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The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 29 authorized acting manager Julie Cozzi to draw up a $45,000, one-year lobbying contract with former state Rep....

In the coming year, Sheldon Museum workers will begin sifting through the archives of Alaska Indian Arts, a collection of photos, filmstrips,...

A Haines Borough police officer apparently shot himself in the lower arm accidentally Tuesday during a firearms training session at the Haines...

Ray Menaker, a 43-year-old Haines High School French teacher, and Bill Hartmann, a 17-year-old student, launched the town’s newspaper 50 years ago...

Gifts of more than $30,000 to organizations around town in December capped $1.39 million in community donations made by resident Lucy Harrell in...

A 67-year-old Haines man found dead beneath a vehicle near Main Street Nov. 7 suffered heart disease, acute intoxication and hypothermia, according...

A local company denied a conditional use permit to operate a heliport near 26 Mile is appealing the decision in state Superior Court. In a notice of...

Conference play opens this weekend for Haines High School’s basketball teams, with the boys at home and the girls away against the Craig Panthers....

“Creating a Positive Future for Haines,” a community forum organized by residents Brenda Josephson and Tresham Gregg, will be held 7 p.m....

The Haines Dolphins were most improved squad at the Southeast Champs meet in Ketchikan last month. Coach Lauren Rutland said the six Dolphin swimmers...

Following an hour-long executive session, the Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 on Dec. 29 to make facilities director Brad Ryan interim municipal...

Senior Zane Durr again exceeded expectations at last month’s state wrestling tournament in Anchorage, with a fourth-place finish that matched the...

Following a two-year hiatus, the Sheldon Museum’s winter lecture series, “Brown Bag Lunch,” resumes at noon Jan. 8 with a presentation by tour...

Monday, Jan. 4 A company requested police help with retrieving their property from another local business. An officer stood by in the area. Sunday, Ja...

Fifty years ago this week, Ray Menaker launched this newspaper with the idea that it would seriously cover issues of interest. In his first editorial...

Over the objections of Chilkat Indian Village, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, professional hunting guides, Chilkoot Bear Foundation, Lynn Canal...

I would like to propose a lifting of drug offense ordinances for a new celebration I am calling Freeride for Your Brain. It will most certainly...

I expected to leave the Holly Jolly Follies feeling warm-hearted after a night of family-friendly fun. Instead, I left frustrated and disappointed....

The name change for the Sheldon Museum has been on a lot of minds lately. I would like to add a few more thoughts. I have spoken to several people in...

Thoughts become things. I was visiting with two different folks who lived in Haines. The first person said people are unfriendly, divisive, negative...

I know you have a bias towards things interesting so let me tell you what has happened to the Neptune, the fishing tender that operated out of Haines...

The Sheldon Museum wants to give a great big thank you to Takshanuk Watershed Council for donating their file cabinets to us. Thank you especially to...

All of us at the Southeast Alaska State Fair would like to thank everyone for coming to our Midwinter Ball Dec. 18 and celebrating the season with...

There is much to be grateful for in the New Year! Haines is a fine community and there’s plenty to do that’s fun without drugs and alcohol. One...

This is a brief explanation of why Haines – and not Juneau – deserves and needs better ferry service. Haines is a small town with limited...