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Ten Haines residents have launched a recall petition against Haines Borough Assembly members Heather Lende, Tresham Gregg and Tom Morphet. Borough...

Haines Borough Interim Manager Brad Ryan on Tuesday proposed a budget for the coming year that relies on a hopeful projection of state support and...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is on the hunt for citizen scientists to track bats in the Chilkat Valley. “Bats in Alaska are a total...

The designation of Haines as a “Bike Friendly Community” by the League of American Bicyclists drew criticism from a handful of Haines residents...

As the Haines Borough Assembly wades through its budget for the coming year, it will consider a request for $95,000 in funding for a new Haines...

A local tribe is hoping to resume chum salmon enhancement work in the Chilkat River drainage discontinued by the Northern Southeast Regional...

A bridge at Excursion Inlet that connects the Ocean Beauty Seafoods cannery to its water source has been closed, with no funding for repairs in...

A bridge at Excursion Inlet that connects the Ocean Beauty Seafoods cannery to its water source has been closed, with no funding for repairs in...

The Haines Borough School District will save money by rehiring to replace only two of four certified teachers leaving this year, superintendent Tony...

Titus Solomon Thorgesen was born to Christopher and Amy Thorgesen at Bartlett Memorial Hospital in Juneau on March 30. Titus weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz. and...

Mr. Werner was spot on with his March 30 letter to the editor. Government agencies are not in the business to make money. Government is funded by taxi...

I can only address some of Dave Werner’s assertions (CVN 3/30/17) in the space allowed. As Dave says, evergreens shade out competitors. Studies by...

Thanks to Dennis Durr, who stopped to change my flat tire at the end of Young Road, and to the patrolman who parked behind the car to add safety and...

As some of you may have heard, The Uglys have a new piece of property and are in the process of setting up a new “clubhouse.” This property was...

The Rusty Compass building is under new ownership. Lee and Darcy Robinson bought the building in January and plan to keep it as a full service coffee...

If you’ve dropped something of great value off the side of your boat, or need to take a close look at an object underwater, Tod Sebens may be able...

Thor’s Fitness earlier this month completed a 1,000-square-foot remodel, which made room for a host of new equipment and space for additional...