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The Haines Borough Assembly will start discussing its budget priorities for next fiscal year at a workshop Monday. Subjects will likely include staffi...

For three long hours, I stood frozen in the middle of the room, all eyes upon me. My body didn’t move, but my mind drifted into limbo. Time slipped...

The Southeast Alaska Land Trust is seeking suggestions from Haines residents on potential sites for it to buy or on which to obtain easements to...

A couple really nasty storms could wreck Haines’ sewer plant building. Part of the ceiling would fall in if not for the steel pole propping it up...

Hold off until mountain goat and bear preliminary studies are finished next spring. Tighter conflict-of-interest rules. That’s what two local adviso...

A 24-year-old Haines man has been sentenced to two years in prison for third-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Superior court judge Philip Pallenberg...

The Haines Highway might briefly shut down a few times for blasting in the next two years. The possible closed-to-traffic times could stretch up to...

Haines resident Paul Nelson filed an appeal Wednesday of a planning commission decision on the Portage Cove Harbor expansion’s land use permit....

A slightly trimmed Portage Cove Harbor Expansion now enters its first phase. “I believe this is one of the biggest and best projects we’re going...

A couple really nasty storms could wreck Haines’ sewer plant building. Part of the ceiling would fall in if not for the steel pole propping it up...

You’ll notice that this issue’s police blotter is very small. Last week’s police blotter was just as tiny. The Chilkat Valley News and Haines...

This is a story about a crush on a woman. About an alleged drug deal that no one wants to publicly discuss in detail. About a marijuana advocate and...

A review committee recommended opening seven areas to heliskiing Monday following a protest of the make-up of that group. A five-person committee has...

Where was Dorothy and Don Poling’s car at 2:58 p.m. Sept. 30, 2016? The Washington Department of Transportation’s cameras and computers said it...

A cursing gunman sprinted up the stairs to a second-story meeting. As he burst into the room, one person ran. The rest threw stuff at him, shoved a...

Some basic design ideas for overhauling the corroding Lutak Dock are scheduled to be ready by Jan. 25, 2017. But lots of questions will remain for...

The Haines Borough appears ready to greenlight a Portage Cove expansion contract next Tuesday to Pacific Pile & Marine for $13.2 million. Last...

There is a bit of Zen to trap shooting. Focus. But don’t overthink. Make sure your body is in the correct posture, but don’t obsess. Hope your...

Three Native Alaskan organizations are seeking $240,985 in court costs from a Haines family in the aftermath of the litigation over access to a...

Scott Sundberg should not vote on his own seven proposals to expand his company’s heliskiing area, according to a Haines Borough attorney’s...

The clock is ticking on expanding the Portage Cove harbor. Actually, two clocks. Clock No. 1: The Haines Borough opened six bids Tuesday, starting a...

The Juneau-based district attorney’s office dropped two of four drug-related charges last week against a well-known Haines marijuana advocate. Dean...

Proposed legislation to cut back on conflicts of interest on the Haines Borough’s heliski review committee was sent to the Tourism Advisory Board. T...

Questions have been raised about how Chilkat River users – such as rafting companies – will co-exist with several years of work on the Haines...

Twenty-three to 24 people will be needed to hold a Haines Chamber of Commerce meeting, compared to a recently dropped 14-person threshold. The...