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Should the Haines Borough and nonprofits collect sales tax on sales of goods and services? An assembly subcommittee looking at ways to raise revenues...

Totem poles and a screen carved by Tlingit master carver Wayne Price were ceremoniously unveiled in front of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village and...

Two vigorous earthquakes centered about 60 miles northwest of Haines rumbled the Chilkat Valley early Monday, tossing items off shelves and causing...

Haines Borough lodging tax income jumped 54 percent during the past five years and the expanding vacation rental market might explain the increase....

The Haines Health Fair, a biennial event that offers a low-cost blood test and screenings as well as a variety of free information about health and we...

A Juneau solid waste consultant recently backed the Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group’s goal of creating a management plan, and warned of...

A vacant seat is up for grabs on the Haines Borough Assembly, following the resignation of member Mike Case at the group’s April 25 meeting. Case...

Lynn Canal Community Players presented a dinner theater reenactment of U.S. Secretary of State William Seward’s negotiations with the Russians for...

As the Haines School District braces for possible state budget cuts to education, superintendent Tony Habra says he won’t share his plans for local...

Carol Waldo, who applied for Haines’ first marijuana cultivation facility license, also has applied for the borough’s first retail marijuana...

New eulachon population research in Southeast Alaska rivers may help biologists learn more about the habitats of the small but important fish....

State seismologist Michael West wrote that an earthquake’s magnitude is much less important than how close people are living to its epicenter. “Al...

Questions about Haines School District superintendent Tony Habra’s trip north as a chaperone for a student trip last month revealed hurdles posed...

Kent Larson is the new co-owner and general manager of Zen Bathworks, the soaking tub and hot-tub micro-factory on Spruce Grove Road. Larson most...

Paula Warden has opened Warden Wellness, acupuncture for pain and sports injuries. She’ll share office space with Chilkat Valley Acupuncture above...

Leighton Smith is now milling rough-cut lumber at 6.5 Mile Haines Highway. Smith said he can cut all dimensions, up to 26 feet long. He cuts spruce,...

Recall is a minimum with these individuals: Tresham Gregg, Heather Lende and Tom Morphet! They do not listen. They have and will coerce. They have...

Haines is freshly swept and picked up. Our community is looking nice! So many toted yellow bags and filled them with trash. To all who participated...

In 43 years of observing local politics I cannot recall a more misguided decision as the one the current assembly made in choosing not to hire Brad...

I, Wayne Alex, have been subjected to some derisive remarks by the Haines Rant and Ravers, which don’t really matter, because that is what they do,...

Lately I’ve been thinking how lucky I am that I was raised in Haines.  At times it felt too small and seemed like there was no privacy. Only...

American Legion State Department 98th Convention was a huge success thanks to the support of our business community and the members of the Post 12...

The final plans of the first phase of the Haines Highway improvement project (3.9 Mile to 12 Mile) has 38 environmental mitigation sites, and 17...

Three members of our family volunteer on the Haines ambulance crew. When they respond to a call, especially in the middle of the night, it’s...