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Twenty-one people have applied to be superintendent of the Haines Borough School District, but the public will get to know the identities of only a...

The Haines Borough’s Small Boat Harbor expansion project just can’t catch a break. Another obstacle has surfaced in the form of the 20-foot gap...

Director Tod Sebens insists that he didn’t choose the material for his latest production as much as it chose him. Sebens stumbled across “The...

Former Haines Borough interim manager Bob Ward said this week he never expressed the sentiment that the borough shouldn’t tax citizens and then...

Haines Borough interim manager Brad Ryan and highway residents are endorsing an agreement for shared management of the former Mosquito Lake School....

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources this week officially assumed control of the mile-long Chilkoot River Road, paving the way for construction...

The Haines Dolphins swim team hosted nearly 60 out-of-town swimmers at the annual Winter Games North meet last weekend. Thirty Dolphins competed...

Nearly six months after the Haines Borough rescinded its Request for Qualifications for Lutak Dock improvements, a new draft document has emerged,...

A local developer has applied for a conditional use permit to build a $4-$7 million hydroelectric plant at Walker Lake, about 30 miles northwest of...

Haines Borough lobbyist Bill Thomas submitted his first progress report to the manager last week, offering a day-by-day chronicling of his work in Jun...

The federal investigation into the Nov. 4 crash of a private plane in Lynn Canal will be made more difficult by the fact that the plane was never foun...

Haines will be getting a new Alaska Wildlife Trooper no later than May 1, Major Bernard Chastain said this week. Wildlife trooper Trent Chwialkowski...

A mature bald eagle rescued after an apparent fight with another animal near Klukwan died Tuesday at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The small...

The Haines Borough School District’s finances aren’t as rosy as some might think, interim superintendent Rich Carlson said this week. Carlson,...

The headhunting firm hired by the Haines Borough to search for the town’s next manager and police chief is looking for input on what residents want...

Since appearing on the Haines Borough Planning Commission’s agenda in October, the issue of siting a heliport at 35 Mile Old Haines Highway has...

Haines High School’s varsity basketball teams went 0-4 on a trip to Metlakatla last weekend. The Glacier Bear boys fell by scores of 84-44 and...

The American Bald Eagle Foundation’s youth raptor program starts 10 a.m. Saturday. The program, open to students between 9 and 17 years old,...

To save us some potential embarrassment and money, the Haines Borough Assembly should advance to voters a $10 million bond for completion of the boat...

In the year 1912, 12 men and one woman formed the Alaska Native Brotherhood in Sitka. Many people attribute the continued survival of the ANB and ANS...

I’m writing to express my concern for something very important to me. I’m hoping that in the long run, it will move our governor and other...

The Haines that created the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in 1982 is different from today’s Haines. Back then, Haines was a mill town and it...

The harsh tone and aggressive body language of several elected officials was justifiably called out by members of the public during a recent borough a...

A very huge and sincere thank you to all the volunteers who helped pull off the Triple Threat Basketball Tournament last weekend. There were four...

I would like to thank the entire Haines fire, police and ambulance crews. Thanks also to Sam Cargill, Jack Smith, Jack Smith Jr., and my stepdad...