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Local salvages valuable Persian rug from dump
Andrew Letchworth salvaged a pet-stained Persian rug likely worth thousands of dollars from the...
Bards earn top spots at state
All five Haines Glacier Bards made it to the final round and earned top finishes for the second year in a row for the debate, drama and forensics...
Man mauled by bear near Chilkoot Lake
Bart Pieciul, 38, was released from the Bartlett Regional Hospital Tuesday after being mauled by a...
Former Hammer Museum employee steals thousands, signs plea agreement
A former Hammer Museum employee admitted to stealing $11, 500 from the museum over a period of four months last winter according to a plea agreement...
Mead, hard cider tasting room to open on Main Street
Haines is set to have a third spirits tasting room when “The Northmen,” a locally made hard cider, soda and mead tasting room, opens later this ye...
State proposes Baby Brown timber sale again
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is again putting out to bid the old-growth Baby Brown and Glacier Side timber sale 37 miles north of...
Chilkoot Lake Road closed to winter vehicle traffic permanently
Alaska State Parks has permanently closed the Chilkoot Lake corridor road to motorized vehicle...
GAS committee discusses commercial user fees in Porcupine area
The Haines Borough officials are discussing a fee system for commercial users to maintain Porcupine Road and other roads in the area that lie within...
Planning commission asks if more affordable housing is needed
A planning commission discussion on amending the definition of a mobile home and the zoning use chart sparked questions about the availability of...
Origami cranes, butterflies hang in tribute to Larson, Simmons
A flurry of about 1,500 colorful origami cranes and butterflies flutter across the Haines School in...
Southeast State Fair plans for summer fair
The Southeast Alaska State Fair board voted unanimously last week to hold some version of a fair this summer along with other events typically...
Man who threatened clinic charged with felony
A 55-year-old man who called the SEARHC clinic and threatened to “shoot the place up and burn it to the ground” if he didn’t get an appointment...
Legislative intern boards flight despite testing positive for COVID-19
A University of Alaska student intern passing through Haines boarded an Alaska Seaplanes flight last week, despite testing positive for the COVID-19...
Remote sellers tax yields $125K in first three quarters of 2020
The Haines Borough's loss of pandemic related sales tax revenues this summer has been offset by the...
Avalanche Center tracks rainfall data
A new rain-monitoring tracker on the Haines Avalanche Center’s website was created earlier this month and is intended to provide a convenient locati...
Man trapped under icy woodpile saved by Siri
Funny Farm manager Mark Kelly, 50, relied on a weak wifi signal and the iPhone’s Siri voice command app to call for help after he was buried and...
Swinton hired as new boys basketball coach
Former Haines Glacier Bears basketball player and Haines School graduate Tyler Swinton, 27, is the new boys’ basketball head coach for this...
New magistrate sworn in
A new magistrate judge was sworn in Monday morning at the Haines courthouse. Kila Orion...
Anchorage resident repays kindness to Haines disaster relief
Wally Smith, 83, a retired industrial arts teacher in Anchorage, donated $1,000 to local disaster relief efforts this month because he “had a... Full story
2020: Pandemic, natural disaster and upheaval
As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: "I don't want to relive this year, nor sh...
What can Haines learn from Sitka's deadly landslide?
On Aug. 18, 2015 more than 40 landslides fell across Baranof and Chichagof Islands. The largest slid... Full story