The Haines Borough is extending its Board of Equalization process in order to accommodate a flood of property assessment appeals. About 420 appeals...

Efforts to beautify downtown Haines are coming together to give Main Street a facelift before the beginning of tourist season. In addition to art...

State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins this week said his first session in the Alaska Legislature was a “sobering” and “depressing” experience....

An ad-hoc committee charged with prioritizing the fate of public facilities in the Haines Borough is investigating how much it would cost to design an...

Residents will get to review and comment on four “design concepts” of a bear-viewing infrastructure at Chilkoot River, including parking...

Resident complaints about late-night fireworks in the Mosquito Lake Road area have troopers instituting new rules about firework use in the...

An unexpected helicopter landing at a Mosquito Lake lodge prompted confusion and irritation among area residents Monday. A Last Frontier Air Ventures...

For assembly members, sitting around at meetings won’t be getting any easier. Members on Tuesday narrowly struck $2,300 from next year’s borough...

Sheldon Museum Director Jerrie Clarke resigned from the job this week, citing budget cuts and another job opportunity as reasons for her decision....

The Haines High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams will open their season this weekend, April 26-27, at Juneau’s Thunder Mountain...

Four Haines eighth-graders have scored high enough at the statewide History Day competition to qualify for national competition in Washington, D.C....

Sleight-of-hand tricks and classical melodies will combine for Soirée Enchantée, a performance by a magical and musical family trio at 7 p.m....

Haines High School seniors Jess Giddings and Patrick Henderson earned a command performance at the regional music festival in Juneau for their duet of...

Discounted, early registration is open through June 8 for Lynn Canal Community Players’ annual Summer Youth Theater Conservatory. The three-week sum...

Residents are invited to a May 5 party at Port Chilkoot Dock during a special docking of ferry Malaspina to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Al...

The Haines Borough Personnel Committee will meet 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss how to deal with police department staff organization in the wake of...

Tuesday, April 23 State road crews were advised of rocks in the roadway at 2 Mile Lutak Road. A civil packet was served. A caller reported a fraudulen...

Spring has sprung, indeed. Hundreds of ducks and geese are headed up the Chilkat River to their breeding grounds. Hundreds of pine siskins and...

By Tom Morphet Lunch at the Haines School cafeteria last week included locally caught Dungeness crab legs. Seafood processor Hugh Rietze said the...

By extending a $53,000 “courtesy” bonus to police chief Gary Lowe, the Haines Borough Assembly last week bankrupted arguments that the...

I understand now why the agreement between police chief Gary Lowe and the borough was kept under wraps until it was a done deal. Had we known what...

Police chief Gary Lowe should be held responsible for his behavior, just as any citizen would be. If he engaged in criminal activities, he should be...

The borough is $500,000 in the red, our property taxes are going through the roof, and now they are thinking of adding $22 to our car registration...

I would like to thank everyone who attended the opening reception of my Six Week Spotlight at the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center on Friday, April...

I want to apologize to Mosquito Lake residents who were surprised and upset about a helicopter landing at the Funny Farm on Monday. First, we...