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Area property sales – which slowly rebounded following the 2008 banking crisis – appear to be slumping. Through Aug. 10, the Haines Borough saw...

The town’s newest map is hard to miss. It’s a 12-by-30-foot mural representing the area from Eldred Rock to the Canadian border, with select...

Klukwan, Inc. officials this week said bankruptcy papers filed in federal court offer the best hope for maintaining an income stream and keeping the...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday relaxed its proposed financial disclosure reporting regulations, eliminating a requirement that would have made...

The Haines Borough Assembly will meet as a committee Tuesday to review the past heli-skiing season and consider a host of regulatory changes. The...

Should the Haines Borough School District reduce its school board membership from seven to five? The question was raised at Tuesday’s board meeting,...

State wildlife officials this week said they would kill three brown bear cubs of a 15-year-old sow shot early Monday by a resident at Letnikof Cove....

Despite the destruction of up to seven bears this year, residents involved in the issue this week said they believe progress is being made toward...

There were no hot showers and no end to the dust at a Moshi, Tanzania orphanage where three Haines High School friends spent five weeks working...

The Haines Borough is countering a claim by Chilkat Indian Village that the tribe owes no taxes on the former Chilkat Cruises Dock that it bought...

All four programs within the Haines Borough School District met the adequate yearly progress goals set by the federal government’s No Child Left...

Hilma White, who owned and operated the Halsingland Hotel more than 30 years and worked 20 years more maintaining the Port Chilkoot Camper Park and...

Auditions for Lynn Canal Community Players’ production of “Oklahoma” will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday and noon Wednesday at the Chilkat Center....

Monday, Aug. 13 A caller complained that a bear tipped over a dumpster at a food stand near Second Avenue and Willard Street at 11:30 p.m. In an...

Tom Ganner, Don Chase and Jedediah Blum-Evits have noticed black-billed magpies along Haines Highway at 10 Mile and 22 Mile. Are they moving back int...

Amelia Nash and Adam Richard were married Saturday on the beach at Paradise Cove. Dwight Nash, the bride’s father, served as marriage minister. Amel...

Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of our community on my behalf, I look forward to being able to continue to serve for my 28th year, the...

I would like to thank Phil Wilde of Wildefire Pyrotechnics for supplying the amazing fireworks show on Pyramid Island on Friday night. Again, he has...

The Haines Port Development Council continues to bring together both government and industry. We are getting good responses from leaders in mining,...

A suggestion to the citizens of Haines. As you consider contenders for the state house seat coming up, you have a great opportunity to support and...