With only two names appearing on the fall municipal ballot for two seats open on the Haines Borough Assembly, interest in serving on the town’s...

Talk about a lucky duck. Finnegan, a 4-year-old khaki Campbell that moved to Haines with owners Gene and Michele Cornelius a few weeks ago, watches...

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest is considering recasting the net after receiving only four applications for the chief of police position. Earnest...

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell will make a social call to Haines Tuesday for a half-day visit, including stops at the American Bald Eagle Foundation and...

Classes started Tuesday for the Haines Borough School District, with an enrollment of about 263 students, 10 more than were projected last year,...

Haines Borough Fireman Al Badgley is a blue. Harbormaster Phil Benner is a red. Planning and zoning technician Tracy Cui is a green. Manager Mark Earn...

The Haines Visitor Center and Chamber of Commerce are partnering to teach local businesses about the importance of social media, search engines and...

The Haines Borough Assembly appears to be leaning toward hiring a headhunting firm to find the municipality’s next manager, but assembly members sti...

Southeast Alaska Independent Living is organizing a peer support group for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, lupus, and other...

Four teachers representing a wide diversity of life and teaching experiences have joined the staff of the Haines Borough School District for the...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week introduced an ordinance that would restrict public access to employee evaluations and applications for borough...

The state Division of Parks has three employees monitoring crowd activity along the Chilkoot River corridor, where as many as 13 bears – including...

With a loss of medevac insurance through Apollo Medi Trans, non-profit Airlift Northwest might provide an alternative for some residents. For a $99...

Martin Goldberg, 19, was sentenced June 11 after pleading guilty to first-degree criminal trespass March 10. Goldberg and another man took an Alaska...

First, let me say that I support the issue of getting “big money” out of politics. The Alaska Senate already has approved a resolution “to amend...

Thank you to everyone for helping make the Inaugural Haines Century Ride a success. A big thank you to Haines Venturer Scouts, Tia Heywood, Tina...

A big thanks to all who gave us a try at the Seibukan Jujutsu of Haines sushi fundraiser. Its success really made all the difference on the financial...

I would like to send a big thank you to everybody who made it out to Pyramid Island on Aug. 2. You made my birthday an incredibly memorable event. An...

Levi Samuel Ford was born 12:29 a.m. Aug. 15 at the Juneau Birthing Center to parents Jennifer and Simon Ford. He weighed 9 lbs. and measured 21.25 in...

Monday, Aug. 19 A Mathias Avenue resident reported receiving obscene phone calls from a howler monkey early in the morning. A caller complained...