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Haines Borough voters struck a blow against corporate personhood and elected George Campbell to the Haines Borough Assembly in Tuesday’s election, a...

Some voters who did not mark a preference on all portions of Tuesday’s ballot were surprised when the tally machine spit their ballots back out....

Haines resident and Alaska Constitution Party chairman J.R. Myers filed his letter of intent Monday to run for Alaska governor in 2014. Myers, 50,...

The Big Brothers Big Sisters program has been revived in Haines, starting with a presentation Thursday, Oct. 10, for prospective adult volunteers and...

Chandler Kemp took the idea of “biking to school” to another level, cycling more than 2,000 miles from Prince Rupert, B.C., to San Francisco to...

The rebuilt Port Chilkoot Dock will sit three to five feet lower in the water than the existing structure and will be supported by one-eighth as many...

Haines High School juniors Keegan Sundberg and Zayla Asquith-Heinz posted top-six times at the Sept. 28 regional competition in Sitka to qualify for...

The Haines Drama, Debate and Forensics team had a middling debut performance at its home meet Sept. 20-21, but coach Amanda Randles said it is just a...

The Haines Borough Public Safety Commission doesn’t want Mark Earnest making the final decision on who gets the police chief job. The commission...

Contaminated soil at the old primary school lot is presenting a problem for the potential sale of a 1.2-acre parcel to a statewide hotel chain. After...

Carry a bright flashlight and don’t talk to an angry moose. That’s the advice of 40-year-resident Deb Marshall after being stomped Sept. 19 near...

Don Nash didn’t have time to get off a shot against a bear that charged him while he was moose hunting last week. So he charged it back. “I ran...

Members elected four new KHNS board members and heard a lively discussion on joining a Southeast radio consortium at the station’s annual...

The “jaw-dropping” modern dance group Michael Mao Dance is coming from the bright lights of New York City to the humble Chilkat Center stage at 7...

Haines residents can get in the Halloween spirit on Oct. 26 by dressing up and attending a screening of the international cult classic “The Rocky Ho...

A host of local programs will be held in observance of Alaska Book Week, Oct. 5-12. The week is a statewide celebration of Alaska’s authors and...

Second Saturday barn dances are back. The dance series that launched last spring has resumed after an August hiatus. “It’s a barn dance, not a...

Wildlife troopers are looking for information on two moose that were shot and left to rot during the Tier II subsistence hunt near Haines. One moose,...

The autumnal equinox has just passed and the days are getting shorter. Flocks of summer birds are moving south now with their young ones. Skye Posey...

Friends from Haines and Skagway partied into the night together after Knikki Cinocco tied the knot with John Briner of Skagway at Skagway’s Jewell...

Voting machines that reject ballots on which preferences aren’t marked for each question smack of the nanny state and need to be fixed. Voters...

Juneau residents advocating a road up Lynn Canal have some explaining to do before people in Haines take their cause seriously. Specifically, they...

This morning as I was exiting the post office to turn left, I was approached by a bicycle going the wrong way. As I slowed down and swerved to avoid...

On behalf of the residents of Haines Assisted Living (HAL), we would like to take this opportunity to thank our caring community for the sharing of...

Mark Earnest, what the heck are you thinking?  How do you justify putting someone on your short list for police chief with the same (apparent)...