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After two weeks and 20 rounds of competition, the Tournament of the Readers concluded Monday in the Haines School gym. The undefeated Seahawks...

In an effort to put rumors to rest and increase understanding, a representative from the Department of Environmental Conservation will answer...

In an effort to put rumors to rest and increase understanding, a representative from the Department of Environmental Conservation will answer...

A Hoonah Police Department officer working for the Haines Borough used a Taser and pepper spray against a 26-year-old man in front of the post office...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will require mountain goat hunters in the Upper Lynn Canal to take a 25-question quiz in an effort to cut down...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week approved a heliport near 35 Mile Old Haines Highway to be used for winter heli-skiing, but the applic...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week appointed Thom Ely to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, over objections by assembly member George...

A local developer has cleared a major hurdle for building a hydroelectric power plant at Walker Lake, but he is still waiting on other permits and...

The 2016 Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament is set for March 3-6. Tournament organizer Stuart DeWitt said this week he has eight teams...

The Haines Borough decided last week it will not continue Jenn Walsh’s employment as the Haines Volunteer Fire Department’s firefighter/training...

Constantine Metal Resources is urging members of the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee to delay any support toward designating the...

More than $14,000 initially designated for nonprofits will be rolled over and added to the Haines Borough’s $2.8 million areawide general fund balan...

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is requiring the Haines Borough’s Water and Sewer Department to submit 40 water samples for...

The deadline for submitting surveys detailing what residents want to see in the Haines Borough’s next manager and police chief is Feb. 20. “Ideal...

Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill used Tuesday’s assembly meeting as a “practice run” for her new policy of allowing assembly members to only speak...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved an agreement with a local nonprofit looking to use the vacant Mosquito Lake School as a community...

After being tasked with looking at the biennial $22 motor vehicle registration tax, the Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services Committee is...

A toad colony at the Haines Airport once threatened by a planned expansion project has apparently been granted a reprieve. The Alaska Department of Tr...

Brandie Stickler has been accepted to the University of North Dakota’s mechanical engineering program. UND is currently one of only a few schools...

The Haines Borough’s Small Boat Harbor expansion project just can’t catch a break. Another obstacle has surfaced in the form of the 20-foot gap...

Director Tod Sebens insists that he didn’t choose the material for his latest production as much as it chose him. Sebens stumbled across “The...

Former Haines Borough interim manager Bob Ward said this week he never expressed the sentiment that the borough shouldn’t tax citizens and then...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources this week officially assumed control of the mile-long Chilkoot River Road, paving the way for construction...

Nearly six months after the Haines Borough rescinded its Request for Qualifications for Lutak Dock improvements, a new draft document has emerged,...

A local developer has applied for a conditional use permit to build a $4-$7 million hydroelectric plant at Walker Lake, about 30 miles northwest of...