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The pandemic has slammed the brakes on road tests for Haines 16-year-olds who are eligible to get their driver licenses, frustrating parents and...

The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on an appeal from three Frog House members regarding the dispute over ownership of five Frog Hou...

The borough’s heliski map committee is awaiting industry data before settling on a recommendation that could limit heliski activity in the...

The Haines Sportsman’s Association third annual coho derby is scheduled to kick off next week, with some changes to accommodate pandemic mitigation...

Construction on the Chilkoot Lake road corridor has begun and the road is closed to vehicles and pedestrians seven days a week with some exceptions fo...

Kristine Harder was woken up at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning to the sound of her Fox Terrier barking at a bear busting through her front door. “I was...

Alaska Wildlife Trooper Colin Nemec said two of the bears he and Haines police officer Brayton Long shot last Monday near Small Tracts Road were in...

The Haines Borough School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to send students back to school five days a week starting Tuesday, Sept. 8. The...

Roger Schnabel has withdrawn a permit application from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a boat storage and maintenance pad on Front Street. The...

Members of the Haines Solid Waste Working Group held a meeting for the first time since 2017 last week after the assembly voted earlier this month to...

As of Wednesday morning, Cheryl D. Stickler, Jerry Lapp, Carol Tuynman, Helen Alten and Caitie Kirby are the latest candidates to confirm their...

At a hearing in Haines District Court Monday morning, the state’s assistant district attorney Dara Gibson dismissed a case against Paul Nelson for...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted 6-1 to write a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers opposing a permit that would allow Roger Schnabel...

Klukwan School won’t have in-person classes after the Chilkat Indian Village council expressed its desire for the village’s school to implement...

The day after a judge rejected another slew of criminal charges related to Paul Nelson’s first-place half-a-car Fourth of July parade float, police...

The number of students whose families are expressing interest in homeschooling climbed to 51 this week, more than triple compared to last year, as...

Part-time classroom schooling, increased focus on outdoor education, a compressed schedule, lunch and breakfast in the classroom and mandatory face...

Alaska State Wildlife Trooper Colin Nemec is investigating the cause of death of a sow whose carcass was found in the woods behind the Eagles Nest...

The Haines Economic Development Corporation hired David Simmons, 30, as its new, part-time executive director on Aug. 1. Simmons will work on an...

The Haines Borough School District Board will decide Tuesday, Aug. 4 what the beginning of the school year’s schedule and operations will look like...

The U.S Postal Inspection Service, the Alaska State Troopers drug unit Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) and Haines Police arrested a 43-...