More downtown construction is scheduled to begin next week, as part of a project that includes improvements to Third and Fourth avenues, Lynnview...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski is scheduled to visit Haines on Friday, June 1, and attend three events open to the public. Murkowski first will speak at the...

Seafood processing – at least temporarily – will continue to benefit from a visa program that brings thousands of foreign students to Alaska each...

The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel is hosting a free health fair for pets on Saturday, June 9, at the ANB Hall. The 10 a.m.-1 p.m. event includes tips...

Josh Bentz leads the 34th annual King Salmon Derby after the Memorial Day weekend, with a 30.4-pound catch. “It jumped clean out of the water and...

A newborn harbor seal pup found in Haines May 2 has gained more than eight pounds and appears on track for release into the wild here later this...

Monday, May 28 A caller reported a reckless driver in the Fort Seward area. An officer gave the motorist a warning. Two callers reported a bear on...

Entertainment following the 20th annual Great Alaska Craft Beer and Homebrew Festival this weekend includes a “Sudsy Pickle Challenge” obstacle...

The 34th annual King Salmon Derby features more than $19,000 in cash and prizes. “It’s just such a fun community event for everybody to get out...

A 33-year-old Haines man was charged this week with shooting big game from a boat and for failing to validate his harvest ticket immediately after...

According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release, Dalton Cache border station officers seized a small amount of narcotics on May 19....

Residents collected more than four tons of garbage during the annual community cleanup this month. The total included 159 bags of trash turned in to...

Monday, May 21 Road workers requested extra patrols of the construction zone on Main Street because motorists had been speeding in the area. Dispatch...

Residents John Brower, Gary Lowe and Debra Schnabel and former Haines Borough Manager Tom Bolen are among 18 applicants for the borough’s top job....

The Haines Borough is again advertising for a full-time executive assistant to the borough manager, and it was unclear this week whether the position...

The Haines Borough Assembly is advancing a question toward the fall ballot that would give members the option of calling a special election to fill va...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week hung up on a proposal to refer a discussion of pay phones to a committee. Newspaper editor Tom Morphet, at the r...

Haley Sweet-Cushing of the Haines Dolphins swim team posted top-10 finishes in four events at the Junior Olympics in Anchorage last month....

Upper Lynn Canal birders identified 77 species in the annual “Birdathon” that ran April 29 to May 5. Participants were to observe and identify as...

Members of the Haines Borough Assembly acting as the Board of Equalization lowered one property assessment and kept four the same April 30. Lack of...

Mayor Stephanie Scott last month appointed residents to committees. Appointments included: Chilkat Center Advisory Board: Tara Bicknell and Kerry...

Haines High senior Tyler Swinton has earned a spot on the University of Alaska Anchorage basketball team as a “preferred walk-on,” meaning he can...

The Haines Borough Police Department’s blotter posted on Facebook last week included a humorous exchange from May 8. According to the blotter item,...

Monday, May 14 A caller reported a moose headed toward a residence near Carr’s Cove. A caller reported a person was handling trash inappropriately o...

Migratory birds were the focus of bird-banding training last month in the Chilkat Valley, sponsored by the Ts’ats’ee Bird Observatory. “We got...