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 By Lex Treinen    News    August 31, 2023

Assembly Briefs 8-22

Police chief regrets Several assembly members expressed concern about the announced resignation of police chief Heath Scott. Scott announced earlier...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 31, 2023

Lutak Dock comment deadline extended

The comment period for a federal permit for the Lutak Dock reconstruction has been extended by two weeks. Haines Borough is seeking to rebuild the...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 31, 2023

NPS awards $75k for Noow Hit Tribal House rebuild

The Chilkoot Indian Association has been named a recipient of a $74,889 grant from the National Park...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 24, 2023

Mixed decision in Palmer Project appeal

The state's Department of Environmental Conservation made what environmental and tribal groups calle...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 24, 2023

Lutak Road work resumes after cease-and-desist

Work on a gravel storage site on Lutak Road resumed after Southeast Road Builders paid a $600 fee...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 24, 2023

Candidates set for Oct. borough election

Former Mayor Jan Hill and newspaperman Tom Morphet will face off in the October mayoral election, and a slew of new candidates filed to run for open s...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 24, 2023

Haines' first public use cabin goes up on Chilly Ridge

About twenty volunteers hiked up from 7-Mile trailhead over the weekend to help Haines Huts and...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 24, 2023

Deishu sewers share laughs and knowledge at skin sewing class`

About ten women participated in a four-day skin sewing class hosted by the Chilkoot Indian...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 17, 2023

Heath Scott to step down as police chief

Haines' police chief of seven years is leaving his post after he says discussions with the borough...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 17, 2023

Borough election deadline approaches, Morphet files for mayoral race

There are still plenty of open seats in the upcoming Haines Borough elections with just days to go...

 

Duly Noted

A strong group of Haines runners finished the challenging Yukon River Trail Marathon and half marathon on Aug. 6. The route features sustained climbs...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 17, 2023

Hubbard ferry out of service at least until Sunday

A generator malfunction on Wednesday took the Hubbard ferry out of service at least through Saturday, leaving the Alaska Marine Highway System...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 10, 2023

State grants amended permit to Palmer Project despite concerns

The state Department of Natural Resources granted an expanded permit to Constantine Metals for...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 10, 2023

For Chilkoot tribe, bill in U.S. congress could help rectify historic oversight

Harriet Brouillette remembers sitting around the kitchen table as a child in the late 1960s and...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 10, 2023

U.S. Transportation secretary Buttigieg could visit Haines

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is expected to visit Haines next week as part of a...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 10, 2023

Public comment opens Lutak Dock replacement permit

The Haines Borough is pushing forward with a proposed $20 million replacement for the municipal Lutak Dock despite opposition from some residents...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 10, 2023

Assembly Briefs

In her borough manager’s report to the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday, Annette Kreitzer noted she’d sent a cease-and-desist letter to Southeast...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 3, 2023

Borough defends tax assessments after appeals

More than 200 people have appealed the borough’s new property assessments after some tax bills...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    August 3, 2023

Canadian wildfires bring renewed smoke advisories to SE Alaska

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is again putting air quality at risk across Southeast Alaska,...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    July 27, 2023

Haines local hopes to build culture of firearm competency through airsoft

There's a battle raging two miles outside of Haines. Ten masked young men carrying M4-style rifles...

 

For Avery Wolves, state fair show is a special homecoming

For guitarist Jeremy Larson of the Fairbanks-based Avery Wolves, the Southeast Alaska gig is extra...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    July 27, 2023

After hectic years, Haines ready for full Fair program

In between picking up bait herring for the Fisherman's Rodeo and trying to round up 20,000...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    July 27, 2023

Mixed news on Haines salmon runs

Sockeye runs have been around or exceeding historic averages but Chinook salmon runs are worrying fi...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    July 27, 2023

How Zen Bathworks in Haines quietly became a world-renowned wood bath maker

Actress Jennifer Aniston knows something about Haines that even some longtime residents don't: that...

 

Haines teenager 'overjoyed' after her design selected for state fair poster

Haines artist Emma Brouillette started making art just a few years ago, but she already has a major...

 

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