The Third Avenue improvements project is fully designed and ready to go to bid, but questions linger about the design’s safety and the Haines...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday passed an ordinance that changes residential water rates. It does not include a previous proposal to move...

Two local heli-ski companies are asking the Haines Borough to temporarily open nearly 10,000 acres of terrain closed to the sport for a month-long...

The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee is not, at this point, interested in voting on dismissing board member and big game guide John...

A cost estimate for the Picture Point Wayside project has come in at roughly $730,000, more than double the amount of grant money available for improv...

Supporters of an ordinance that would allow ATV use on Haines Borough roads turned out to testify in front of the assembly last week, claiming ATVs ar...

The Haines Borough Assembly agreed last week to hear an appeal of a Feb. 13 planning commission decision denying a conditional use permit for a...

More than 50 speakers representing 19 segments of the Haines economy are slated to present at the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development...

The Downtown Revitalization Committee is one small step closer to coming back to life following years of stagnation. Last March, the planning...

Speaking to the Haines Chamber of Commerce Feb. 15, state House Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, painted a dire picture of Alaska’s finances...

Seven adventure films are coming to the silver screen Friday, March 7, when the Mountain Film Festival returns to Harriett Hall. The annual event...

Residents not inclined to venture out to observe the goings-on of their local government may soon be able to tune in to Haines Borough Assembly...

Nine students traveled to the state Drama, Debate and Forensics championship in Anchorage Feb. 13-15 for their final competition of the season....

The four-piece Ruth Moody Band is making a stop in Haines Saturday, March 8, during the folk group’s jaunt across Alaska. The show, sponsored by...

Eight students participated in a bentwood box-making class taught by Wayne Price during the weekend, with each student producing up to three of the tr...

For years, the Haines Borough has not used the full share of the interest it’s authorized to spend annually from the borough’s $8 million...

After receiving nearly two dozen comments from Haines residents and organizations, a state agency has decided to open nearly 100,000 acres of land...

Preliminary budget discussions between the Haines Borough Assembly and department heads Feb. 10 yielded several suggestions for the fiscal year 2015...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission decided last week Haines can’t accommodate a motorized ATV park in the townsite, with several commission...

The Haines Borough Police Department is getting a new officer, but borough staff won’t release the man’s job application due to a new personnel or...

Scott Sundberg, co-owner of Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, is appealing a Feb. 13 Haines Borough Planning Commission decision denying his...

Due to a recent months-long backlog in the production of meeting minutes, Haines Borough staff is proposing the clerk be required to produce only a...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week voted to send a retraction letter to a state agency after discovering a previous letter had been sent without...

An early-morning fire of unknown origin severely burned a man and destroyed the Marquardt home at 26 Mile Haines Highway Feb. 14. Family members said...