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Draft slump report cites surface water
A draft engineering report says the Haines Borough should address surface water flows on the Mount Ripinsky hillside in response to a ground slump...
Veterans erect 'Moving Wall' at Fort Seward
Memorial Day will be a little different in Haines this year. Residents and veterans who turn out at the annual observance for the nation’s fallen...
Monument holds painful memories for some
Don “Bosh” Hotch stopped Tuesday while helping build the replica of the Vietnam Veterans...
Haines, Juneau unlinked under new district plan
The path to re-election for State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, cleared a bit this week, as the Alaska Supreme Court reversed course and approved a...
Pay phones needed, shop owners say
Joseph Banks, a 20-year-old student at Haines’ wilderness leadership school, stopped a news reporter on Main Street on an evening last week and...
Big Brothers suffers major cut
The lead position in the Haines Big Brothers-Big Sisters organization has been eliminated due to cuts in federal grant programs in recent years,...
Lowe: New 'T' intersections unsafe
Haines Borough officials say they want to meet with state road engineers before the Department of Transportation starts working on a Y-shaped...
Hoops, XtraTuf boots at center of graduation
Speaker Mark McNamara related basketball to life and valedictorian Hannah Wing wore XtraTufs at a Haines High School commencement ceremony Tuesday...
Track teams near top at state championship
Senior hurdler Devin Braaten, notching his fastest times of the season, led the Haines boys to a third-place finish in a field of 18 teams at the...
State Rep. Cissna seeks Young's seat
State Rep. Sharon Cissna, D-Anchorage, came through town on a recent campaign swing. Cissna is...
House district tilts toward Juneau
Haines would be included in a state House of Representatives district dominated by voters from Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley under a new plan adopted...
Haines track teams win Southeast titles
Glacier Bear athletes competed in as many as four events each to capture the boys’ and girls...
Beerfest increases tickets 20 percent, sells out
Will Haines be ready for the 20th annual Great Alaska Craft Beer and Homebrew Festival? Organizers at the Southeast Alaska State Fair increased...
Early registration fills up Kluane bike race
Resident Kate Boor, who has pedaled the Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay 18 times, will ride in the 20th race June 16, but other longtime...
Junk car collection suspended
Acceptance of old cars and scrap metal at the Lutak sawmill site was discontinued Wednesday, as workers removing toxic fluids, tires and batteries...
Chilkat walkers slog through storm
Some 43 hearty walkers, runners and bike riders participated in the Chilkat River Walk Saturday. A few participants had family members ferry them dry...
Festivities planned for 1st ship docking
Special events will be held in conjunction with the season’s first docking of a large cruise ship. Holland America’s 1,440-passenger Zaandam...
Uglys fund-raiser picnic Saturday
The Uglys of Haines, a local fraternal organization, will hold a fund-raiser picnic 4 p.m. Saturday at the “Mud Bay Institute,” a waterfront...
Thieves stain welcome at laundromat
When Jan Dubber and husband Leonard built a new laundromat and showers near 1 Mile Haines Highway...
Visa, attorney cost for planner at $6,000
The Haines Borough is planning to spend more than $6,000, including $3,650 or more in attorney’s fees, to process a foreign worker visa for Xi...
Assembly: Vote on APOC disclosure rules, again
Undeterred by three defeated attempts in the past seven years, Haines Borough Assembly members again are taking steps to exempt the municipality from...
Springtime weather topsy-turvy
April showers bring May flowers, or whatever. A scant .51 inches of rain fell in Haines last month, making it the fourth driest April on record,...
Industy, skiers revisit safety issues
The deaths of two heli-skiers in an avalanche here has generated safety discussions among firms conducting the tours and among backcountry skiers....
Autopsy finds THC in guide's blood
A toxicology report on a heli-ski guide involved in a fatal avalanche March 13 found marijuana-based THC in his blood at higher than background...
Borough grants may stay at 2011 levels
By Tom Morphet Facing a room full of advocates for local non-profit organizations, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday backed away from a manager’s...
