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The Haines Borough Assembly set its 2020 operating budget on Tuesday, adopting a significantly lower property tax mill rate than the manager’s...

Haines is experiencing one of its warmest, driest springs on record. Conditions in northern Southeast have not yet reached drought level, but low...

 Almost one-quarter of the total cut to next year’s state operating budget is coming out of the Alaska Marine Highway System. The ferry system was...

On Tuesday, borough manager Debra Schnabel addressed citizens’ complaints on borough road maintenance benefitting her private land. Schnabel is a...

James Hart, 29, recently returned from Honolulu, Hawaii, where about 75 Native Alaskans, some in a canoe from Yakutat, gathered with Native Hawaiians...

Last week, state fisheries managers heard concerns from the Haines gillnet fleet on new restrictions intended to protect dwindling area king salmon....

The Haines Borough Assembly passed an ordinance on Tuesday that requires land use permits for site development in the townsite, Mud Bay, and Lutak...

Assembly member Brenda Josephson’s proposal to reduce assembly pay resulted in an argument about elitism, leading by example and one assembly member...

The Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) recommended that the borough purchase a wood chipper this year, even if long term plans for a...

Thanks to Erika Merklin and John Terenzi for fabulous pork burritos and to all of the other vendors who provided wonderful options for nearly 50...

One under-discussed detail of Constantine’s Palmer Prospect has been transportation—and it’s a huge deal. If you think traffic is bad now, just...

Haines locals participated in the 2019 Duff’s Marathon and Half Marathon in Skagway last weekend. Sarah Elliott took the top female time of 3:57.28...