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Reading to dogs and learning to play a recorder are among the new offerings at the public library’s Summer Reading Program, said children’s...

Downtown Revitalization Committee members agreed April 30 that recent action by the Haines Borough Planning Commission to classify two westward...

A spaghetti dinner Friday night at the Haines School will benefit three classmates’ trip to volunteer for a month at an orphanage in Moshi,...

Members of the board of the Haines Borough’s Dalton Trail Road Maintenance Service Area have an idea for the “Steel Bridge,” the aging, metal an...

Mary Lekanof lost her car keys in a snow bank for a month last winter, but she made it to town for meals with other senior citizens through a popular...

Channel Construction began receiving junk metal – including cars – at the former sawmill site near 3 Mile Lutak Road this week. The site will be...

The Haines Borough Assembly is investigating a state-collected municipal motor vehicle registration tax that would help fund local storage and...

What looked a few months ago to be a $250,000 deficit in the Haines Borough School District budget is no more. The district’s first draft budget...

The Haines Borough Assembly members may eliminate or reduce spending on a Washington, D.C. lobbyist in the coming year. For at least the past four...

By Tom Morphet Though a bit shrunken in numbers from previous years, the Haines High School track and field teams ran fast enough, jumped high enough...

Following a recent public meeting in Haines, state parks officials are gathering public comments on plans for a bear-viewing platform along the...

The sixth annual Chilkat River Walk, Run and Ride from Klukwan to Haines is set for Saturday, May 12. The event raises money for the Chilkat Valley...

In last week’s paper, we asked several Haines Borough leaders their views on what constituted economic development. Ideas ranged from attracting...

The Haines Borough is sponsoring a work visa for a Chinese national to become the municipality’s next planning and zoning technician. Xi...

A recent book about a Gold Rush-era shipwreck at Eldred Rock speculates that as much as $17 million in gold stolen from it may lie near the shore of C...

After three years of relative quiet, debate over the fate of old school property on Main Street resumed at the Haines Borough Planning Commission...

The Haines Borough stands to receive $350,000 more in state revenue sharing funds than projected, a boost that could put a big dent in a projected def...

The Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee will hold a meeting 5 p.m. Friday, May 4 at the assembly chambers. The meeting will include nominations to...

Projects in the Chilkat Valley would receive $18.9 million in state funding from bills approved in the past week by the Alaska Legislature, including...

The Haines Borough School District is planning to eliminate one full-time teaching position and use reserves to bridge a projected deficit in the...

The Haines Elks Lodge lost its charter Saturday, ending 30 years of service to the Chilkat Valley. A meeting of members held Friday and Saturday...

Residents got a look at the first round of the state’s thinking about improvements along the Chilkoot River corridor at a meeting Tuesday with...