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Following more than an hour of closed-door assembly discussion Tuesday, Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill said the municipality won’t fine local hel...

The Haines Borough on Tuesday voted 4-2 to authorize manager Mark Earnest to negotiate the purchase of all or a portion of Picture Point for up to...

Candidates for Haines Borough Assembly will speak at three public gatherings in coming days. Incumbent Steve Vick, John Winge and Linda Geise are...

Residents found ways to get outdoors as a spell of unusually warm, dry weather that started Sept. 11 continued into early this week. Temperatures...

I am concerned about the regulation of the helicopter industry here in Haines. My sense is that many of the candidates who call themselves...

As a member of the Energy Sustainability Commission (ESC) and one interested in the late September political hype, I note some questionable actions...

It was nice to see a photo of the dug-out canoe on the front page of your newspaper last week. The canoe is a project we are very proud of here in Klu...

The family of lifelong Haines resident Charles Brouillette would like to express our gratitude to the Haines SEARHC clinic and Haines volunteer...

Girl Scout troop #4100 in Haines would like to thank Alaska Mountain Guides, especially Mike Tuha, Allison Kreuzer and Abbey Holmes, for the great...

I want to express my gratitude and thanks for the person who found me after my fall, his quick response on getting further help for me, the quick...

I’d like to urge everyone to consider voting for Greg Goodman and Steve Vick for Haines Borough Assembly.  Greg Goodman has lived in...

Do we want our town to be another Skagway or Juneau? With helicopters flying over our homes and glaciers? Or high-powered powered jet riverboats...

onth of heavy rains and high winds but we have enjoyed bright sunshine and warm breezes this year. Economists are claiming that we are...

Steve Vick and Greg Goodman have served Haines with distinction. As a borough assemblyman, Steve has brought a thorough and thoughtful approach to a...

    It’s right for the Haines Borough to re-evaluate its tourism promotion program with the departure of director Lori Stepansky, who...

Son David and daughter-in-law Kelly Ewing of Camas Valley, Ore, spent a week in Haines visiting mom Betty and Charles DeWitt, and helping them with...

Although it lost several senior players last year to graduation, the Mount Edgecumbe volleyball team showed it’s still formidable, beating...

Heading into the regional cross-country championship meet at Sitka’s Totem Park Saturday, Haines teams appear to have good odds at winning a...

Haines voters will fill three seats on the seven-member Haines Borough School Board in the Oct. 5 municipal election. Challenger Sean Cone is vying...

Tightened procedures for dumping have dispersed bears that formerly congregated at the Haines Sanitation landfill, according to dump operators. Operat...

For those who don’t grow or raise food, good nutrition begins at the grocery store. But how many of us actually stop to think about making the...

On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday denied a request by Dave Button to operate a kayak tour in Lutak Inlet. Button previously sued the...

Former resident Jo-Ann Georgette Caron died Sept. 15 of cancer in Calais, Me. Caron, 61, had lived in Calais for seven years with husband David...

"Community Matters," a public forum and facilitated discussion on strengthening the community will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 at...

Rookie student speakers held their own when the Haines High School drama, debate, and forensics team traveled to Sitka last weekend for its first...