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 By Max Graham    News    December 8, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    December 8, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    December 1, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    December 1, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    December 1, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    December 1, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    December 1, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 23, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 23, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 23, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 17, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 17, 2022

Glacier Bards reach finals at home

A theatrical reading of the melodrama "Double Trouble on the Prairie" landed all six competing...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 17, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 17, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 17, 2022

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....

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 17, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 10, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 10, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 10, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 10, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 10, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 10, 2022

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....

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 3, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 3, 2022

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...

 
 By Max Graham    News    November 3, 2022

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...

 

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