Insurance rates are rising for homeowners in the upper valley, the result of a diminished rating of the Klehini Valley Fire Department by the Insuranc...

Commercial fishermen who’ve seen the value of their catch drop with changes in prices from processors are taking a double hit this year because...

The Haines Borough Public Safety Commission met Wednesday to hear what the community wants of its next police chief, and apparently it’s interim...

Two igloo-shaped structures have popped up around Haines in recent months, but the domes aren’t for people. They’re for plants. Haines residents...

The region’s aquaculture association last week completed a $620,000 extension of two chum spawning channels located near the Porcupine Road in the...

Runners from six Southeast high schools will compete at the Glacier Bears’ home cross-country meet on Saturday. It’s a rare opportunity to cheer...

New kindergarten teacher Sue Ackerman says she wants to incorporate parents’ jobs and interests into her students’ learning and to connect...

Pending approval by the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Brad Ryan will be the municipality’s new public facilities director. Manager David Sosa...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission has already received a handful of written comments regarding its discussion next week of the 95-percent design...

The Haines Brewing Company will soon be turning sun into beer with help from a federal program designed to promote alternative energy use among small...

Klukwan School opened Aug. 25 with 17 students in grades K-12, including six from outside the village. Kathy Carl is again lead teacher, with responsi...

If no one in the pool of finalists for the school’s superintendent job measures up to the school board’s expectations for the position,...

The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved an “extra duty contract” that would allow the district to pay for head custodian...

Inez Gross, operations supervisor at First National Bank Alaska, has joined two incumbents in the fall election to fill three seats on the Haines...

The Haines Borough Assembly’s Government Affairs and Services Committee and the municipality’s Public Safety Commission have both recommended...

Haines Borough Manager David Sosa said the municipality is considering a $7,000 facelift for its website. The upgrade would be through the same...

Monday, Aug. 31 A person reported an abandoned vehicle on New Hart Road. An apartment manager reported a woman was trespassing. Police contacted the...

Sue Libenson this week attended the State Department-sponsored Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience...

On behalf of all of the participants in the Raven’s Bowl Disc Golf Tournament, we would like to thank our sponsors and all of the people who helped...

I want to thank the programs and businesses that helped support the “Back to School Basketball Camp.” The camp could not have been done without...

As I look east from Southeast Alaska, I see a picturesque, untouched landscape of mountains – Canada. A British Columbia development map shows a...

Thank you to all the sponsors that made our second annual Celebration of Bears festival a success. They were Princess Cruises, Howsers Supermarket,...

September 11 is Patriot’s Day, declared to commemmorate the terrorist attack that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. The American Legion Lynn Canal Post #12...