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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Byron Mallott is calling for Gov. Sean Parnell to rescind the hire of former Haines Borough Police Department Sgt....

National Park Service officials last week started Port Chilkoot Co. on a path toward restoring Fort Seward’s weather-beaten barracks building,...

The Haines Borough has hired a “community and economic development special projects manager” to work for two months on tasks related to downtown...

Discussion about the Haines Borough’s decision to buy a trailer and site it behind municipal offices isn’t over. Questions raised last week...

More than 1,200 bicyclists from as far away as New Zealand will traverse the 149-mile Haines Highway Saturday during the 22nd Kluane Chilkat...

Youths interested in working iron are invited to a three-day class in blacksmithing this weekend. Participants will make a coat hook, a nail and a...

Commercial fishermen reeled in a “fairly good showing” of hatchery chum on the south end of the Lynn Canal gillnet fishery during the two-day...

The Haines Brewing Company is one step closer to locating on Main Street. Both the Haines Borough Planning Commission and Downtown Revitalization Comm...

An effort to secure a professional fireworks show on July 5 has fizzled. Tourism director Leslie Ross said she contacted an Anchorage pyrotechnician a...

With the possibility of increased power rates looming on the horizon, Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is convening a public “Energy...

On a 4-1 vote, the Haines Borough School Board Tuesday approved a combined $12,000 in paid vacation time and raises for two school district office...

All are welcome at the 7th annual Haines Fishermen’s Community King Salmon Barbecue, a free meal that’s a promotional event for the region’s...

Discussion of a possible rezone of 72 acres of property near .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road ended abruptly last week when the rezone petitioner stormed...

Haines Borough Manager David Sosa said the borough will pay for upgrades to the ends of Fourth and Fifth avenues following a disagreement between...

Haines Borough staff posted the advertisement for the newly-created community and economic development director position on the borough website Tuesda...

It’s been more than 20 years since the lives of an Ogden family were changed forever, and many of them were in attendance to see the man convicted...

Haines Borough manager David Sosa is ramping up employee training, including instituting interdepartmental field trips, a three-day Supervisor’s...

Baker offers gluten-free confections What makes a good cake? According to Cambria Goodwin, owner of Confectionary Archaeology, it’s local, seasonal...

Recent revelations about the behavior of former Haines Borough Police Sgt. Jason Joel should lead the municipality to create new policies to follow...

It appears that with the addition of a trailer to the Haines Borough offices and the suggestion that we build yet another “muniplex” (Haven’t...

During the last few months, members of the Haines Middle School Student Council’s Community Services Committee started a campaign to collect used...

Thank you to everyone who came to our 35th year in business anniversary sale. We cooked 184 hot dogs and gave away half of a sheet cake. Thank you...

Natalie Jobbins participated in the National Lemonade Day here in Haines. Natalie is one of our junior raptor handlers at the American Bald Eagle...

Genny Szymanski and Harry Rietze were married at the Presbyterian Church Friday, followed by a waterfront reception at Letnikof Cove. Fisherman and fr...

Monday, June 16     A caller in the Fort Seward area reported hearing a bear but not seeing it. He was told bears are an inevitable occurrence in...