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The Haines Borough decided last week it will not continue Jenn Walsh’s employment as the Haines Volunteer Fire Department’s firefighter/training...

Constantine Metal Resources is urging members of the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee to delay any support toward designating the...

Following about five hours of closed-door meetings to “compare and contrast” candidates, the Haines Borough School Board on Wednesday narrowed to...

The pistol that Haines Borough police officer Brayton Long unintentionally shot himself with in January is a model that’s been involved in a high...

More than $14,000 initially designated for nonprofits will be rolled over and added to the Haines Borough’s $2.8 million areawide general fund balan...

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is requiring the Haines Borough’s Water and Sewer Department to submit 40 water samples for...

Starting next year, the Haines School will return to its traditional 8:25 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. schedule. The staff decision, approved last week by the...

The deadline for submitting surveys detailing what residents want to see in the Haines Borough’s next manager and police chief is Feb. 20. “Ideal...

Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill used Tuesday’s assembly meeting as a “practice run” for her new policy of allowing assembly members to only speak...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved an agreement with a local nonprofit looking to use the vacant Mosquito Lake School as a community...

After being tasked with looking at the biennial $22 motor vehicle registration tax, the Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services Committee is...

The Petersburg Vikings swept Haines during a four-game series last week. The Viking boys won by scores of 59-33 and 58-17. Haines senior Trevor Cox...

Progress is moving ahead on the Haines pool sauna project. Under current planning, the dry sauna will be about eight feet square and will be...

A toad colony at the Haines Airport once threatened by a planned expansion project has apparently been granted a reprieve. The Alaska Department of Tr...

Residents wanting to weigh in on a new name for the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center have until Wednesday to get their proposals in. The museum’s...

The Haines post office would like to thank the school, Mrs. Kelleen Adams and all the student artists for bringing such beautiful art to the post...

Thanks to all the wonderful folks in Haines for sending so many beautiful and kind cards of condolence concerning my loss of Layton Bennett. I have...

Brandie Stickler has been accepted to the University of North Dakota’s mechanical engineering program. UND is currently one of only a few schools...