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Oct. 10 Assembly Briefs
Election results certified Official election results were announced at Tuesday’s assembly meeting after 19 absentee, question and special needs...
Old Field Kitchen brings world flavors to Haines
If you're craving a dark chocolate halva cake with chocolate tahini cream and candied lemons on a...
Drivers, tribe jump on EV incentives while they last
Picture this: a slew of autonomous electric cars silently cruise through the streets of downtown...
Assembly passes Lily Lake upgrades
The Lily Lake water treatment plant is set to receive a $1.3 million upgrade after suffering from leaks from corroding pipes in the past few years. Th...
Water blessing on election eve in downtown draws big crowd
More than 100 people showed up on the parcel of green space between Third Avenue and Main Street on...
Heliport moratorium proposed
The Haines Borough is proposing a moratorium on new heliports within 10 miles of existing ones. The assembly did not vote on the resolution Tuesday...
Ordinance would allow borough to bury corpses
Last week, an ordinance was introduced that allows the borough to bury a dead body after 72 hours in the morgue. The ordinance was drafted by manager...
Troopers looking for bear responsible for dozens of car break-ins around Chilkat Valley
For the past couple of weeks, vehicles on Main Street, Union Street, Second Avenue, at Fort Seward,...
Bullying, taxes, and conflicts of interest get strong response at final forum
Assembly and mayoral candidates sparred over taxes, bullying of public officials, and how the borough should address conflicts of interest at a Sept....
'Feels like a whole new school': Klukwan school energized for new year
Each morning, students at Klukwan school begin the day by gathering in the cafeteria, sitting in a...
Tlingit and Haida talk ANB Renovations, Indigenous People's Day at council meeting
After breaking for summer subsistence activities, the Tlingit and Haida community council met for the first time in four months last Thursday at the...
Morphet, Hill square off in mayoral race
This election season, there are two candidates running for mayor, Tom Morphet and Jan Hill. The two...
Concerns about undue noise dominate Mosquito Lake forum
Concerns about undue noise drew the strongest interest from viewers during the second public...
Assembly, mayoral candidates square off at chamber forum
Haines' two mayoral candidates and four of the five assembly candidates squared off on economic...
Meet the assembly candidates
Five candidates are vying for three seats on the assembly in the upcoming, Oct. 4 borough election. Early voting opens at the borough office on...
Aerial dancing comes to Haines
Tiaya Ruggirello sat perched on a trapeze, dangling her feet in the air, as her students looked on....
Haines Herring: Fake news for a reaL Town
On Sept. 12, Ethiopia celebrated Enkutatash, the country’s new year. While Ethiopians around the world welcomed 2016, it was just another rainy...
Planning commission candidate profiles
For the first time in Haines' history, the planning commission will be elected by the people...
GASC Meeting Briefs
At this month’s Government and Services Committee Meeting, several ordinances were moved to be heard at the next assembly meeting on Sept. 12,...
Hot, dry summer gives way to warm fall
As summer comes to a close and fall approaches, Haines residents should brace for the beginning of the rainy season. In the months of September to...
Auto incident in Skagway caused areawide outage
On Thursday, Aug. 31, all the lights in Haines and Skagway went out in the middle of the day during a power outage. Haines gets its hydropower from...
Grieving father builds deck to remember landslide victim
Looking at Mount Riley, the scar left behind by the December 2020 landslide is still easy to see....
Wilks to take over as museum director
After three years of operating without a director, the Sheldon Museum has finally filled the...
Meet the teachers
Lacy Fischer is the special education teacher for grades six through 12. She will be working with...
