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Backcountry hut gets final approval
A proposal to build a public-use cabin on a ridge in the Takshanuk Mountains crossed its final permitting hurdle this week. The Alaska Department of...
Hydropower cable replacement delayed
A project to replace a precarious section of the undersea cable that brings hydropower from Skagway to Haines has been delayed half a year due to...
Former AMG employee charged with $58K theft
While Haines police investigated a theft of tens of thousands of dollars from Alaska Mountain Guides, the alleged thief and his wife were gallivanting...
Excursion plant to shut down for third year
Haines Borough’s biggest fish processing plant will stay closed next summer for the third straight season, OBI Seafoods’ Excursion Inlet plant...
DOT to add limited sailings to sparse ferry schedule
The winter ferry schedule released two months ago still contains a month-long gap that could spell inconvenience and added expenses for residents...
Recovery group disbands two years after deadly storm
A group that helped 100 households recover from the deadly December 2020 storm is suspending its services as the storm’s second anniversary...
Plans stall for new Lily Lake motorized trail
Plans to build a two-mile motorized loop trail near Lily Lake Road have stalled after the state didn’t select Haines’ application for a...
DOT road transfer plan rooted in state policy
A proposal to improve Lutak Road in exchange for transferring three roads to the Haines Borough has shed light on a state program that favors...
Tlingit classes well attended
Skweit Jessie Morgan grew up going to potlatches at the ANB Hall, but she didn’t speak Tlingit. Now she is taking advantage of a new chance to...
School test results show low scores in reading, math
Fewer than half of Haines students in third through ninth grade are considered “proficient” in math and language arts, according to Alaska System...
Hearing delayed for proposed heliport
A public hearing over a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway was postponed last week for the second time in two months. The hearing — now sch...
Glacier Bards reach finals at home
A theatrical reading of the melodrama "Double Trouble on the Prairie" landed all six competing...
Borough to negotiate easement between school, proposed RV park
Planning commissioners have asked the Haines Borough Assembly to negotiate — and possibly purchase — an easement between Haines School and a...
Chilkat park cabin now available for rental
Haines’ only official public use cabin is now available for nightly rentals at Chilkat State Park. Reservations can be booked through Alaska State...
School to install vape detectors in bathrooms
An effort to combat vaping at Haines School features a $5,000 proposal to install vape detectors in the school’s middle and high school bathrooms....
Park ranger vacancy persists
Haines has gone a year without a full-time state parks ranger, and the wait for a new hire could continue through next summer. Alaska State Parks...
Talks with state include taking over DOT roads
A proposal to widen Lutak Road to accommodate increased tourist traffic could involve transferring three state-owned roads to the borough, according...
Injured boaters helped by inReach, volunteers after airboat crash
Haines Volunteer Fire Department volunteers, good samaritans and a satellite communication device combined earlier this fall to rescue a severely...
Assembly approves first step in buyout for Beach Road family
The Haines Borough is moving ahead with the first step in a long process that could result in a federally funded buyout of a Beach Road property...
Klukwan, conservation groups appeal mining wastewater decision
The Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan (CIV) and several conservation groups have appealed a recent state decision to approve a revised wastewater disc...
Tourism director to step down
Steven Auch will step down from his position as Haines Borough tourism director next week after three years on the job. Auch marshaled Haines’ touri...
Harbor committee backs new Lutak Dock concept
The new design concept for the Lutak Dock renovation project received unanimous support from the Port and Harbor Advisory Committee last week....
Land swap approved for Beach Road couple
Wendie Marriott and Bern Savikko lost their house — and a forested acre with a Lynn Canal view — in the Beach Road landslide two years ago. Now...
USDA awards $100k for food project
An initiative to bolster the Chilkat Valley’s agricultural sector and enhance local food production, storage and access was one of dozens of...
Lost bracelet returned to jeweler after 30 years
Jenny Lyn Smith received some unexpected mail a few weeks ago: a silver bracelet she made more than...