Facing declining enrollment and state foundation funding that hasn’t increased for several years, the Haines School Board will be seeking the...

A month of puppet-related activities around Haines starts with the exhibit “Strung Up and Reconfigured: Puppetry in Haines and Beyond,” 5 p.m. Thu...

Haines Borough School District Superintendent Michael Byer will be leaving at the end of the school year. Byer, who started with the district in...

More than five years after L.A.B. Flying Service closed its doors, much of the airline’s fleet sits along runways in Haines and Juneau, waiting for...

Members of the Chilkat Valley Preschool board agreed Monday to pursue purchase of a modular structure to be located on the Haines School grounds as...

A 16-year-old hiker who became stranded Saturday while hiking on Mount Riley said steep terrain prevented her from backtracking along the route she...

About 20 upper valley residents and others made an enthusiastic appeal for keeping Mosquito Lake School open Tuesday, saying the Haines Borough...

Richard Crays of Glenrock, Wyo., a finalist for the Haines Borough’s police chief job, last worked on a municipal police force 11 years ago. In an...

Amy Tonsgard has raced junker cars on a dirt oval as well as dirt bikes. On Saturday, the 40-year-old Haines bank teller will stick duct tape on her...

Chris Thorgesen says he’s interested in tailoring his chiropractic business to community needs. Thorgesen operated a chiropractic day spa salon in...

Haines Junction Mayor Mike Crawshay made an informal visit to Haines last week, attending the open house at the Chilkoot Indian Association office...

A Haines helicopter skiing company has agreed to pay more than $21,000 in fines and fees for flying on federal lands closed to the activity 54 times d...

Nearly 92 inches of snow that fell in town during December is an apparent record for the month, topping 77.1 inches that came in 2006, according to...

A free, trap-shooting clinic for youths will be offered 10 a.m. Saturday at the Haines Sportsman’s Range on Mud Bay Road near the Mount Riley...

In a Dec. 12 letter, the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game formally denied a petition by the Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Board to rescind...

Former state Rep. Bill Thomas, a Haines Republican, has indicated he may run again for the Alaska Legislature, and this week expressed interest in...

For the first time since the rebuilt Haines School was oriented toward Old Haines Highway in 2007, students could make it to the school along a...

Residents on Dec. 12 expressed frustration with the progress of the environmental cleanup at the former U.S. Army tank farm site. During the first...

A $400,000 grant from the Rasmuson Foundation will cover a chunk of the $2 million Haines Assisted Living needs for the Soboleff-McRae Veterans...

A “gut trap” that kept fish waste out of the Small Boat Harbor last summer helped Haines become the third community in the state to earn...

Holiday shopping at local stores has started slowly, but it’s too early to predict how it will finish, area shop owners said this week. “I think...

For decades, Joy dish soap was a “three-for” for commercial fishermen: They could use it to wash their dishes, scrub their fish holds and make a d...

Haines Borough School Board members heard Tuesday that attendance at Mosquito Lake School has dropped to six students, adding urgency to concerns...