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An engineer at a gold mine near Fairbanks will serve as the next manager of the Palmer Project, the exploratory mixed-metals mining operation...

Sean Gaffney and Eli Fierer, co-owners of Chilkat Guides and Alaska Mountain Guides (AMG), took control of another major local tour operator this...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday adopted a $12.9 million operating budget with amendments to keep the pool open for 11 months and pay for a...

Sitka fisherman and former U.S. Senate candidate Al Gross captured the most votes for Alaska’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives among...

Lynn Canal drift gillnetters will set out Sunday morning for the fishery’s opener expecting slightly better returns than last year and increased...

An assembly discussion about funding the Haines Economic Development Corporation reflected some sharp contrasts in how the nonprofit is viewed. After...

Haines is one of nine Alaska communities operating under old federal permit waivers from secondary treatment for its sewage water discharge, and...

Haines visitors and residents now have a rideshare option for getting around town, five years after a former resident's gig as an Uber driver...

For the second spring in a row, two male brown bears were harvested in the Chilkat Valley, keeping the door open for a fall hunt. Both bears were...

A long caravan of Yukoners at Canada Customs on the sunny Sunday after Beerfest turned into an afterparty complete with cornhole, volleyball, sun...

Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) held a planning session last week for input on its master trails plan and the 2022-2026 Haines State...

Former mining consultant and Constantine Metal Resources employee Liz Cornejo started work this week as the first local employee of the Japanese...

The Port and Harbor Advisory Committee will consider changes to harbor moorage rates, boat-launch fees and the port tariff, among other charges that...

The landfill’s drive-and-drop program for household garbage has seen less-than-anticipated use in the two months since it started, according to...

A strain of bird flu that has spread across the world over the last two years infecting wild and domestic birds was detected two weeks ago in a bald...

Last week a group of government officials and industry representatives announced plans to move toward creating the world’s first “green...

The Haines Borough Assembly delayed a vote on the budget Tuesday, postponing decisions about whether to allocate more funding to the pool, museum,...

The Eldred Rock Lighthouse and Fort Seward Hospital Building were among eleven sites across the state named this year as Alaska’s most endangered...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 not to create a public ad-hoc working group that would have been tasked with advising the assembly on the Lutak...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted on May 12 to rezone a popular retreat, wedding and yoga center at the northern edge of the Mud Bay...

The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council voted this week to devise a method of assessing impacts on fish habitat from commercial...