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First Friday exhibit explores place through found objects
Photography and found object art will make up most of August’s First Friday celebration. The Alaska Arts Confluence will feature the work of Haines...
Freeride cancelled
The Freeride World Tour will not return to Haines this winter, officials said this week. “For the moment, we do not have the finances to come back...
Habra lacks leadership, school board says
Haines Borough School Board president Anne Marie Palmieri said in a statement this week that former superintendent Tony Habra’s “work performance...
Planners to reconsider resource extraction
The Haines Borough Planning Commission will form a committee to address borough laws on resource extraction after differing interpretations of Mud...
Interim superintendent selected
The Haines Borough School Board selected Rich Carlson Friday as the district’s interim superintendent. Carlson, a retired educator who served as Hai...
Biomass boiler finds home next to garden
The Haines Borough Planning Commission gave the go-ahead for a new biomass boiler near Takshanuk Watershed Council’s Starvin’ Marvin Garden....
Former Wrangell superintendent takes over in Klukwan
The Chatham School District has hired an interim superintendent for at least a six-month stint. Klukwan School will be overseen by Susan...
Athletes from Whitehorse to South Carolina compete in Haines
Haines athletes finished strong in the first Chilkat Challenge Triathlon Saturday. About 40 people from Haines, Whitehorse, Juneau, Anchorage,...
Habra's departure remains a mystery
Six days after the departure of superintendent Tony Habra, Haines School Board members refused to provide details on why he was leaving one year into...
Highway police vote introduced
On a 4-2 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday introduced a ballot question on creating a “Community Safety” service area to address the...
Assembly favors taking ownership of bridge
The Haines Borough Assembly expressed support for taking over ownership and maintenance of a new bridge at Excursion Inlet to be built by the U.S....
Wooten will head tour office
Carolann Wooten will take over as Haines Borough tourism director this month, hoping to use tourism as a “bridge builder” between differing...
Assembly censures Morphet
With little discussion, the Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted Tuesday to censure member Tom Morphet for violating code and the borough’s...
KHNS cuts length, availability of commentaries
KHNS is tightening listener commentary availability and online comment policies. The public radio station published a new policy on listener commentar...
Hill seeks to keep mayor job
Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill filed a letter of intent in May that she will seek re-election, according to the Alaska Public Offices Commission. With...
Triathlon to celebrate river to debut July 15
The first Chilkat Challenge Triathlon will kick off Saturday, July 15 as competitors navigate a 35-mile course on boats, bicycles and foot. Registrati...
Winter, night service to be part of Uber, driver says
Alaska became the last state in the nation to allow transportation apps last month, and Uber was quick to roll into Haines. Gov. Bill Walker signed...
Borough at low risk of 'takings' rulings
Risk that the Haines Borough would have to compensate landowners for prohibitions on resource extractions is low, a borough attorney recently said....
Parks committee seeks Mosquito Lake privy
The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Committee recommended Thursday that borough staff work with the Division of State Parks to fund, install and...
Green bears still pose mystery
The “green” bears seen along the Chilkoot River in September are still a mystery to the Department of Fish and Game, wildlife biologist Carl Koch...
Size of spaces vexes parking lot planners
The Portage Cove harbor parking lot may have to be bigger than planned after the Haines Borough Planning Commission discovered a discrepancy in...
Three executive sessions on Habra
Haines Borough School Board members said this week they would schedule a fourth executive session to discuss the evaluation of first-year school super...
Fireworks a 'do-it-yourself' event again
For the fourth consecutive year, there will be no big fireworks show in Haines. On the Fourth of July between 6 p.m. and midnight, consumer-grade...
Family must pay $52K in Lutak access suit
A local family will pay $52,000 in legal fees after losing a lawsuit last year over private property on the Chilkoot River. “The whole thing feels...
Cancellation delays Baby Brown 1 year
Cancellation of the Baby Brown Timber sale will set the project back at least a year, foresters said this week. It’s uncertain whether the lone...