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Sow found dead Sunday, cubs put down
Alaska State Wildlife Trooper Colin Nemec is investigating the cause of death of a sow whose carcass was found in the woods behind the Eagles Nest...
HEDC hires new part-time director
The Haines Economic Development Corporation hired David Simmons, 30, as its new, part-time executive director on Aug. 1. Simmons will work on an...
School board to decide on early school schedule, mask requirements
The Haines Borough School District Board will decide Tuesday, Aug. 4 what the beginning of the school year’s schedule and operations will look like...
Resident arrested for intent to distribute heroin, meth
The U.S Postal Inspection Service, the Alaska State Troopers drug unit Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) and Haines Police arrested a 43-...
Fishing remains slow, chum returns 'extremely poor'
Poor chum salmon returns combined with an uncertain sockeye run have gillnetters concerned. "It's di...
Committee to discuss childcare vouchers
The Cares Act ad hoc committee will discuss providing vouchers for childcare to individuals and families at its next meeting. Assembly member Brenda...
Taxpayer-funded garbage collection back on the table, again
Discussions about a taxpayer-funded garbage collection will be revived for the third time in as many years if the assembly approves the commerce...
Resident taking borough to court over traffic ticket
Paul Nelson, 68, who won first place in the Haines Chamber of Commerce's reverse Fourth of July...
Assembly to consider annual 'I Love Lucy (Harrell) Day' proclamation
Inspired by Lucy Harrell’s final act of giving to Haines institutions before she died last summer, which included more than $1 million to the...
Bear task force recommends borough chip in for landfill fence
The borough’s bear task force is recommending that the assembly help fund the completion of an electric fence around Community Waste Solutions...
Daphne Ormerod: an independent woman and loving mother
Daphne Ormerod died peacefully at the Comstock Road home she shared with daughter Blythe Carter on...
Lende's latest book reflects on small-town political stress
Oh, the toxic political vitriol, the alternative facts, the intimidating personalities, the...
Haines police kill sow and two cubs
Haines police last weekend killed the sow brown bear and two cubs that had been causing property damage across town for weeks. Police responded to a...
Cornejo to step down from Constantine, work as consultant
Constantine Metal Resources has reduced its share of the Palmer Project and vice president of community affairs Liz Cornejo stepped down from the...
COVID-19 count rises to five
This week four new COVID-19 cases were reported, one asymptomatic female and three Excursion Inlet cannery workers. About 50 people attended an...
Robert Bears: traveler, life-long learner
Robert Edward Bears, 67, died June 11 at his home in West Richland, Washington. Bob was born Aug. 26, 1952 in Council, Idaho to Robert J. and Sally...
Young remembered as free-spirited traveler and loving mother
Deborah Young died at home in Haines on June 13 at the age of 70. She loved the Seattle Mariners,...
Haines EOC says individual refuses to quarantine, situation now resolved
The Haines Borough Emergency Operations Center (EOC) issued a press release on Facebook Wednesday evening stating that an asymptomatic woman who...
Police authorized to kill sow, cubs damaging property
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has given the Haines Borough Police Department permission to kill a sow and two cubs after reports of property...
Volunteers rally for food security, Mosquito Lake Community Center
About 60 volunteers helped cultivate a new community garden Saturday at the Mosquito Lake Community...
Environmental group scrutinizes Constantine PEA
Rivers Without Borders commissioned an analysis of Constantine Metals’ preliminary economic assessment (PEA) which describes the Palmer Project as ...
More stores, borough facilities reopen
The Bookstore opened its doors Wednesday for the first time since March 15. Owner Amy Kane, who recently purchased the business, was only open for a...
Friedenauer resigns from HEDC with plans to move from Haines
Haines Economic Development Corporation executive director Margaret Friedenauer is resigning from her position this month and is leaving Haines for a...
Arts Outlook
Artists assist borough with COVID-19 outreach Seven Haines artists painted signs posted throughout...
Turnbull was a world traveler, green thumb, died at 88
Former resident Marcia Turnbull, 81, died April 26 at her home in Mesa, Arizona of heart and kidney...