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The Haines Dolphins swim team had two competitors at the Southeast Champs meet Dec. 3-5 in Sitka, and both swimmers entered the maximum seven events....

Resident Don Braaten made his Discovery Channel debut Friday on "Gold Rush: Alaska" when he towed an excavator across the Steel Bridge to...

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday adopted an ordinance that will increase pay for the assembly and mayor. The change will cost the borough an...

The Nov. 26 "Lighting of the Library" raised about $3,300 for the Friends of the Library. More than 150 people attended the annual event at...

Stephanie Scott has resigned as the Energy Sustainability Commission (ESC) coordinator, but she still shows strong support for its mission. "I&rs...

Mayor Jan Hill appointed two members of the Haines Borough’s heli-skiing work group to a map subcommittee at a Nov. 23 meeting, after...

State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, at a Nov. 29 Haines Chamber of Commerce lunch discussed the impact of Southeast population declines and his new...

The Rasmuson Foundation has awarded the Southeast Alaska State Fair $66,692 for the renovation of Harriett Hall. "We’re really honored by...

Japanese exchange student Rin Hamada said her first Thanksgiving was "awesome." Hamada, 17, is a Haines High School junior from Tokyo who...

Members of the Chilkat Center Advisory Board want the Haines Borough Assembly to commit to upgrades for the facility that was the focus of a 2008...

An immature eagle that splashed into the Chilkat River during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival is an example of the "unpredictability" of...

The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation celebrated more than $12,000 in grants for 2010 during a Nov. 18 dessert reception at Haines Assisted Living....

Judy Hall Jacobson has published a second edition of her book, "Native Plants of Southeast Alaska." She self-published the first edition in...

The new KHNS general manager said this week she is "really looking for something different." Kay Clements of Point Reyes Station, Calif.,...

An immature eagle released Saturday during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival was recaptured Monday due to concerns it wouldn’t survive in the wild....

Jack Hodnik of Haines has learned a lot over the past 36 years, and he gives credit to the state that served as his teacher through the title of his...

The Haines Borough will interview at least three of nine of the initial applicants for its tourism director job. Manager Mark Earnest completed the...

Concerns that Haines Sanitation would no longer accept euthanized animals at the landfill were the result of a miscommunication, said Richard Crosby,...

The Energy Sustainability Commission (ESC) has written an energy conservation guide for Haines Borough employees, but how the guide will be enforced...

The Haines Borough is proposing a 4 percent rate increase for most water and sewer customers, partly to help cover the cost of the borough’s...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 30, will hold a third public hearing for an ordinance that aims to limit repeat applications for...

The Haines Borough’s new heli-skiing work group held its first meeting Tuesday, and members said they want to avoid the heated tone of previous...

The Haines Borough Assembly will consider changes to election procedures aimed at resolving questions about candidate qualifications before –...

The Haines Borough Assembly has introduced an ordinance that would increase pay for assembly members and Mayor Jan Hill. The assembly already has...

Haines Borough Assembly candidate Karen Hess said she was consulting an attorney following a 4-2 assembly decision Tuesday to certify the election of...