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The Haines Borough has moved tourism director Leslie Ross into the interim community and economic development director position as part of an “emerg...

Six wind instruments have been donated to the Haines School band program in memory of Sally Bridge, a spirited graduate with a lifetime passion for...

Chilkat Valley voters will cast ballots Tuesday in a statewide election that will decide the town’s representatives to the Alaska Legislature, and...

House District 33 candidates Rep. Sam S. Kito III, D-Juneau, and Republican challenger Peter Dukowitz differ plenty on policies, projects and...

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival is returning to Harriett Hall at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, with a new collection of thought-provoking films about...

With time running out to vacate their Haines Borough-owned building by June 30, the board of the Chilkat Valley Preschool will meet 6 p.m. Monday,...

Despite appeals from audience members and the Haines Assisted Living community manager, Haines Borough Assembly members declined to reconsider votes...

The Haines Borough Assembly in August passed a resolution opposing Ballot Measure 2. On Tuesday, residents will have the opportunity to decide for...

Haines Borough Manager David Sosa has set the skier day allocations for the 2015 heli-ski season and has decided not to penalize a company that had a...

The race for Alaska’s lone seat in Congress pits incumbent Republican Don Young against Democratic challenger Forrest Dunbar. Young, 81, a former...

U.S. Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, a one-term incumbent, faces a challenge from former Alaska attorney general and natural resources commissioner Repub...

Incumbent Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, and Tom Williams, R-Juneau, are squaring off to represent Senate District Q in the Alaska Legislature, but Willi...

ED&D Inc./Haines Cable TV/Radio Shack Dealer was named Business of the Year by the Haines Chamber of Commerce at the group’s annual meeting and...

A researcher who spent the last three summers here is seeking information about subsistence uses of salmon for her doctoral dissertation. Rachel...

Car riflings around town continued this week, with vehicle owners along Fort Seward’s Officer’s Row and Front Street reporting their cars had...

Former Haines Borough Assembly member Debra Schnabel applied for the municipality’s community and economic development director position this week,...

The Haines High School volleyball team posted a 1-4 record against Southeast foes at an Oct. 17-18 tournament in Wrangell. “It’s a rebuilding...

Construction of the new Haines Brewing Company building on Main Street has been postponed until next spring. Brewery co-owner Jeanne Kitayama said...

If you think voting doesn’t change anything, consider the money spent in the past few months to influence how you mark your ballot. Between the Augu...

By reading our local police blotter, it would seem Haines is being overrun with bears. They are tearing into storage sheds, ripping off doors and...

Let’s understand the relative danger of substances. Alcohol’s toxicity ratio is about 10:1. If you consume 10 times the normal dose of alcohol,...

Vote “no” on Ballot Measure 2. Alaskans, read the law that we are being asked by Outside interests to pass before voting on it. And if you only...

Usually being the longest currently serving Republican in a Republican controlled House of Representatives means that Don Young should exert an enormo...

In answer to all the people’s questions about the Haines Woman’s Club Bazaar this year, it will be held Saturday, Nov. 22 at the elementary gym...