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Haines Borough Police said this week they will pursue enforcement of an Alaska law that prohibits bar employees from selling alcohol to drunk patrons...

Should the Haines Borough require dog owners to leash their four-legged friends while out in public? Haines Borough police are posing that question...

The 45th annual Southeast Alaska State Fair opens noon Thursday with the raising of the U.S. flag on the fairgrounds and Alisha Young of Haines...

Where an extra $151,000 for borough employee wages and benefits will come from is a concern for some assembly members, though Haines Borough manager M...

Crews erected walls this week at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center site in Klukwan, a major step in a project that was first talked about more than 70...

A March performance evaluation of former Haines Borough police chief Gary Lowe released this week says Lowe maintained good relationships with the...

Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is proposing the borough ramp up its monitoring of heli-ski tour companies and stiffen fines. Scott will ask the...

The Alaska Redistricting Board approved a new political map Sunday, placing Haines in a state House district with downtown Juneau, Douglas Island,...

Putting on a children’s play presents special challenges. For “The Magical Lamp of Aladdin,” that includes piles of shiny jewels lying about...

The annual household hazardous waste collection event will be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 19 at the old city shop on Union Street at Sixth Aven...

Practice for the Haines High School cross-country team begins Aug. 5. Students hoping to start training on that date need to complete paperwork and...

State sportfish biologists closed Chilkoot River to retention of sockeye salmon this week, in the wake of low escapement of mature fish into Chilkoot...

Haines Sanitation landfill is addressing a recurring issue of water mixing with waste by constructing three drainage control structures. “For many...

The Haines Borough has agreed to chip in up to $210,000 toward state-funded Front Street improvements, bringing the project total to about $5 million....

Link Union, an eight-member, acoustic family band from Lebanon, Mo., will present its version of Americana music at a free concert 7 p.m. Sunday,...

The Haines contingent of “We the People” is pushing the Haines Borough assembly to pass an ordinance rejecting corporate personhood and...

Between the school district’s recently approved raises of $87,300 and $151,000 in raises and benefits likely to go to Haines Borough employees next...

Due to budgetary, facility and manning difficulties at multiple avian rehabilitation centers in Alaska, it has become necessary for the American Bald...

The Haines Woman’s Club once again had an outstanding pie sale during the Fourth of July festivities. I would like to thank all our members and...

I just read that Phil Wilde of Wildefire Pyrotechnics will not be conducting the Fourth of July fireworks show here in Haines or Skagway. Thank you...

The Haines Emblem Club #463 would like to thank everyone who participated and volunteered for the Pedal to Push Away Drugs event. This is the sixth...

A big thank you to everyone who helped with our electronics recycling July 12-13. Wow! What an amazing team. Efficient, effective and having fun....

Once again the Friends of the Library’s Fourth of July food, book and bake sale was a rousing success. That success is due to the many volunteers...

A special thanks to Lyle Huff for tilling the dirt for mud volleyball. He does a great job every year. Tomi Scovill...