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A public forum debate and discussion at the Haines School last month addressing whether income disparity is threatening the American Dream might lead...

Add another plan to borough planning efforts. In addition to work on a comprehensive plan and a strategic plan, the Haines Borough is embarking on a...

The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel is organizing “Pooper Troopers” to participate in an upcoming community cleanup. HARK executive director Steve...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved $328,399 for replacement of the Haines High School gym floor. North Pacific Erectors of Juneau submitte...

Monday, April 16 An officer warned a motorist for speeding. Sunday, April 15 A caller reported a domestic dispute at a Mosquito Lake residence. A...

Haines Borough sales tax revenues increased 1 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, with retail showing the strongest gains and restaurants and bars...

A State Department proposal to eliminate seafood processing from a visa program that brings thousands of foreign students to Alaska may not have a...

Members of the Haines Borough’s government affairs and services committee last week debated the role of special elections in filling assembly...

The job shuffle at city hall continued this week with the temporary hire of Phil Benner as harbormaster, and a four-month extension for facilities...

Haines Borough Tourism Director Tanya Carlson last week said the new “Backroads Alaska” campaign aims to bring additional cruise ships to the...

Staff turnover reached the top of the Haines Borough this week, as manager Mark Earnest submitted his resignation, effective June 15. “We’re...

The Haines Borough is seeking a federal grant to purchase and install a new dispatch console that would improve response to 911 calls. “Thank goodne...

The potential for shipping ore from the Yukon Territory through Haines is slim unless trucks can back-haul liquid natural gas from here on return...

Confused about all the planning going on at the Haines Borough? The assembly is working on a “strategic plan,” a brief, “to-do list” of...

After considerable discussion, the Haines Borough Assembly has dropped the idea of making its harbormaster a “peace officer.” That puts the local...

The Haines Dolphins swim team’s Swim-a-Thon, the largest fundraiser of the year, is Saturday, March 31. Swimmers collect pledges for each length of...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved hiring a full-time executive assistant to manager Mark Earnest, a position that would cost an...

The Greater Lynn Canal Garden Conference will spring up in Haines this weekend for the first time. Speakers from around the region, including Alaska...

Tara Bicknell plans to leave her post as news and public affairs director for KHNS by early April. “I don’t have anything specific lined up, and...

“Pelly,” a husky mix that resident Marnie Hartman adopted in Whitehorse, Y.T., came with an implanted microchip that stored contact information...

Mitt Romney won the Presidential Preference Poll of local Republicans on Tuesday, when turnout was a third of the 2008 total. Residents cast 39 votes...

Haines Borough Harbormaster Ed Barrett submitted his resignation last week. “I wish the organization and the community well,” Barrett wrote in...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved an ordinance for spot checks of global positioning system data to monitor compliance with helicopter...