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Tourism marketing money in cross-hairs
Haines small business owner Rhonda Hinson takes every advantage she can to bring tourism dollars to her arts-and-crafts store on Main Street. As...
Manger scene attracts prayerful -- and thieves
Haines resident Jim Studley was out Sunday with his tool kit, stapling up a line of twinkly white lights, placing the final touches on a local...
Ski club ready to set trails around valley
After last week’s significant snowfall, local cross-country skiers and winter hikers are ready to hit the backcountry trails, and the Haines Ski...
Black Friday draws shoppers, but on Alaska time
Tom Heywood, co-owner of the Babbling Book on Main Street, was ready and eager for his biggest sales day of the year. Make that every town merchant...
Assembly members dig into how to fix budget
Amid another troubled season of state budget slashing, the Haines Borough Assembly held a sometimes-tense workshop Monday night to target its budget...
Residents come together for the holidays
From her vantage point near the high-action kitchen, Jane Cowart watched the line of Haines residents move up the serving queue Thursday at the...
Weather closes borough offices
Slushy roads and driving rain Tuesday caused Haines to do something rare: roll up the slippery sidewalks, close borough offices, cancel all meetings a...
Borough considers enacting filming permit
The Haines Borough needs to create a permit process to protect itself from lawsuits resulting from shooting mishaps on the reality TV and nature...
Icy weather causes multi-vehicle mayhem
At age 79, former logger and outdoorsman Gary Hess has negotiated some pretty dicey and dangerous tracks across Southeast Alaska, but few have...
Meth charges for grandmother
A 59-year-old woman was arraigned last week in Haines municipal court in connection with possession of numerous drugs discovered following a September...
Fort Seward's new art piece aims to slow sands of time
One of Haines’ newest public art pieces is an interactive work that combines glass, steel, stone and even the contemplative sands of time. The...
Push on for expanded breakwater
The Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee last week voted unanimously to ask the Haines Borough Assembly to re-examine what they consider a critical $3...
Heliski debate centers on goat, bear impacts
The Haines heliskiing map committee convened Monday for another round of reviewing the backcountry site maps where ski-adventure companies drop off...
Tourism-related businesses relying more on ships
Haines tourism survived a topsy-turvy 2016, with the total number of visiting cruise ships down slightly and the disruption of ferry service turning...
Mud Bay residents create parking spaces
Melina Shields and other residents who live across Mud Bay have faced a big-city problem in a decidedly rural area: where to parallel park their...
