Haines Borough Assembly members are scheduled to consider a proposal from manager Mark Earnest to extend his contract through June 2014 at...

U.S. Coast Guard investigators were due in Haines late this week to get details of an accident that apparently claimed the life of local commercial...

Beginning next month, the afternoon bell will mean suppertime at the Haines School. The Haines Borough School Board voted last week to approve a...

A Halloween-themed fundraiser for former teacher Ray Chapin will be held Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the elementary school gym from 5 to 7 p.m. The...

Community Waste Solutions will present a plan late next month for coming into compliance with state environmental regulations by 2015, company...

The Haines Borough School Board will meet 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 to appoint a new member and elect officers. The meeting will be held in the high...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved the hire of Carlos Jimenez as public facilities director, a $75,000-per-year position that oversees ca...

What topics should be featured on interpretive signs along the Haines Highway, and how should they be explained? The state Division of Parks, on...

Monday, Oct. 22 The bald eagle foundation was advised after a raven with a broken wing was reported at the harbor’s fuel dock. A caller reported he...

The Haines Borough Assembly heard testimony from about six residents but made no substantive changes Tuesday to a revised heli-ski ordinance it...

The annual fall migration of fishermen to Haines is generating complaints about roadside trash and human waste. Natasha Coleman, who lives near 25...

Alaska poet John Haines said the land gets into everything. Amy Gulick’s message is that in Southeast Alaska, salmon get into everything and most...

In 1988, an ailing Steve Homer of Haines posed for a Chilkat Valley News photographer aboard the ferry Malaspina, above a sign announcing the 25th...

Resident Norm Smith recalled a Boy Scout campout in the early 1960s, when a Scout leader took him and others out to Chilkoot Lake in an old school...

Monday, Oct. 15 A caller reported receiving a harassing phone call from out of state. Police investigated. The caller later reported the issue was...

Fall fishing in Haines is a long tradition and growing attraction. We can make it just right by addressing basic needs. Garbage cans and restrooms...

Casting a tie-breaking vote, Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott stopped an assembly motion Tuesday aimed at extending manager Mark Earnest’s contr...

Renovation of an historic, self-propelled steam drill on display for 30 years at Portage Cove is nearing completion. David Pahl took apart the six-ton...

Democratic challenger Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins assailed state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, and Republican funding of education at a debate Monday in...

The Southeast Alaska State Fair and Great Alaska Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival are no longer the only events of their kind in the region. New...

Brian Lemcke, who resigned as the Haines Borough’s public facilities director last week, said the job is an important one. Lemcke, a local bar owner...

State park ranger Preston Kroes closed Chilkoot Lake campground this week, about 10 days earlier than in recent years. “With me being the only emplo...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday 4-2 to introduce an ordinance that would charge heli-ski companies a $5 per skier-day fee and allow fines...

In the wake of concerns about government secrecy, the Haines Borough will ask its Haines Port Steering Development Committee to review a proposed...