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Four candidates for Haines Borough Assembly sounded more alike than different at Monday’s forum sponsored by We the People’s Haines chapter....

Two gillnet boat captains credited with rescuing commercial fisherman Woody Pahl said luck – including a piece of floating debris and the presence o...

Haines Borough manager David Sosa’s top choice for the new community and economic development director has turned down the job offer. Sosa emailed...

The Haines Borough Assembly decided Tuesday a Beach Road man can keep the personal shooting range he’s maintained at his residence for 28 years. ...

Haines Borough Assembly member George Campbell’s dream of creating a motorized recreation area near town is still alive, and now is going to the...

The Haines section of the Haines-Fairbanks military fuel pipeline suffered bullet holes, collisions with vehicles and corrosion during its 16 years...

Garbage disposal at the Small Boat Harbor has been an issue for a long time, and the Haines Borough’s Port and Harbor Advisory Committee wants the...

The Haines High School cross-country teams face their biggest contests of the season Saturday in Ketchikan, where teams will vie for the honor of repr...

Alaska State Parks officials in Haines are hoping residents will turn out to celebrate National Public Lands Day by helping extend improvements along...

The Alaska Arts Confluence last month hired Shannon Donahue as its part-time business manager to oversee the nonprofit’s projects, finances and...

Garage opens at 3rd and Dalton Bill Wilson, a mechanic with three decades’ experience in Juneau and Portland, Ore., opened Chilkat Automotive Sept....

A correction in last week’s paper identified Betsy Lyons as the wife of Jerry Burkert. Burkert and Lyons are not married....

Turnout at Saturday night’s Chilkat Valley Preschool fundraiser suggests there’s broad support for a new preschool building in Haines. So why not...

So someone finally spoke up about fixing the school roof problem. Why not put a good steel roof on that will last much longer? Change the ordinance....

There is another attempt in the works by a few owners and proponents of the heliski industry as Title 5 Ordinance revision 14-08-390 to access...

It wasn’t long ago that our communities rallied against the road to Juneau and the end of regular ferry service to our area. Once again, the state...

The Alaska Arts Confluence board of directors wants to thank the people of Haines and the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for our first grant,...

Last week the Children’s Reading Foundation of Haines (CRFH) sponsored two classes with Christine Roberts, founder of Nurturing Pathways. Christine...

Again a store closing in downtown Haines. And I can certainly understand the lament. It’s regrettable that it is so hard to sustain a business in Ha...

During the month of September as we celebrate National Senior Center Month, we want to give special thanks to state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and...

Maybe the school leak problem is a condensation issue. If there is no vapor barrier or a poor one, warm, moist air inside a building will travel...

Haines Big Brothers Big Sisters would like to thank the community for making this year’s raffle a success. The three winners of the statewide...

Stanford University graduate student Chandler Kemp is back in California, after a summer fellowship in Borneo, the largest island in Asia. Chandler...

Monday, Sept. 22 A caller on Piedad Road reported hearing gun shots. Police advised duck season was open and people were hunting near the river. A...