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Juneau residents advocating a road up Lynn Canal have some explaining to do before people in Haines take their cause seriously. Specifically, they...

Interested in cattle drives along the historic Dalton Trail? How about the story of Carl Heinmiller and the revival of northern Tlingit art? Or the...

Executive Travel magazine has named Haines among 12 of “America’s Best Small Towns.” The brief write-up in the upscale, bimonthly magazine descr...

The secret to longevity? “Work like hell and keep a garden,” said Hazel Englund, who celebrated her 97th birthday at a table at the Pioneer Bar...

The FAA Road landfill operated by Community Waste Solutions scored a 93 during its annual state inspection July 17, an improvement over last year’s...

Preliminary numbers show king salmon escapement this year at the second-lowest mark since the state revised standards for the run in 1991. Rich...

Three of four schools in the Haines Borough School District ranked in the top half under the state’s new ranking system, called the Alaska School...

The federal National Marine Fisheries Service has joined critics of the Haines Highway expansion project. In comments to the state Department of...

How many chickens are too many to have in residential areas? The Haines Borough Planning Commission will take up that question at its Sept. 12...

Interest in locally grown produce is helping boost a new generation of small farms in the Chilkat Valley. The resulting bumper crop is giving resident...

The Haines Borough School District is committed to keeping the Mosquito Lake School open this year, but superintendent Michael Byer made no promises...

Haines Borough School Superintendent Michael Byer received an “excellent overall rating” following a closed-door, verbal evaluation Aug. 13 that...

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell this week voiced optimism that a billion-dollar oil industry tax break he pushed through last year would bring returns to Hai...

Gate and overall revenues at the Southeast Alaska State Fair increased about 4 percent over last year’s event, executive director Jessica Edwards...

Biologist Tim Shields recently let the Haines Borough Planning Commission in on a little secret – there’s a pond at the airport teeming with...

A state Superior Court judge has ruled against the family of a boy who drowned at Port Chilkoot Dock in May 2010 and sued the Haines Borough for...

With only two names appearing on the fall municipal ballot for two seats open on the Haines Borough Assembly, interest in serving on the town’s...

Classes started Tuesday for the Haines Borough School District, with an enrollment of about 263 students, 10 more than were projected last year,...

Four teachers representing a wide diversity of life and teaching experiences have joined the staff of the Haines Borough School District for the...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Wednesday approved 5-1 the resignation of manager Mark Earnest. Member Norm Smith, a longtime Earnest critic, opposed t...

How can the Haines School build longevity in its music program? The question has resurfaced since the June 28 resignation of Kristina Mulready, who...

On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday approved more than $100,000 in grants to local non-profits. The borough had set aside about...