidy wins assembly seat by two votes
Final count of the outstanding 41 election ballots Tuesday evening placed Sean Maidy as the second assembly seat victor, just two votes ahead of...
Hotch teaches Tlingit language class
Thirteen voices chorused Marsha Guneiwti Hotch in a call-and-answer introductory song at Wednesday's...
Exempt seniors may be asked to donate
Senior citizens who receive mandatory property tax exemptions may be presented the option to “pick, click, give” back to Haines this fiscal year,...
Canadian trio wins third annual Chilkat Chef competition
"Sexy- it's a sexy dish," judge Claire Fordyce said with an affirmative nod to what would be the...
Committee votes to zero out marijuana excise tax
The borough’s finance committee voted to amend the ordinance on an excise tax of marijuana cultivated in the Haines Borough before it is imposed on...
Physical therapist gets book deal
Declining a chair to sit in, Marnie Hartman relaxes into a squat position on the floor to talk...
HEDC to lead timber sale interface with UA
University of Alaska’s communications specialist, Morgan Howard, has pulled back from interfacing with the Haines community on the timber sale in a...
Pot tax still undecided
Last Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly referred the excise tax on marijuana cultivation facilities back to the finance committee for the second...
Assembly adopts conservation resolution amid controversy
The Haines Borough Assembly adopted 4-2 a contentious resolution in support of the Stand for Salmon citizen’s initiative on Tuesday evening....
Fish and Game to study valley bears
"You all call her Speedy, I call her 235," Anthony Crupi, Alaska Department of Fish and Game...
Cruise visitors to jump by up to 25,000
Foot traffic coming across the Haines dock from cruise ships and the Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry next season is predicted to increase by 17.5 to 19...
Candidates outline positions in final forum
More than 50 people attended an assembly candidate forum at the Chilkat Center on Tuesday evening where four candidates running for two open seats...
Marine Highway Service considers retiring Fairweather
The FVF Fairweather made its final run for the winter and possibly indefinitely on Sep. 9,...
Top coho weighs 10.55 pounds so far
The race is on for the biggest catch in the second annual Silver Salmon Fishing Derby that began...
