Larysa Murray, a doctoral candidate in emergency management at Jacksonville State University, will spend the next six months in town conducting...

Data published by the Alaska Department of Labor in its August 2022 Alaska Economic Trends Reports indicates that Haines this summer has the highest...

The Haines Borough is awaiting approval from MARAD (The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration Division) to finalize its...

The Alaska Bald Eagle Festival will again draw raptor enthusiasts to Haines this November, following a two-year break because of covid. “Everyone...

Trash disposal in Haines is about to become substantially more expensive. On Aug. 15, Community Waste Solutions (CWS) will be abandoning its...

By Lucy Silbaugh The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to rescind a four-year-old moratorium on new commercial tours in the Chilkoot Corridor....

The Haines Borough Assembly will discuss on Aug. 9 whether Oct. 4 election ballots should include questions about sales tax reallocation, including...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission on July 14 approved the preliminary plat for Highland Estates’ 65-lot Hilltop subdivision–an area that...

Haines will join a group effort to explore the possibility of a maritime “green corridor” – a very early-stage emissions-reducing project ...

Owners of junk cars may soon have a new place to dump their vehicles. The planning commission on July 14 approved the second stage of a plan for a...

Haines Borough Assembly members will weigh a change to Mud Bay zoning code after the planning commission voted last week in favor of a modification to...

Interested in preserving your summer harvest into the cold months? Concerned your canning equipment isn’t making the grade? The University of Alaska...

A new collective bargaining agreement between the borough and its workers’ union hiked wages, increasing borough spending by up to $1.1 million...

With 87 players this summer, Haines Little League has blown past last year’s count of 50 participants. “It’s definitely the most we’ve ever...

A majority of respondents ranked Haines’ business climate as “good” in this year’s Southeast Alaska Business Climate Survey, which recorded...

Haines residents wonder if the town could be better capitalizing on its avian population after research from Audubon Alaska and the University of...

Friends and family members of the late David Simmons will gather in Haines July 15-17 to celebrate his life. Simmons had planned to convene his...

Klukwan School has a new superintendent and a new principal, both committed to keeping it open and boosting enrollment. The Chatham School District...

Ten exceptional high school students from around the country will converge on Haines for a week beginning Sunday as part of a college-credit course...

The Haines Borough Assembly dissolved the Solid Waste Working Group at its meeting on June 28, saying the group had achieved its goals. “We don’t...

After two years of free school lunches thanks to a federal pandemic-related aid program, students in the Haines Borough School District will once...

The Haines Borough Assembly at its June 28 meeting unanimously voted to extend eligibility for community-purpose property tax exemptions to organizati...

Sales tax revenue for Haines in January through April likely set a record for the four months. The $994,161 collected by the borough in the first...

When Howsers IGA’s weekly grocery delivery arrived on the barge from Seattle on June 21, all of the dairy, eggs, chilled meat and frozen foods it...

The Haines Senior Center will resume its in-person lunch service on July 11 for the first time since the pandemic closure started in March 2020....