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The Southeast Alaska State Fair will be seeking a new executive director and board chair following its annual membership meeting Aug. 25. Kari...

Tracey Harmon resigned as the Haines Chamber of Commerce Executive Director effective Aug. 24 as she pursues her new career as the owner of the fish...

Breaking through fog, rain and gusts up to 30 mph, Garrett Montgomery handily won the third running of the Takshanuk Ridge Run Saturday, breaking his...

A gourmet dinner to benefit a tool lending library at Mosquito Lake School and Community Center will be held Sunday 5 p.m. at the center. The event...

There was no waiting for Jackie St. Clair, who gave birth at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 26 to a son at the Haines SEARHC medical clinic. The baby boy,...

Mosquito Lake area property owners voiced concerns about climate-change driven landslides, pollution of shallow wells and other potential impacts...

Summer commercial Dungeness crabbing was well below average in Lynn Canal, with fishermen hauling in an estimated 105,000 pounds this year compared...

Haines High School runners started down the road to defending their Division II state crowns last weekend, with most of the talent on board that...

The annual Takshanuk Ridge Run was born about five years ago when residents Jordan Baumgartner and Adam McMahon were chatting about long-distance...

Author Nancy Pfeiffer and photographer Fredrick Norrsell of Palmer relaxed in Haines this week after spending the past 14 months rowing their open,...

Vancouver-based American Pacific Mining announced this week it will acquire Constantine Metal Resources and the Palmer Project, a mixed metals mining...

The Eagle’s Nest Motel is now a 15-unit apartment that the building’s new owner says may help ease a local housing crunch. Businessman Chris Thorg...

Director Mark Sebens and the Lynn Canal Community Players are holding auditions for the musical “Mama Mia!”—a production based on the songs...

A couple armed with bug nets wading through roadside fireweed were searching for bumble bees in the Chilkat Valley last week as part of a research...

More than 50-mph wind gusts blew a tree into power lines during First Friday events on Aug. 5, cutting power to Haines and Skagway. “For most of...

Diane McGowan of Phoenix, Ariz. boosted three local causes when she donated back her winnings in the Haines Little League’s 50-50 raffle. McGowan...

State forester Greg Palmieri will meet with residents Wednesday, Aug. 17 at Mosquito Lake Community Center to discuss the state’s plans for logging...

Lynn Canal gillnetters hauled in the best catches of the season so far during the past week. Alaska Department of Fish and Game commercial fisheries...

Haines High School swimmers will compete against 2A schools again this year after the school board voted unanimously on Tuesday to formally include...

Covid cases have spiked again in Haines in recent weeks, driven by a new variant and an influx of tourists, according to health officials. Infection n...