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About 250 people attended the annual Lighting of the Library fundraiser at the Haines Borough Public Library Saturday. Attendees bid on small trees...

The Haines Borough paid biomass consultant Darsie Culbeck more than $3,600 in October, including $75 per hour for 16 hours traveling to and from his...

After about 45 minutes behind closed doors, the Haines Borough Assembly’s Personnel Committee voted 3-2 to recommend Mayor Jan Hill serve as acting...

Erik Stevens has lived in Haines for five years, and every year he hears about someone getting hassled by the police for skiing on the road. “Every...

Alaska Power and Telephone’s plan to install a submarine cable for the purpose of boosting Internet service in the Upper Lynn Canal has hit a...

Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures co-owner Scott Sundberg claims the Haines Borough Planning Commission erred in denying his permit application...

The Haines Borough Assembly is slated to introduce an ordinance Tuesday that would change the person responsible for preparation of the agenda from...

James Boon Ackerman was born Nov. 19 at Anchorage’s Alaska Native Medical Center to parents Sue and Tim Ackerman. James weighed seven pounds and...

Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures co-owner Scott Sundberg last week said he would appeal the Haines Borough Planning Commission’s rejection...

Nearly six months after approving a budget that included $45,000 for a state lobbyist, the Haines Borough has posted an advertisement for a firm or...

Providing aid to refugees fleeing Syria and other Middle Eastern countries is different than other disaster relief programs, Haines resident Eric...

The Haines Borough Public Safety Commission is recommending the assembly authorize the hire of a headhunting firm to find the municipality’s next...

Haines Animal Rescue Kennel officials will not accept $14,000 allocated to the nonprofit by the Haines Borough Assembly last week, citing an earlier...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week blasted a $41,300 noise study authorized by the assembly, calling the study “fundamentally...

Monday, Nov. 16 An anonymous caller reported a Deishu Drive resident was rifling through vehicles on Deishu Drive and at bars downtown looking for...

By Karen Garcia Bob Lowden, a mechanic who operated a garage in Haines for more than 20 years, died Monday at a hospice facility in Wasilla. He was 64...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved outgoing manager David Sosa’s request to be let out of his three-year contract...

The pilot of a four-passenger plane that crashed into Lynn Canal last week said the survival of those on board hinged not on one person or decision,...

Haines Borough Assembly funding for local nonprofits dropped again this year, from $94,300 last year to $76,100 approved at Tuesday’s meeting....

Members of the Haines Volunteer Fire Department elected a new chief Monday, with 17-year department veteran Greg Palmieri stepping up to fill the...

In an interview this week, outgoing Haines Borough manager David Sosa said his biggest accomplishments were working with staff to update policies and...

The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation awarded more than $18,000 to 14 local nonprofits this week, including to new applicant the Haines Avalanche...

Though only four Haines High School students competed at last weekend’s Drama, Debate and Forensics home meet, all four took a piece to finals,...

A preliminary report released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates the fuel gauges dropped to zero before a plane carrying...

Sailor Jane Morris was born at 10:21 a.m. Nov. 1 at the Bellingham Birth Center to parents Lesley Rostron and Colin Morris. Rostron is a Haines High...